play vs. go

Preview　（腕試し）

Which of the following sentences are natural?

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1. How often does your team play rugby at Hanazono?

2. Do you ever play skiing?

3. Jack likes to play computer games.

4. Do you ever go skiing?

5. Have you ever gone surfing?

6. Do you ever play ski?

7. Let's swimming when it gets a little warmer.

8. The club went hiking in the mountains last Sunday.

A. All

B. 1, 3, 4, 6 & 7

C. 1, 3, 4, 5 & 8

D. 2, 6 & 7

　

Explanation （説明）

play

I like to play chess or checkers in my free time.

Do you ever play mahjong?

Samuel plays soccer very well.

　

Exception: Even though bowling is a game, we normally don't use the verb play in front of bowl. (Note that we can use play by itself when talking about bowling.) We usually say go bowling or just the verb bowl by itself.

I went bowling last week. I didn't play* very well--I got 105!

Have you ever bowled with people you don't know? It makes me very nervous.

　

go

I went hiking last weekend,

Where do you like to go shopping?

Ryoma went snowboarding last weekend.

Do you often go skiing in the winter?

　

Generally speaking, we play games and we go do a sport or outside activity.

Exercises（練習）

1. Satoshi sometimes goes plays golfing in Kobe.

2. Do you ever go play pachinko?

3. How often do you go play shopping in Umeda?

4. Sunny likes to go play surfing when the weather is warm.

5. I used to go play Pac-Man when I was a teenager.

6. Have you ever gone played swimming in the Yodo River (Yodogawa)?

7. While I was going playing golf a bird swooped down and stole my ball.

8. Let's go play bowling after the movie.

9. Some of my friends like to go play dancing on Friday nights, but I always decline when they ask me to go. If you ever saw me dance you would quickly see that I have two left feet.

10. Have you ever gone played the board game Monopoly?

　

Answers:

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.