Learn essential vocabulary for popular sports and leisure activities including football, basketball, swimming, and tennis.
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Learning vocabulary for sports and leisure activities helps you talk about hobbies, exercise, and free time activities. This essential vocabulary allows you to discuss what you like to do for fun and stay healthy. Mastering sports and activities vocabulary will enable you to describe your interests, make plans with friends, and understand conversations about leisure time and physical fitness in English.
On Saturday morning, Tom goes running in the park near his house.
After lunch, he plays football with his friends at the local sports club.
His sister Emma does yoga at home and then goes swimming at the pool.
In the evening, the whole family watches a tennis match on TV together.
By learning sports and activities vocabulary, you can talk about your hobbies, make plans with friends, and describe your active lifestyle in English!
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Sports played in teams with multiple players working together.
Sports and activities typically done alone or one-on-one.
Activities that take place in or on water.
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Use 'play' with team sports, games, and competitive activities.
Use 'go' with activities ending in -ing and recreational pursuits.
Use 'do' with individual activities, exercises, and martial arts.
Verbs for improving skills and preparing for competitions.
Equipment needed for sports played with balls.
Equipment for water-based activities and swimming.
Equipment for cycling and outdoor activities.
Clothing and footwear for various sports activities.
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Challenge yourself with fill-in-the-blank exercises
❌ Wrong: I play running every morning.
✓ Correct: I go running every morning. (use 'go' with -ing activities)
❌ Wrong: I do tennis with my friends.
✓ Correct: I play tennis with my friends. (use 'play' with sports and games)
❌ Wrong: She goes yoga at the studio.
✓ Correct: She does yoga at the studio. (use 'do' with individual activities)
❌ Wrong: I'm playing basketball every weekend.
✓ Correct: I play basketball every weekend. (use simple present for routines)
❌ Wrong: Let's make sport together.
✓ Correct: Let's play sports together. (use 'play' with sports)
Master Sports and Activities sentence building!
Drag and drop words to form correct sentences
To practice your pronunciation, listen to the native speaker audio first. Then 'Record' yourself repeating what you heard, then use the 'Playback' button to compare your pronunciation with the native speaker. If you want to record yourself again, simply click 'Delete'!
✓ My favourite sport is basketball. I play it with my friends on weekends.
✓ She goes running every morning before work to stay fit.
✓ Would you like to play tennis with me this afternoon?
✓ I can swim very well, but I can't play golf.
✓ Our soccer team practices twice a week and plays games on Saturdays.
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