⚽ I Love Playing Soccer! — Sports & -ing
Unit 3 starts here! Today you will learn the names of sports, when to say play, go or do, how to use love / like / enjoy / hate + verb-ing ("I love playing soccer") — and what to say when you don't understand: "Can you repeat that?"
Sports Club Day
Read the little scene below.
🤔 Which sport do you enjoy? Which one do you hate?
🏅 Sports & Activities
Click a card to hear it.
⚽ play + ball games
- play soccer, volleyball, handball
- play tennis, table tennis, badminton
- play baseball, ice hockey, chess
🏊 go + -ing
- go swimming, surfing, running
- go skating, ice skating, skiing
- go cycling
🥋 do + other activities
- do karate, yoga
- do gymnastics
- do exercise
🎯 Play, Go Or Do?
Choose the right verb for each sport. 8 rounds!
❤️ Love, Like, Enjoy, Hate + Verb-ing
After love, like, enjoy and hate, you can use a verb + -ing. This -ing word is called a gerund: it acts like a noun.
Spelling the -ing: most verbs just add -ing (play → playing). A final -e goes away: dance → dancing, ride → riding, skate → skating. Short verbs double the last letter: swim → swimming, run → running. Questions: "Do you like playing basketball?" — and a suggestion: "Let's go swimming!"
⚙️ The Gerund Machine
Choose a person, a feeling and an activity. The machine adds the -ing for you!
🙋 Asking For Repetition & Clarification
Didn't hear? Didn't understand? Don't worry — just ask! Here are polite expressions.
🔁 You didn't hear
- A: I really don't like cooking.
- B: Can you repeat that?
- A: I don't like cooking. — B: Oh, right.
🤔 You're not sure of the meaning
- A: It's really fun!
- B: Are you talking about table tennis?
- A: Yes, I am.
Even more polite: start with "Excuse me, but…" or "I'm sorry, but…": "I'm sorry, but can you repeat that?" · "Excuse me, but are you talking about table tennis?" — never just "What?!" 🙅
📻 Sorry, What Did You Say?
The radio is noisy! Listen to your friend and choose the best polite question. 6 rounds.
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: Which Sport Do You Like?
Write a conversation with a friend: ask "Do you like playing…?", say what you love, enjoy or hate doing, and ask your friend to repeat once!
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Act out your conversation out loud (alone with both voices, or with a friend) and record yourselves. Then listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Sports & -ing
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!