collocation · informal
play sports
UK/pleɪ spɔːrts/US/pleɪ spɔrts/PLAY·SPORTS
Band 4-5speaking
to take part in sporting activities or games
Examples
“On weekends I like to play sports with my friends.”
“At school we used to play sports every afternoon.”
“He plays many different sports, including tennis and football.”
Band 8 sentence
“I try to play sports regularly because team activities help me improve both fitness and communication skills.”
Collocations
- play team sports
- play competitive sports
Word family
play verbsports noun (plural)
Common mistakes
play sport→play sports
do sport→play sports
Say it for a higher band
5exercise→6do sports→7+play sports
Synonyms
do sports
exercise
Easily confused
do sports
“We usually play sports after school instead of staying inside.”
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