Sports and who is better at them
We use different verbs with sports. We play sports with a ball: play football, play tennis, play squash. We do sports such as karate and kung fu. We go with sports that end in -ing: go swimming, go sailing. To compare, good becomes better and bad becomes worse. I’m better at tennis than at football. Adel is worse at squash than Karim. For the top and the bottom we use the best and the worst: Karim is the best at squash in his class.
| We say | Sports |
|---|---|
| play | football, tennis, squash, handball |
| do | karate, kung fu, taekwondo |
| go | swimming, sailing |
What sports do you like, Adel?
I go swimming on Fridays and I do karate on Mondays.
I play squash and tennis. I’m better at squash than at tennis.
And I’m worse at football than you. Let’s play on Saturday!
Heba goes to a sports club with her cousins. She plays tennis on Tuesdays and goes swimming on Thursdays. She is good at swimming, but she is worse at tennis. Her cousin Karim is the best player in the club. He plays tennis every day.
Sport verbs game. Write play, do and go on three cards. The grown-up says a sport, for example sailing. The child holds up the right card and says a sentence: I go sailing. Then compare two sports: I’m better at swimming than at tennis.
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