Sports Verbs: Play, Do, Go @twisted_english

Sports Verbs

Play

Do

Go

Sports Verbs

Play, do, go

You already know that we play games. So for any sport that is a game, use the verb to play: You can play tennis, football, badminton, basketball, squash, hockey, and so on. If the name of the sport is an activity based on a verb and ends in –ing, then use the verb to go: You can go running, swimming, cycling, climbing, and so on. For any other sport, as for the word sport itself, use the verb to do: You can do sport, karate, yoga, athletics, ballet, and so on. Exceptions: do fencing, boxing, body-building, weight-lifting.