We use the verbs play, do and go with sports and activities.

Here is the information you need to know to use them correctly: play Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person: 'How often do you play tennis?' - tennis is a ball sport. ' play poker with my friends on !riday night.' - poker is a competitive game. We play to win. ' don't like playing computer games.' - again, computer games are competitive so we use play. do Do is used for a recreational activity"actividad recreativa# or a non-team sport that does not use a ball: ' heard that you do karate.' - karate is a non-team activity. ' do crossword pu$$les in my free time.' - crossword pu$$les are not competitive. go Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something: ' 'm going fishing on %unday.' '&re you going skiing this winter?' '%he said she was going swimming.' 1) go swimming 2) play table-tennis 3) do athletics 4) go jogging 5) go hiking 6) play handball 7) do judo 8) go su !ing ") do a c osswo d 1#) play a game