PLAY, GO
or DO
with various sports and activities
Learn the rules
play
go
do
Use “play ” with any team sports (you need a partner), competitive
sports (you play to win!), chess and draughts.
You play football.
Use “go ” with individual sports activities that can be done alone
and the activities ending
in
-ing
You go windsurfing.
Use “do ” with other
sports and activities, e.g martial arts
You do
gymnastics.
And now watch the video.
VIDEO
PRACTICE
Put the activities into the correct columns.
fishing, yoga, skiing, aerobics,
jogging, swimming, hunting, dancing, chess, a warm-up, football, scuba diving,
shopping, sailing, judo, surfing, computer games, cycling, kung fu, tennis,
stretching, squash, push-ups, soccer, skating
Fill in the gaps.
1. He
used to (1)_______ jogging every day when he was at university.
2. I
love (2) ___________ a good game
of chess from time to time.
3. She
(3) ___________ gymnastics for
over five years now.
4. This
summer we (4) ___________ windsurfing every day on our vacation.
5. He’s
quite the athlete. He (5) ________ basketball, baseball and hockey, too.
6. My
wife (6) ________ horse riding twice a week.
7. Why
don’t we (7) __________ a set of tennis?
8. Some
people think that (8) __________
aerobics four times a week is the
best possible way of keeping fit.
9. His
idea of the perfect summer holiday is to rent a sailboat and (9) _________ sailing
between the islands of the Tuscan archipelago.
10. He
(10) __________ athletics for his local track club.