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dera collegues
I have a problem when dealing with the topic extreme sports. I hesitate between
have you ever been paragliding?
have you ever gone paragliding?
have you ever done paragliding?
and I also the same pb with activities such as waterskiing, zorbing......
thanks for your help
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2 Feb 2012
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yanogator
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Use either "been" or "gone", but not "done" for all of these. Bruce |
2 Feb 2012
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anaisabel001
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Play is used with ball sports or competitive games where we play against another person:
�How often do you play tennis? � - tennis is a ball sport.
�I play poker with my friends on Friday night. � - poker is a competitive game. We play to win.
�I don �t like playing computer games. � - again, computer games are competitive so we use play.
Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport that does not use a ball:
�I heard that you do karate. � - karate is a non-team activity.
�I do crossword puzzles in my free time. � - crossword puzzles are not competitive.
Go is used with activities that end -ing. We go somewhere to do something:
�I �m going fishing on Sunday. �
�Are you going skiing this winter? �
�She said she was going swimming. �
You can also have a look here:
http://www.learn-english-today.com/lessons/lesson_contents/play-go-do.htm
http://busyteacher.org/5111-sports-verbs-do-play-go.html
Hope it helps
Ana Isabel
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2 Feb 2012
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madamev
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How about �practise �? I think it may be used for this type of activities if I �m not mistaken.
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2 Feb 2012
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ueslteacher
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Check this out: so, do waterskiing?
Sophia
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2 Feb 2012
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