SPORTS and LEISURE ACTIVITIES

When speaking about sports and leisure activities,
the verbs play, go and do are used as shown in the table below.

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Verb	Explanation	Sport/Activity
PLAY	Sports with teams, rules and competitions or tournaments. Two people can play a game of tennis. You need a team to play football.	Badminton Basketball Football Golf Rugby Tennis , etc
GO	The name of the activity is the gerund form of the verb (-ing) To camp  →  go camping We often go camping in the summer. To swim  →  go swimming Many children like to go swimming.	Camping Dancing Hiking Horse-riding Sailing Swimming etc.
DO	All other recreational activities. All classes do gymnastics at school. Sophie does yoga with a group of friends.	Aerobics Athletics Gymnastics Judo Karate Yoga etc.