Verbs: Play,
Go, or Do?
Go, or Do?
I ___ soccer.
play
The most popular sport in the world
Soccer/Football
A water sport where an athlete rides a wave using a board
Surfing
Soccer
Goal
Moving up rocks, mountains, or special walls as a sport
Climbing
We ___ tennis.
play
American Football
Played on a court with a racket and a ball
Tennis
Basketball
A basket
Game played with a hooked stick on either ice or on a field
Hockey
I want to ____ swimming.
go
The most played sport in the US
Basketball
A winter sport in which people glide across snow
Skiing
Baseball
A run
Gliding across ice on blades attached to the bottom of shoes
Ice skating
This weekend I will ____ snowboarding.
go
The most popular sport in Australia
Rugby
Riding or pedaling a bike
Cycling
Football
Touchdown
A combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective equipment, throw punches at each other
Boxing
I ___ gymnastics
do
Popular in the Caribbean (not soccer)
Baseball
Players use clubs to hit balls into holes
Golf
In baseball, a homerun
When they hit the ball out of the field and get to go straight to home base
Played with two teams on a court separated by a net. They pass the ball back and forth over the net, trying to score by touching the ball to the floor.
Volleyball