Do, play, go + sports worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to solve this.

We are given a list of 15 sports or activities, and we need to choose the correct verb: Go, Do, or Play — depending on what we usually say in English for each activity.

Here’s how it works:

- We use “play” with team sports or games that involve a ball (like football, basketball, tennis).
- We use “do” with individual exercises or martial arts (like yoga, karate, gymnastics).
- We use “go” with activities that end in “-ing” and often involve moving somewhere (like swimming, hiking, skiing).

Now let’s match each one:

1. swimming → ends in -ing, you go somewhere to swim → go
2. yoga → individual exercise → do
3. gymnastics → individual sport/exercise → do
4. tennis → ball game → play
5. football → team ball sport → play
6. athletics → general term for track & field, but we usually say “do athletics” → do
7. karate → martial art → do
8. surfing → ends in -ing, outdoor water activity → go
9. rugby → team ball sport → play
10. basketball → team ball sport → play
11. judo → martial art → do
12. hiking → ends in -ing, outdoor walking activity → go
13. volleyball → team ball sport → play
14. skiing → ends in -ing, winter sport → go
15. running → ends in -ing, movement activity → go

Let me double-check tricky ones:

- Athletics: Yes, we say “I do athletics” (not play or go).
- Judo/Karate: Definitely “do”.
- Surfing/Skiing/Hiking/Running/Swimming: All “go” because they’re -ing activities where you move from place to place.
- Tennis/Football/Basketball/Rugby/Volleyball: All “play” — they’re competitive games with balls.

Everything checks out!

Final Answer:
1. go
2. do
3. do
4. play
5. play
6. do
7. do
8. go
9. play
10. play
11. do
12. go
13. play
14. go
15. go