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There are three verbs that collocate with sports and other free time activities: go, do and play, but they are not interchangeable:
⁂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.
⁂Do is used with recreational activities and with individual, non-team sports or sports in which a ball is not used, like martial arts, for example: do a crossword puzzle, do athletics, do karate.
⁂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: play football, play poker, play chess.
In this table there is a list of sports and activities that collocate with these verbs:
| Go | Do | Play |
| riding | aerobics | badminton |
| jogging | gymnastics | table-tennis |
| hitch-hiking | taekwondo | football |
| fishing | judo | basketball |
| sailing | karate | chess |
| windsurfing | kung-fu | cricket |
| skiing | ballet | board games |
| snowboarding | exercise | snooker |
| swimming | yoga | hockey |
| dancing | athletics | baseball |
| skating | archery | rugby |
| cycling | a crossword puzzle | volleyball |
| running | tai chi | squash |
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