Do, Play or Go with Various Sports

Use "play" with any competitive game that you can play, "go" with activities that can be done alone, and "do" with groups of related activities.

Decide between "do", "go" or "play. Sometimes the verb needs to be conjugated or put in the infinitive or gerund form.

1. He used to -- go jogging every day when he was at university.
2. I love -- playing a good game of chess from time to time.
3. She -- has been doing gymnastics for over five years now.
4. This summer we -- are going to go windsurfing every day on our vacation.
5. He's quite the athlete. He -- plays basketball, baseball and hockey, too.
6. My wife -- goes horse riding twice a week.
7. Why don't we -- play a set of tennis?
8. Some people think that -- doing aerobics four times a week is the best possible way of keeping fit.
9. His idea of the perfect summer holiday is to rent a sailboat and -- go sailing between the islands of the Tuscan archipelago.
10. He -- does athletics for his local track club.

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