We use the verbs play, do and go with sports and activities.
Chúng ta dùng các động từPLAY - DO - GO với các hoạt động và các môn thể thao.
Khi hỏi ai chơi môn thể thao gì: "What sports do you do?" -> I play tennis.
-> I do judo.
Dùng "play - do - go" với từng môn thể thao thích hợp để trả lời.
1. PLAY: is generally used with team sports and those sports that need a ball or similar object [puck, disc, shuttlecock...]. Also, those activities in which two people or teams compete against each other:
Nói chung "PLAY" được dùng với các môn thể thao đồng đội có sử dụng banh hoặc các thứ khác như "puck" [bóng chơi trên băng], disc [đĩa], shuttlecock [cầu]...
Who wants to play soccer with me? -> a ball sport
How often do you play tennis?' - tennis is a ball sport.
I play poker with my friends on Friday night.' - poker is a competitive game. We play to win.
I don't like playing computer games.' - again, computer games are competitive so we use play.
Badminton baseball Basketball board games
chess computer games cricket chess
football golf hockey ice-hockey
poker rugby snooker soccer
squash tennis table-tennis volleyball
2. DO is used with recreational activities and with individual, non-team sports or sports in which a ball is not used, like martial arts:
"DO" được dùng đối với các hoạt động có tính tiêu khiển và các môn thể thao cá nhân, không đồng đội, hoặc các môn thể thao không dùng banh như các môn võ.
I usually do sport every evening.
'I heard that you do karate.' -> karate is a non-team activity.
'I do crossword puzzles in my free time.' -> crossword puzzles are not competitive.
I find doing yoga to be very relaxing.
My son can do Judo.
Mike Tyson used to do boxing.
She's doing a 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle.
a crossword puzzle
a puzzle/a jigsaw puzzle/a picture puzzle
aerobics athletics Ballet boxing
exercise Gymnastics judo karate
kung-fu taekwondo tai chi yoga
3. GO: Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something:
"GO" được dùng với các hoạt động tận cùng là "-ing". Chúng ta đi đâu đó để làm việc gì:
'I'm going fishing on Sunday.'
'Are you going skiing this winter?'
'She said she was going swimming.'
Do you quant to go hiking with me?
Bowling Camping climbing Cycling Dancing
diving Fishing hiking hitch-hiking hunting
ice skating Jogging parachuting parasailing Riding
rollerblading roller skating running Sailing Sand surfing
Scuba diving skateboarding skating skiing sky diving
snorkeling snowboarding surfing swimming water skiing
windsurfing
Mời các bạn tham khảo thêm bài viết "GO + V-ing".