Which option should we use? Here are a couple of tips. After, click on the activity button for some practice.

Go + place

• for when we go to a specific place to do it. For example: We go to the gym.

Go + -ing (activity noun)

• Go + activity usually before words that end in -ing and especially if we have to go somewhere to do this activity. Here’s an example:

‘Where do you usually go on Saturdays?’  On Saturdays I go dancing (here the person goes somewhere to do this).

Do + noun 

• Recreational activities that are not in teams and not played on a board. For example: Do aerobics or or do sport (we can also say play sport).

Play + noun

• Play + noun not ending in -ing. When it refers to a team game (football, basketball, etc),  or a board game (chess, ludo, etc).

Play + the name of instrument

• Play + the+ name of an instrument.

I play the piano. What instrument do you play?

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