How to Use DO & GO and PLAY with Sports and Activities

How to use do & go and play with sports! This lesson will show you how to use the word DO & GO and PLAY in sports and activities in English.

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Verb Collocations in English

Common verbs collocations in English.

How to Use DO & GO and PLAY with Sports

Collocations with DO

Do is generally used for different kinds of exercise to strengthen your body. Here is common collocations with Do in English:

Do aerobics
Do exercise
Do push-ups
Do sit-ups
Do yoga
Do a warm-up

Example:

“I start doing yoga after work from now on.”
“My father often gets up early to do exercise.”

Collocations with GO

Go is used for activities that you can do alone or with others. It is also used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something:

Go bowling
Go camping
Go cycling
Go dancing
Go fishing
Go golfing
Go hiking
Go ice-skating
Go running
Go scuba diving
Go snow boarding
Go surfing
Go swimming

Example:

‘I’m going fishing on Sunday.’
‘Are you going skiing this winter?’
‘She said she was going swimming.’

Collocations with PLAY

We use Play for ball sports or competitive team sports.

Play badminton
Play baseball
Play basketball
Play football
Play hockey
Play ping pong
Play soccer
Play squash
Play tennis
Play volleyball
…

Example:

“How often do you play tennis?” – Tennis is a ball sport.
“We will have a soccer match this weekend” – Soccer is a competitive game. We play to win.

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