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What verb do you use with "skiing"?





I _____ yoga.





If we use a ball in the sport, we use_______.





If the sport ends in an “ing”, we use _______.




If the sport is an exercise or we do it at a gym, we use _______.







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165 Comments on “ENGLISH VOCABULARY – Using PLAY, GO, DO for sports”


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But I can use play with golf, am I right? since it’s a game and games are played…

Sunday, March 29th 2009Reply to this comment

Its verry good for biggeners

Monday, March 30th 2009Reply to this comment

I lik Ronnie.. thanks to this lesson it’s nice :)

Monday, March 30th 2009Reply to this comment

i got clear idea about these verbs thanks.its nice lesson

Tuesday, March 31st 2009Reply to this comment

Very good

Tuesday, March 31st 2009Reply to this comment

Thanks a lot, I “Do” Kung fu, and always
at my english class I said “I practice Kung fu”,
so Thanks for the lesson..

Friday, April 3rd 2009Reply to this comment

now i know thanks maam ronnie…

Monday, April 27th 2009Reply to this comment

thank you , it was fantastic , how can I get more lesson of Ronnie

Saturday, May 23rd 2009Reply to this comment

what about chess? can i say “i play chess”?

Monday, June 1st 2009Reply to this comment

    YES, OF COURSE. IT´S A GAME AND YOU PLAY GAMES. YOU PLAY GOLF AND YOU PLAY CHESS

    Sunday, August 30th 2009Reply to this comment

Everything is good, it´s easy to understand it.

Friday, June 5th 2009Reply to this comment

thank you verry much

Sunday, July 19th 2009Reply to this comment

thanks a lot
it’s great lesson

Saturday, July 25th 2009Reply to this comment

I like the lesson It’s really useful lesson
Thank you vrey much.

Monday, July 27th 2009Reply to this comment

EXCELLENT EXPLANATION!! I LOVED IT!

Sunday, August 30th 2009Reply to this comment

Thank you.I like the lesson so much. How can I get more lesson of Ronnie

Saturday, September 19th 2009Reply to this comment

Thank you. I like this lesson, it is easy to understand the different between those. Thanks a lot…

Friday, October 16th 2009Reply to this comment

Hello Ronnie. Congratulations about your classes. I’m so happy to found this.
Why do we use “for a run”?
Thanks
Re

Wednesday, October 28th 2009Reply to this comment

THANKS A LOT. GREAT LESSON, BUT I HAVE A DOUBT, DO HAVE TO SAY DO BOXING OR GO BOXING APPLYING THE RULE

Sunday, November 15th 2009Reply to this comment

what can I say about ride a bicycle as a sport ? Should I use ” go riding ” ?

Saturday, December 5th 2009Reply to this comment

Good ! I understand a little more, because some situation have a ” green zone “.

Sunday, January 24th 2010Reply to this comment

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 = ???

Monday, February 15th 2010Reply to this comment

what about weighting lifting and boxing?

Tuesday, March 2nd 2010Reply to this comment

Very clear explanation. Good job

Tuesday, April 20th 2010Reply to this comment

thanks teacher

Thursday, May 6th 2010Reply to this comment

thank you very mach i learnt alot of things from your excellent lesson.

Friday, May 28th 2010Reply to this comment

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

Saturday, May 29th 2010Reply to this comment

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

Saturday, May 29th 2010Reply to this comment

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.

Saturday, May 29th 2010Reply to this comment

I lik Ronnie. Thanks Ronnie for this good lessons

Monday, May 31st 2010Reply to this comment

thank you vrey much

thes lesson vre useful for me

thank you vrey much

Friday, June 4th 2010Reply to this comment

how about chess ?

play chess? do chess ?

Monday, June 14th 2010Reply to this comment

Hi Ronne, I love your clear explanation, Thank you. I like this lesson, it is easy to understand . Thanks a lot

Saturday, June 19th 2010Reply to this comment

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.

Sunday, June 20th 2010Reply to this comment

Hi Ronnie! thank you for the lesson, now I have confident to talk to other people about sport.

Monday, June 21st 2010Reply to this comment

thank you ronnie for making understand with this way.

Sunday, July 18th 2010Reply to this comment

Hi Ronnie, I really enjoy with your classes, Thanks

Saturday, August 14th 2010Reply to this comment

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.

Monday, August 16th 2010Reply to this comment

Thanks that is very good

Thursday, August 26th 2010Reply to this comment

how about playing musical instrument what I am going to use? thank you so much for your videos it helps me a lot. have a great day

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010Reply to this comment

thank you

Friday, September 24th 2010Reply to this comment

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?

Friday, September 24th 2010Reply to this comment

I love your lessons, this is very good for my students, we are checking this now and they liked your video…. thanks

Monday, September 27th 2010Reply to this comment

weeeena!thankyou

Monday, September 27th 2010Reply to this comment

*_*

Monday, September 27th 2010Reply to this comment

Excellent teacher. (*)

Friday, October 1st 2010Reply to this comment

THAKS AND GOG BLESS YOU

Tuesday, October 5th 2010Reply to this comment

thank you very very much. It was very useful.

Saturday, October 9th 2010Reply to this comment

i going to work everyday.
i can’t do enything .
i do shower everyday.

Friday, October 15th 2010Reply to this comment

I benefit alot thank u

Thursday, November 4th 2010Reply to this comment

thnx teacher

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010Reply to this comment

she best teacher, thank you ronnie, I needs you help.

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010Reply to this comment

thx for u lesson it was working on me.thx.i hope i can meet u just to say “thank you”

Wednesday, December 1st 2010Reply to this comment

very very and very good

Wednesday, December 8th 2010Reply to this comment

wow.thank you sir.it was very help full to me

Thursday, December 9th 2010Reply to this comment

    I am not a Sir! Sir is only for men! For women we say Madame! But just call me Ronnie!

    Thursday, December 9th 2010Reply to this comment

very very good lesson

Thursday, December 9th 2010Reply to this comment

thank you ronnie!!! you are a very good teacher!!
I love your style of teaching….

Saturday, December 25th 2010Reply to this comment

merry christmas to Ronnie and all the members of engvid team!!

Saturday, December 25th 2010Reply to this comment

The members of EngVid are so brilliant

Tuesday, January 11th 2011Reply to this comment

Nice class¡¡¡
I’m learning a lot of English since I discovered this page…

Monday, January 17th 2011Reply to this comment

Excellent class. Which verb do you use with car racing?

Friday, January 21st 2011Reply to this comment

    If you are the driver, we say I race cars. If you are watching you would say I watch the race!

    Wednesday, January 26th 2011Reply to this comment

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 “)

Friday, January 21st 2011Reply to this comment

    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)

    Wednesday, January 26th 2011Reply to this comment

hello Ronnie,
Is it wrong to use “i play golf” despite “I go golfing”.

thanks for your support…bye
keep rocking.

Monday, January 24th 2011Reply to this comment

fantastic…thanks a lot….

Wednesday, January 26th 2011Reply to this comment

What is the rule for sports where no verb is required?
Eg:
I snowboard
I ski
I dance
I swim

Saturday, January 29th 2011Reply to this comment

Hello Ronnie..
what about tango? how should i use it in the sentence?
thanks a lot..

Sunday, February 6th 2011Reply to this comment

    You say I Tango! You don’t need anything else…we use tango as a regular verb!
    Present…. I tango
    Past….I tangoed!

    Sunday, February 6th 2011Reply to this comment

Es muy facil xd es totaal (L)

Sunday, February 13th 2011Reply to this comment

Hi Ronnie,
Thank you very much teaching about sport. It is very helpfull for me and maybe others.

Wednesday, February 16th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks Ronnie for the good topic…but I only confuse for the sports “boxing”.Which verb do I use?

Saturday, February 19th 2011Reply to this comment

Hi Ronnie,
Thank you very much teaching about sport

Saturday, February 19th 2011Reply to this comment

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

Saturday, February 19th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks for the Perfect Formulas!

Sunday, February 20th 2011Reply to this comment

i like read but i don’t speak english hlep me please

Monday, February 21st 2011Reply to this comment

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 !!!

Tuesday, March 1st 2011Reply to this comment

oks its good.

u dont say a exception

go boxing??????? :(
do boxing :)

Wednesday, March 9th 2011Reply to this comment

thankx teacher Ronni you R great.

Friday, March 18th 2011Reply to this comment

thanks very much for the lesson it’s very helpful

Friday, March 18th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks!

Saturday, March 26th 2011Reply to this comment

How I can say when I ride bike? I can say “I do biking”?

Tuesday, March 29th 2011Reply to this comment

    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!

    Tuesday, March 29th 2011Reply to this comment

very essential for me thanks

Wednesday, March 30th 2011Reply to this comment

can you teach me continual

Wednesday, March 30th 2011Reply to this comment

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 ?

Thursday, March 31st 2011Reply to this comment

nice Ronnie!!

Thursday, April 14th 2011Reply to this comment

great ronnie you have excelent way of explination . i always had a probim between those verbes thks a lot

Friday, April 22nd 2011Reply to this comment

Very special lesson

Saturday, April 23rd 2011Reply to this comment

PLZ ronnie wath about music wath we can say …… I play music ? or i do music ?

Thursday, May 5th 2011Reply to this comment

    You can say I play (instrument). I play the bass. I play the drums. I play the flute!

    Thursday, May 5th 2011Reply to this comment

ooh thank you ronnie :)

Sunday, May 8th 2011Reply to this comment

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

Sunday, May 15th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks for your effort

Tuesday, May 17th 2011Reply to this comment

Hello Ronnie, I have a doubt about this.
Is it right to say “I can skiing” or “I can go skiing”?
Thank you.

Wednesday, May 18th 2011Reply to this comment

nice one ronnie!

Sunday, May 29th 2011Reply to this comment

Can I say “I go weightlifitng”? It sounds strange. Is “do weightlifting” ok? Thank you.

Friday, June 17th 2011Reply to this comment

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?

Saturday, June 18th 2011Reply to this comment

    If you do it at a gym, we say DO. So do boxing is ok. Or you can say I box.
    Badminton we play.

    Saturday, June 18th 2011Reply to this comment

thanks

Thursday, June 23rd 2011Reply to this comment

thanks

Friday, June 24th 2011Reply to this comment

thanks for this lesson

Tuesday, June 28th 2011Reply to this comment

i love u RoNNIE I want to be an English teacher

Tuesday, June 28th 2011Reply to this comment

i like it

Tuesday, June 28th 2011Reply to this comment

i like it , i want to pratics english and i thanks this lesson , i like study english

Monday, July 4th 2011Reply to this comment

what we use for cricket or hockey

Thursday, July 14th 2011Reply to this comment

it is very difficult for me to call you ronnie because of respect can I call you madam ronnie or teacher ronnie

Thursday, July 14th 2011Reply to this comment

can i say….ronnie… im going to go school….is it correct?????????thank u

Friday, July 15th 2011Reply to this comment

Hi
Ronnie
I will apreciate you for this big lesson.
thanks a lots
I had learned something that I never learned on junior hight school.
great,great
bye

Saturday, July 16th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks a lots ronie.

Wednesday, July 20th 2011Reply to this comment

thanks Ronnie

Wednesday, July 20th 2011Reply to this comment

thanks Ronnie

Saturday, July 23rd 2011Reply to this comment

I lik Ronnie.. thanks to this lesson it’s nice

Friday, July 29th 2011Reply to this comment

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?

Sunday, July 31st 2011Reply to this comment

Thank you Ms Ronnie for ur invaluable lesson…

Monday, August 1st 2011Reply to this comment

hi,
what is the difference sports and game?
thank you.

Saturday, August 20th 2011Reply to this comment

hi,
what is the difference between sports and game?
thank you.

Monday, August 22nd 2011Reply to this comment

    I think sports involve more physical activity while games can be non-physical (chess, board games). But they are very similar!

    Monday, August 22nd 2011Reply to this comment

hello

,
really really i thanks very much
the lissen and all lissen
it is very eazier
it is eaziest
lissen i sea it ago ,

i tested this lissen and my ansers was 100%
really i thanks

Monday, September 12th 2011Reply to this comment

GOOD LESSON..

Tuesday, September 20th 2011Reply to this comment

Perfect, thank youu:):)

Tuesday, September 27th 2011Reply to this comment

you are genials, thank.
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

Wednesday, October 5th 2011Reply to this comment

hi teacher,
can you please teach me tens. i am very confused about tens. thanks

Thursday, October 13th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks so mach Ronnie

Saturday, October 15th 2011Reply to this comment

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!

Sunday, October 30th 2011Reply to this comment

Hello, Ronnie. Do we actually say “go golfing”? I’ve never heard about that. I always said “play golf”. Is this correct?

Saturday, November 12th 2011Reply to this comment

THANKS RONNIE YOU GIVE ME A FULL MARKS.I LISTEN WITH CAREFULLY YOUR LECTURE

Tuesday, November 15th 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks you very mush for this VDO.
I like English. But I’m not good at English.

Sunday, November 20th 2011Reply to this comment

many thanks for lesson

Sunday, November 20th 2011Reply to this comment

excellent………..

Saturday, November 26th 2011Reply to this comment

Thank you so much my dear teacher you are the best

Tuesday, November 29th 2011Reply to this comment

Thank your so much this class is really very use full to me so you can continue with the class,
God will bless you ever ever

Tuesday, November 29th 2011Reply to this comment

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

Friday, December 2nd 2011Reply to this comment

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

Friday, December 2nd 2011Reply to this comment

    “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!

    Saturday, December 3rd 2011Reply to this comment

oh,sorry miss.. thats not a one question.. but some questions..

Friday, December 2nd 2011Reply to this comment

Thanks Ronnie.
I confused many times its but I understand cleary.
Thanks a lot.

Monday, December 12th 2011Reply to this comment

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

Friday, December 16th 2011Reply to this comment

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.

Wednesday, December 28th 2011Reply to this comment

Hello, dear teachers!
Please explain to us when do we use “exercise” and when do we use “practice”?
Andrew.

Saturday, January 7th 2012Reply to this comment

excellent effort for these words to make it easy to use and sensible

Wednesday, January 25th 2012Reply to this comment

If I were a professional sportsman Would I say I TRAIN e.g. tennis?

Sunday, January 29th 2012Reply to this comment
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