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Sports at school
Textbook: p. 23
GoalSports vocabulary; the play / do / go rule; describing a PE lesson at school.
New words
swimming · suzishrunning · yugurishskating · konkida uchishsports ground · sport maydonchasi
Explanation
Three different verbs go with sports. We use play for team and ball games: play football, play volleyball, play tennis. We use do for individual sports and exercises: do gymnastics, do judo, do athletics. We use go for activities that end in -ing: go swimming, go skiing, go running, go skating. To ask about a PE lesson: “How many PE lessons do you have a week?”, “Where do you have them?”, “What do you do at PE lessons?” Answer: “We have two PE lessons a week. We have them in the gym. We play volleyball and run races.” Likes: “I like skiing but I don’t like boxing.”
Worked examples
In our school we have three PE lessons a week. Each lesson is forty-five minutes long. In autumn we do athletics on the school ground, and in winter we play basketball in the gym.
— What do you do on Tuesdays? — We go swimming. — Do you play any team games? — Yes, we play volleyball and football.
Class activity
“Play, do or go?”: the teacher says a sport and pupils quickly answer play / do / go and make a sentence.
Practice
1
Put play, do or go: ___ judo.
do
2
Put play, do or go: ___ skiing.
go
3
Put play, do or go: ___ tennis.
play
4
Why do we use play, not go, with football?
Football is a team ball game; go is for -ing activities.