What do you want to do this weekend? We could go to the gym and do some
weight lifting. Urgh! That's too energetic.
Or we could play some golf. No, let's go bowling.
Bowling? Yeah. But you always win. That's why I like it.
We use these verbs to talk about sports in English. So we do weight lifting. We play
golf. And we go bowling. I play golf.
In this video you'll learn which verbs we use with which sports. And you'll learn the
names of lots of sports. Let's start with the verb 'play'.
In America, we play football. That's American football, Jay. The rest of
the world plays football like this. No, we call that soccer. In British English
it's football. But the ball's the wrong shape for football.
If it's a sport with a ball, we generally play it. There are exceptions, like we
go bowling. But usually we play ball sports. So we play cricket. We play tennis. And we play
snooker and pool. We often use 'play' where there's a competition,
so someone wins or loses. And of course we can play other games like
cards and chess. So we play darts, and we play scrabble. OK,
let's move on to the verb 'go'. Oooo. What's the matter? I went jogging this
morning and I hurt my back. You poor thing! Notice Jay said 'went jogging'. 'Went' is
the past tense of 'go' and 'jogging' is a gerund - a noun made from a verb by adding
'-ing'. There are lots of sports that follow this
pattern, and they're generally activities that we don't do at home.
We go out to another place to do them. So we go swimming, we go fishing, we go skiing,
we go surfing and we go skateboarding. I'm playing golf tonight. I love golf. What's
your favorite sport, Vicki? Gymnastics.
But you don't do gymnastics. No, I just like watching it on TV. So do I.
Our last verb is 'do' and we use it with newer more modern sports. We 'practice' or 'do'
them. So we do yoga, do aerobics, do pilates, do
judo and do kendo and other martial arts. We also use 'do' to talk about specific exercises.
So we do squats and we do leg lifts. I do this exercise to build my chest and arm muscles
OK, now it's your turn. You're going to see
some different sports, games and exercises. Can you say which verb we use with them?
Did you get them all? Let's review. Go horse riding. Play basketball. Do push ups
Go sailing. Play baseball. Go cycling.
Do parkour. Play rugby. Go paragliding. Play shuffleboard. Do karate. Go rafting.
Go rock climbing. Play volleyball. Go ballooning. Do tai chi.
Play rock paper scissors. So are we playing golf or are we going bowling?
We're going bowling. Hmmm. I know. We'll play rock paper scissors and
the winner chooses. So if I win, we'll play golf.
And if I win, we'll go bowling. Ready? Yeah. Rock, paper, scissors. Ha, ha!
Go and find your bowling shoes. Humph.