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Play

Play is used with sports that have teams, rules and competitions: badminton, baseball, football, golf, rugby and tennis etc.

Examples:

• I often play tennis.
• Do you play poker?    
• I don't like playing computer games.
• You play golf 

 

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Do

Do is used for recreational activities and a non team sport that does not use a ball: Aerobics, athletics, gymnastics, judo, karate and yoga .

Examples:

• I do a crossword puzzle in my free time.
• They do gimnastics.
• Sarah does yoga with some of her friends.

 

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Go 

Go is used with activities and sports that end in -ing. The verb go here implies that we go somewhere to practice this sport: go swimming, dancing, jogging, running, hiking, riding, swimming, cycling, climbing etc.

Examples:

• Are you going skiing this winter?
•  I go swimming twice a week.
• They go fishing.