English 06/08

Do

Play

Play, do and go for sports

Go

​We use play for team sports or ball games.

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I play football.

I don't play tennis.

Will we play hockey tomorrow?

​We use do for more individual activities.

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I do exercise.

I don't do judo. Have you ever done aerobics?

​We often use go for activities ending in -ING

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I go running.

I don't go swimming.

I would never go skydiving.

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence: I love team games. Personally, I love to ______ volleyball.

• play

• do

• go

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence: I'm very nervous. I've never ______ hiking on my own.

• played

• done

• gone

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence: At 6 in the evening yesterday, I was ______ yoga.

• playing

• doing

• going

We can use pick up informally to describe buying something.

• I often pick up some milk on my way home.

• She picks up lots of items in the Christmas sales.

Buying something

We can use pick up to describe learning something

• Children pick up languages very quickly. 

• I picked up the guitar from spending time with musicians.

Learning something

Three ways to use 'pick up'

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Getting an illness

We can use pick up to describe getting an illness.

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• I think I picked up a cold.

• He picked up the flu from his classmates.

Multiple Choice

Which of these can we NOT use 'pick up' to describe?

• learning something

• buying something

• beginning a new hobby

• getting an illness

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is INCORRECT?

• I've never picked up clothes so cheaply before!

• She picked up the measles from a girl at school.

• The plane picked up after it had accelerated down the runway.

Even if introduces something hypothetical, which means it may not be real.

• Even if it's sunny when we're in Scotland, I'm not going swimming

• Even if you paid me, I wouldn't watch that film.

Even if

Even though introduces something that's true, but may be unexpected. It's similar to despite.

• Even though I hate driving, I'm still going to Scotland.

• Even though I hate tennis, I'm still going to watch the final.

Even though

Even though vs even if

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is correct?

• Even if I could stop the rain, I'd still stay inside today.

• Even though I could stop the rain, I'd still stay inside today.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is 'even though' similar to?

• therefore

• despite

• however

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences is real?

• Even if you failed your exam, I'll still buy you an ice-cream.

• Even though you failed your exam, I'll still buy you an ice-cream.

Avoid means miss. If you avoid something you miss it, or try to make it miss you. You can avoid something or avoid something happening.

• I avoided the slap easily. 

• I avoided being discovered by hiding.

Prevent means stop. Preventing something means stopping it, often before it has happened. You can prevent something, prevent something happening, or prevent someone from doing something.

• The arrival of the police prevented crime.

• His hand prevented the cup falling. 

• Losing my passport prevented me from flying.

Prevent vs Avoid

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct statement below.

• We use prevent when we talk about making something miss us.

• We use avoid when we talk about making something miss us.

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence with the correct verb: I ________ the door from hitting me by stopping it with my hand.

• prevented

• avoided

Multiple Choice

Which of these is NOT correct?

• The international conference prevented war.

• The international conference prevented war starting.

• The international conference prevented the nations from warring.

• The international conference prevented the nations to war each other.

Multiple Choice

Какое слово лишнее:

• dear

• expensive

• pricey

• bizarre

Multiple Choice

Какое слово лишнее?

• odd

• amusing

• bizarre

• weird

Multiple Choice

Какое слово лишнее?

• humorous

• hilarious

• amusing

• odd

We use already to talk about something that has finished, but that this was earlier than expected. Already usually, but not always, goes in front of the main verb phrase. It can also go at the end of the clause for emphasis.

• She's already finished work.

• I'm only 18 but I've already been to 25 countries.

• You can't have arrived already! I'm not even home!

Still

We use still to talk about something that hasn't finished, which may be surprising. Still usually, but not always, goes in front of the main verb phrase.

• Are you still studying?

• He still hasn't been to France.

• I still can't decide what to do.

Still vs already vs yet

​Still, already and yet are all adverbs and can all be used to talk about things going on around the present.

​Already

​Yet

​We use yet in questions and negatives to talk about things that haven't happened, but we think they will. Yet usually appears at the end of the clause. ​

• Haven't you left yet?

• I haven't met my teacher yet.

• Are we nearly there yet?

Multiple Choice

Which adverb CANNOT be put at the end of a sentence or clause?

• still

• already

• yet

Multiple Choice

Which of these sentences talks about an action that has started but hasn't finished?

• I'm still using the bathroom! Go away!

• Thanks but I've already had breakfast.

• Have you started cooking dinner yet?

Multiple Choice

Which of these makes sense?

• I still had three meetings this morning.

• I've already had three meetings this morning.

• I've had three meetings this morning yet.

Multiple Choice

more это море?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

most это мост?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

officer это офицер?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

original это оригинальный?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

regular это регулярный?

• Yes

• No

Multiple Choice

repetition это репетиция?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

student это студент?

• yes

• no