Learn which verbs in English we use with your favourite sports. PLAY, GO, and DO are used for different sports. In this lesson, you will find out how to know which one to use with each sport.
Congratulations! Ronnie I’d like a lesson who talk about “ing”, I know how to use the present continuos but, “ing” appears in different sentences, thanks
Very exellent explain in this lesson. Now I’m very clearly when I use play, go and do for sports. Thankyou for yor explain dear teacher Ronni! Sencerly your studen Jashar Hoxha Tepelene, Albania.
I’ve got a question. How about? Chess or Badminton? Both of them have no ball?
If we use PLAY ( because they are games)so, What you have said: use PLAY with Ball is just a suggestion to easy to remember, but not a RULE, right?
it’s very uncomfortable to say ” i go snowboard” or “i do aerobics ” ./// can i say .. i am doing aerobics or am doing yoga …am in yoga class , i am going to do snowboard , i am going to do swimming ,(“i go swimming “- it looks strange “)
I go snowboardING is in simple present form…. (used for talking about routine)
I am doing aerobics is used in present continuous…. (we use for what we are doing NOW)
I am going to GO swimming or I am going to GO snowboardING is future tense….(we use when we talk about future plans)
hi ronnie i think you are excelent teacher. i have one question. what verb use in the word chess. i always employ im play chess but now a doubt. thanks by
Yes, we play chess because it is a game! We use play with a game!
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so what about ” badminton”? it not ball and it also not have “ing”. But i see many people used with ” play”. Why used that? i don’t understand about it.
thank a lot and hope will received more and more your lesson.
best wish to you !!!
How I can say when I ride bike? I can say “I do biking”?
If you are a “cyclist” you say “I cycle”.
If you are a BMXer/mountain biker, you say “I bike”.
If you ride a bike as transportation, you say “I ride (to+place)”. Ex.. I ride to work/school/
For all of them you can just say I ride a bike!
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What about boxing? It ends in ing but you use DO is this just an exception or is there a reason. Also, what about badminton you don’t use a ball but you do say PLAY?
If you do it at a gym, we say DO. So do boxing is ok. Or you can say I box.
Badminton we play.
Thank you, Ronnie, for this lesson. I think we can say ” play golf”, because golf is a ball game or ball sport, and I feel it make it make sense. And for all games, we we use “do”. like chess or card or games alike, we can say “let’s play another round” or “let’s do another round”. I feel it make sense. What do you think?
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From Barcelona
Im arbien from the Philippines. i just want to know what word should I use before the word “boxing”? you said we use go for sports with +ing. im confuse because boxing has +ing and boxers are at the gym..
Thank you for reading my question..
Have a nice day and God Bless!
hi miss ronnie.. thanks for the great lesson..umm.. i have one question..why we use ‘s’ for “i race cars”? what meaning of that ‘s’in sentence? last time you told me to use ‘s’ for he,she,it. like ‘he races car’or ‘he likes car’. is that ok to use ‘s’ for ‘he races cars’? i confused bout how to use ‘s’in right place for sentence (-_-”).. can u give me solution bout that? thanks a lot miss
ronnie..GOD bless u
hi miss ronnie.. thanks for the great lesson..umm.. i have one question..why we use ‘s’ for “i race cars”? what meaning of that ‘s’in sentence? last time you told me to use ‘s’ for he,she,it. like ‘he races car’or ‘he likes car’. is that ok to use ‘s’ for ‘he races cars’? i confused bout how to use ‘s’in right place for sentence (-_-”).. can u give me solution bout that? thanks a lot miss
ronnie..GOD bless u
“He races cars” is correct!
We have to use the “s” on “I race cars”, because there is more than one car in a race — so cars must be plural! You cannot have a race with 1 car — you need at least two!
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Please explain to us when do we use “exercise” and when do we use “practice”?
Andrew.
Practice we usually use for doing sports. Eg…Football practice.
Exercise we use for physical activities that are not sports. Eg. I exercised at the gym.
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But I can use play with golf, am I right? since it’s a game and games are played…
Yes, you can say “I play golf!”
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Very good
Thanks a lot, I “Do” Kung fu, and always
at my english class I said “I practice Kung fu”,
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what about chess? can i say “i play chess”?
YES, OF COURSE. IT´S A GAME AND YOU PLAY GAMES. YOU PLAY GOLF AND YOU PLAY CHESS
Everything is good, it´s easy to understand it.
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EXCELLENT EXPLANATION!! I LOVED IT!
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Thank you. I like this lesson, it is easy to understand the different between those. Thanks a lot…
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Why do we use “for a run”?
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THANKS A LOT. GREAT LESSON, BUT I HAVE A DOUBT, DO HAVE TO SAY DO BOXING OR GO BOXING APPLYING THE RULE
what can I say about ride a bicycle as a sport ? Should I use ” go riding ” ?
Good ! I understand a little more, because some situation have a ” green zone “.
Thanks for this lesson! I’ve enjoyed a lot!
How can I call the person who practices these sports?
For example:
- soccer = soccer player
- tennis = tennis player
- ski = ???
- yoga = ???
- kung fu = ???
what about weighting lifting and boxing?
Very clear explanation. Good job
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Congratulalions! Ronnie I’d a lesson who talk about “ing”, I know how to use the present continuos but, “ing” appears in different sentences, thanks
Congratulations! Ronnie I’d like a lesson who talk about “ing”, I know how to use the present continuos but, “ing” appears in different sentences, thanks
We also play cards; play is also used for indoor games, that may or may not require a board – carrom, scrabble, cards, monopoly, hide ‘n seek.
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how about chess ?
play chess? do chess ?
I think is Play, because it is a game
Hi Ronne, I love your clear explanation, Thank you. I like this lesson, it is easy to understand . Thanks a lot
I like this lesson so much but what about ‘chess” and ‘cards’ I agreed tah we should use : play chess and play cards. Thanks a lot.
sure, you can use “play” because they are game :)
Hi Ronnie! thank you for the lesson, now I have confident to talk to other people about sport.
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Very exellent explain in this lesson. Now I’m very clearly when I use play, go and do for sports. Thankyou for yor explain dear teacher Ronni! Sencerly your studen Jashar Hoxha Tepelene, Albania.
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I’ve got a question. How about? Chess or Badminton? Both of them have no ball?
If we use PLAY ( because they are games)so, What you have said: use PLAY with Ball is just a suggestion to easy to remember, but not a RULE, right?
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Excellent class. Which verb do you use with car racing?
If you are the driver, we say I race cars. If you are watching you would say I watch the race!
it’s very uncomfortable to say ” i go snowboard” or “i do aerobics ” ./// can i say .. i am doing aerobics or am doing yoga …am in yoga class , i am going to do snowboard , i am going to do swimming ,(“i go swimming “- it looks strange “)
I go snowboardING is in simple present form…. (used for talking about routine)
I am doing aerobics is used in present continuous…. (we use for what we are doing NOW)
I am going to GO swimming or I am going to GO snowboardING is future tense….(we use when we talk about future plans)
hello Ronnie,
Is it wrong to use “i play golf” despite “I go golfing”.
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What is the rule for sports where no verb is required?
Eg:
I snowboard
I ski
I dance
I swim
Snowboard, ski, dance and swim ARE verbs!
Hello Ronnie..
what about tango? how should i use it in the sentence?
thanks a lot..
You say I Tango! You don’t need anything else…we use tango as a regular verb!
Present…. I tango
Past….I tangoed!
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Hi Ronnie,
Thank you very much teaching about sport. It is very helpfull for me and maybe others.
Thanks Ronnie for the good topic…but I only confuse for the sports “boxing”.Which verb do I use?
you can say, “i DO boxing” :)
We usually say “I box”. Box is a verb!
Hi Ronnie,
Thank you very much teaching about sport
hi ronnie i think you are excelent teacher. i have one question. what verb use in the word chess. i always employ im play chess but now a doubt. thanks by
Yes, we play chess because it is a game! We use play with a game!
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thanks Ronnie, i really like it.
so what about ” badminton”? it not ball and it also not have “ing”. But i see many people used with ” play”. Why used that? i don’t understand about it.
thank a lot and hope will received more and more your lesson.
best wish to you !!!
Badminton is a game so we say “play badminton”!
oks its good.
u dont say a exception
go boxing??????? :(
do boxing :)
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Thanks!
How I can say when I ride bike? I can say “I do biking”?
If you are a “cyclist” you say “I cycle”.
If you are a BMXer/mountain biker, you say “I bike”.
If you ride a bike as transportation, you say “I ride (to+place)”. Ex.. I ride to work/school/
For all of them you can just say I ride a bike!
wow…thanks a lot teacher Ron for teaching this lesson! I learned alotta…:)God bless you!
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can you teach me continual
Hi Ronnie , how R U ?
I really like your lessons
but what about chess ??
can I say ” I do chess ” ??!
I can see many people say ” play ” .. so what ?
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great ronnie you have excelent way of explination . i always had a probim between those verbes thks a lot
Very special lesson
PLZ ronnie wath about music wath we can say …… I play music ? or i do music ?
You can say I play (instrument). I play the bass. I play the drums. I play the flute!
ooh thank you ronnie :)
Hi teacher I alawyes enjoying to liten and watch your lessons .I think you for every things you do to make us love this language and try to listen carefully to accent … etc
Thanks for your effort
Hello Ronnie, I have a doubt about this.
Is it right to say “I can skiing” or “I can go skiing”?
Thank you.
You can say ” I can ski”, or “I can go skiing”!
nice one ronnie!
Can I say “I go weightlifitng”? It sounds strange. Is “do weightlifting” ok? Thank you.
Yes, do + weightlifting is correct. But we say “I lift weights.”
What about boxing? It ends in ing but you use DO is this just an exception or is there a reason. Also, what about badminton you don’t use a ball but you do say PLAY?
If you do it at a gym, we say DO. So do boxing is ok. Or you can say I box.
Badminton we play.
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what we use for cricket or hockey
it is very difficult for me to call you ronnie because of respect can I call you madam ronnie or teacher ronnie
Yes, you can call me Madam Ronnie… For cricket and hockey we say ‘play’!
can i say….ronnie… im going to go school….is it correct?????????thank u
Almost – you have to say “I’m going to go to school”.
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Thank you, Ronnie, for this lesson. I think we can say ” play golf”, because golf is a ball game or ball sport, and I feel it make it make sense. And for all games, we we use “do”. like chess or card or games alike, we can say “let’s play another round” or “let’s do another round”. I feel it make sense. What do you think?
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what is the difference sports and game?
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what is the difference between sports and game?
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I think sports involve more physical activity while games can be non-physical (chess, board games). But they are very similar!
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With people like you can live better.
I would like to enter, but I’m somewhat afraid.
(Excuse me, I write with translator)
Felipe
From Barcelona
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can you please teach me tens. i am very confused about tens. thanks
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Hi Ronnie
Im arbien from the Philippines. i just want to know what word should I use before the word “boxing”? you said we use go for sports with +ing. im confuse because boxing has +ing and boxers are at the gym..
Thank you for reading my question..
Have a nice day and God Bless!
You can say “I box”!
Hello, Ronnie. Do we actually say “go golfing”? I’ve never heard about that. I always said “play golf”. Is this correct?
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hi miss ronnie.. thanks for the great lesson..umm.. i have one question..why we use ‘s’ for “i race cars”? what meaning of that ‘s’in sentence? last time you told me to use ‘s’ for he,she,it. like ‘he races car’or ‘he likes car’. is that ok to use ‘s’ for ‘he races cars’? i confused bout how to use ‘s’in right place for sentence (-_-”).. can u give me solution bout that? thanks a lot miss
ronnie..GOD bless u
hi miss ronnie.. thanks for the great lesson..umm.. i have one question..why we use ‘s’ for “i race cars”? what meaning of that ‘s’in sentence? last time you told me to use ‘s’ for he,she,it. like ‘he races car’or ‘he likes car’. is that ok to use ‘s’ for ‘he races cars’? i confused bout how to use ‘s’in right place for sentence (-_-”).. can u give me solution bout that? thanks a lot miss
ronnie..GOD bless u
“He races cars” is correct!
We have to use the “s” on “I race cars”, because there is more than one car in a race — so cars must be plural! You cannot have a race with 1 car — you need at least two!
oh,sorry miss.. thats not a one question.. but some questions..
Thanks Ronnie.
I confused many times its but I understand cleary.
Thanks a lot.
thank you very much for the lesson ,
yes,very easy to understand ,i’m begginer and you are helping a lot,god bless you
from algeria
I am from Cameroon.
thank you very much for all the English lessons, I learn to speak and write English as well listen.
in french we say thank you very much for everything.
your classes are very necessary to me.
Jean-Paul.
Hello, dear teachers!
Please explain to us when do we use “exercise” and when do we use “practice”?
Andrew.
Practice we usually use for doing sports. Eg…Football practice.
Exercise we use for physical activities that are not sports. Eg. I exercised at the gym.
Do we use “practice” for music instruments?
YEs!
excellent effort for these words to make it easy to use and sensible
If I were a professional sportsman Would I say I TRAIN e.g. tennis?
I would say I practice tennis.