Hello and welcome back to Easy English with James! Today we have a really
short video. When do we use PLAY, when do we do we use
DO and when do we use GO when we're talking about
sports. Ok. Stick with me I'm gonna clarify this and make it super easy
for you.
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Ok, super simple, let's start with "PLAY". Play is
used for team sports. That means
a sport where there are two or more teams
Ok. And there is an opponent. You are fighting against someone.
You want to beat or win against another person
or another team. Ok. Think about football, there are
two teams and they both want to beat each other, they both to win the game.
So we say, 'play football'. "Let's play football!"
"They are playing football". Ok. Think
about Tennis. Two people on either side of the net
both want to beat each other again. 'Play Tennis'.
"Let's play Tennis". "We are going to play Tennis".
"They are playing Tennis". Again, basketball
, basketball, two teams, trying to win against
each other....'play basketball'. 'play basketball'.
Ok. Hockey is another famous sport, especially in places like
Canada and Russia. Play Hockey, because...two teams
trying to win against each other. We play Hockey. "Let's go and play
Hockey". "They are playing Hockey." We use 'DO'
for things that are more personal, involving usually just one
person like you, and involving a lot more discipline.
Like for example, a Martial Art. A
martial art. This is why we will say things like, "Do you do
Kung Fu". Do you do boxing? Do you do
Taekwondo? Do you do Karate?
ok. Do you do Muay Thai? ok. We are
doing this because it is a discipline that we are practicing for ourselves
ok. When we go to the gym to train in
boxing, we say, "I do boxing 3 times a week". Ok.
Kickboxing, I do kickboxing. We might also say,
"I do Yoga". Ok. "I do Yoga."
We might also say I do Tai Chi. We might also
say I do meditation. meditation.
Ok. All of these things are things that you are doing
yourself. They are a personal thing, Ok.
Finally, 'GO' is used when the sport you're doing or the
thing you are doing involves moving from one
place to another. Ok. Let's think....Running.
To go running. To go running. Why? because
normally we don't run on the spot, we run
from one place to another. GO swimming
It would be very hard to just swim and not move, Ok.
You're swimming from one place to another place. We go swimming.
Where are you going? I'm going swimming. ok. Where are you
going? I'm going jogging. Jogging, is running
at a little bit of a slower pace. I'm going jogging because I'm moving from
one place to another. Again we might say, "I'm going
cycling." I'm going for a bike ride.
I'm going for a ride on my bike. I'm going cycling. Ok.
I'm going running. We might also this for things like, "I'm going roller
blading". or "I'm going surfing". Ok.
Going, remember is used for times when you are moving from one place
to another, in the action. Swimming is moving from one side of the
swimming pool to the other side of the swimming pool. Running, usually, you're running
around the track. Ok. To make this
absolutely clear, imagine that you are on a running
machine in your house. If we're on a running machine
we are actually NOT moving from one place to
another. So you might even say, "I'm gonna do a run". "I'm gonna DO
a run". Remember that one before, it's a personal discipline that we're doing
I'm gonna do a run on the running machine. ok. I'm gonna
go for a run, implies that you are going to move
around. It means that you are probably going to be moving somewhere. You're moving around.
"Im gonna go for a run". Ok. I'm gonna go for a run.
I'm gonna go for a swim. I'm gonna do some
Yoga. I'm gonna play football. I'm gonna play tennis.
Ok. Really simple rules. Go back and watch it again and make sure that you
really try to remember them! Simple as this! PLAY
for team sports. DO for individual sports
and GO for sports or things where you are moving around. Ok.
Remember them three rules and you'll never forget them and it will help you to improve when you are
speaking about the sports and things that you do in English. Ok!
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