Sports

sports – play, go, do?

Play – (usually) team sports - the sport is a noun ( 명사 ) - the person who plays the sport is a … player basketball hockey volleyball soccer darts golf (British) football tennis cards (go-stop) baseball badminton rugby billiards / pool ( 당구 ) cricket polo

play 현재 – I play soccer. 과거 – Last weekend, I played volleyball. 미래 – I’ll play baseball this weekend. 완료 – I have played badminton. Do you play tennis? How long have you played tennis? How long have you been playing tennis? She’s a hockey player. He’s a baseball player.

Go – (usually) sports you do alone - the sport is a verb ( 동사 ) - the person who does the sport is …+er - you can say – “GO SKIING” OR SKI ski / water ski swim shop skate hike bowl figure skate climb box inline skate run golf (American) roller skate jog hunt rollerblade dance fish

go 현재 – I swim. I go swimming. 과거 – I skied. I went skiing. 미래 – I’ll skate. I’ll go skating. 완료 – I have hiked. I have gone hiking. 김연아 is a figure skater. He’s a swimmer. John’s a boxer. They are dancers. I am a golfer. NOT: I am a golf player. I have been boxing for … (no ‘go’ – just the verb) I like to wrestle… (no ‘go’ – just the verb) He’s a boxer. She’s a wrestler.

Do – (usually) sports you do alone - the sport is a noun ( 명사 ) - most of these sports are martial arts ( 무술 ) / fighting taekwondo 태권도 yoga hapkido 합기도 archery 양궁 judo 유도 gymnastics 체조 karate 카라테 aerobics 에어로빅 체조 kendo 검도

현재 – I do yoga. 과거 – I did pilates when I was younger. 미래 – I’ll do weightlifting. 완료 – I have done 합기도. How long have you been doing archery? I have done archery since middle school. She does taekwondo. She’s an archer. / He’s a gymnast. He’s a weightlifter. do

피구 – play, go, do? 피구 is a team sport. I play dodge ball ( 피구 ) paragliding – play, go, do?paragliding is done alone Also there is ‘ING’ I went paragliding in Thailand. kickboxing – play, go, do? kickboxing is a fighting sport, fighting is usually ‘do’ I did kickboxing when I was young.