 Talking about sports and other activities. This free English lesson is sponsored by the following English learning sites. Today we're going to talk about sports and other fun activities. Do you like sports? What other activities do you like to do? This lesson will help you talk about sports and different activities in English. Describing sports and activities in English. There are three basic ways to talk about recreational activities in English. Play game, go activity, and do activity. Don't get them mixed up. Number one, play game. These are the easiest to say. Simply use the verb play and add the game as an object. For example, play baseball. Play volleyball. Play tennis. This applies to other games as well, such as play cards, play chess, play video games. Number two, go plus verb ing. For these types of sports, we use the verb go followed by the ing or gerund form of the verb. Go swimming. Go skiing. Go surfing. This applies to other activities as well, such as go shopping, go camping, go fishing. Number three, do activity. For these types of sports and activities, we use the verb do followed by the activity. Do aerobics. Do martial arts. Do gymnastics. It's in games that we play. We play baseball, basketball, football, hockey, ping pong, tennis, racquet ball, volleyball, dodge ball, soccer, badminton, tether ball, rugby, kick ball, golf. Note, we do not play bowling, even though it involves a ball. We go bowling. Sports that we say with go plus verb ing. We go swimming. Go skiing. Go fishing. Camping. Hiking. Hunting. Running. Jogging. Rock climbing. Shopping. Bowling. Bike riding or biking. Surfing. Snorkeling. Scuba diving. Kayaking. Rafting. Paddle boarding. Snowboarding. Ice skating. Roller skating. Skateboarding. Rollerblading. Paragliding. Sports and games that we do. We do martial arts. Karate. Kung Fu. Taekwondo. Tai Chi. Judo. Aerobics. Yoga. Pilates. Some people might say, do weightlifting. But it is more common to say, lift weights or work out. Notes on the grammar for these types of activities. When talking about sports and similar activities, the verb can change, but the activity does not. For example, yesterday I played soccer. Yesterday, Jan went surfing. Mark goes swimming every day. Be careful with gerund verb-ing activities. We can say, I like swimming. Gerund as an object. I like to swim. Infinitive as an object. But not, I like to swimming. The words swimming and to swim function as objects. Do not use them together in the same sentence like this. Wait, there's more. Some main verbs in English are followed by only infinitives. Two plus verb. For example, I want to play soccer. I need to play ping pong. When a gerund is the activity, the main verb is go. I want to go skiing. Not, I want to skiing. Still with us? In the present continuous tense, it can get confusing. I am going swimming. Yes, that's correct. Let's break it down. I am verb-ing plus object. Present continuous tense. I am playing baseball. Now or in the future. I am going swimming. Swimming is the object. I am swimming now. In this case, swimming is the main verb. We're not finished yet. Here's where it can become even more confusing. Be going to plus verb. For the future tense. He is going to play racquetball. Play is the verb plus racquetball is the object. He is going to swim. The verb is swim. He is going to go swimming. The verb here is go and the object is swimming. Not, he is going to swimming. That's incorrect. Test yourself. Which verbs go with which activities? Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs. Do, go, or play. Every day I. Last week I. Feel free to pause the video if you need more time. Did you get them right? Let's check. Every day I play baseball. Go camping. Do yoga. Go jogging. Do karate. Go fishing. Play chess. Go ice skating. Play soccer. Last week I. Went bowling. Did martial arts. Played hockey. Next exercise. Which of the following sentences are correct? Which are incorrect? Feel free to stop the video if you'd like more time. Did you get them right? Kelly likes snowboarding. Okay. She wants to go biking tomorrow. Greg went snorkeling on Monday. Sam is going running this evening. Sally's going shopping on Saturday. I did aerobics twice last week. My sister goes bowling on Tuesdays. I am going to play basketball later. I enjoy going surfing every once in a while. Hope that was helpful. For more information you can click on the links below. And be sure to check out our websites. Thanks for watching.