Sports: Play, do, or go?

A. Watch this video from BBC Learning English and complete the rules below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPKuzI1LRJU
We use ‘play’ with ___________________________________________.

We use ‘do’ with ___________________________________________.

We use ‘go’ with ___________________________________________.

B. Now put the following sports in the correct columns below.

taekwondo jogging
basketball surfing hockey
skiing

yoga taichi
judo golf tennis football

ballet ballroom dancing

horse-riding skateboarding cricket karate

To play To do To go

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Sports: Play, do, or go? - ANSWERS
A. Complete the rules below:
We use ‘play’ with ball games (these are also often team sports).

We use ‘do’ with individual activities.

We use ‘go’ with activities that end in –ing.

B. Now put the following sports in the correct columns below.

To play To do To go
basketball taekwondo surfing
hockey judo jogging
golf yoga skiing
tennis taichi horse-riding
football ballet skateboarding
cricket karate ballroom dancing