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Play as a noun means ‘a piece of dramatic writing for the theatre or radio or television’:
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The students performed a play by Shakespeare and sang some folk songs.
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Radio plays are always much better than TV plays – you can use your imagination more.
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We use play as a verb when we talk about individual roles in a dramatic production, but we
say that someone acts in a play (noun):
Who played Hamlet?
Not: Who acted Hamlet?
McBride acted in over 40 plays.
Not: McBride played over 40 plays.
We use play as a verb to talk about doing sports, music and other leisure activities. We usually don’t
use an article (a/an, the) when we talk about sport or leisure activities. We usually use an article when
we talk about musical instruments:
I played rugby as a child; we never played soccer.
Can you play the piano?
I’ve never played poker. Have you?
We usually don’t use an article (a/an, the) when we talk about sport or leisure activities. We usually use
an article when we talk about musical instruments.
See also:
A/an and the
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Game is a noun. We use it to talk about sports or other entertaining activities:
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Would you like a game of tennis? (or Would you like to play tennis?)
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Not: Would you like a play of tennis?
The children invent some fantastic games to occupy themselves.
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+ Adjectives and adverbs
– Easily confused words
Above or over?
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Across, over or through?
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Advice or advise?
Affect or effect?
All or every?
All or whole?
Allow, permit or let?
Almost or nearly?
Alone, lonely, or lonesome?
Along or alongside?
Already, still or yet?
Also, as well or too?
Alternate(ly), alternative(ly)
Although or though?
Altogether or all together?
Amount of, number of or quantity of?
Any more or anymore?
Anyone, anybody or anything?
Apart from or except for?
Arise or rise?
Around or round?
Arouse or rouse?
As or like?
As, because or since?
As, when or while?
Been or gone?
Begin or start?
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Beside or besides?
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Between or among?
Born or borne?
Bring, take and fetch
Can, could or may?
Classic or classical?
Come or go?
Consider or regard?
Consist, comprise or compose?
Content or contents?
Different from, different to or different than?
Do or make?
Down, downwards or downward?
During or for?
Each or every?
East or eastern; north or northern?
Economic or economical?
Efficient or effective?
Elder, eldest or older, oldest?
End or finish?
Especially or specially?
Every one or everyone?
Except or except for?
Expect, hope or wait?
Experience or experiment?
Fall or fall down?

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Far or a long way?
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Farther, farthest or further, furthest?
Fast, quick or quickly?
Fell or felt?
Female or feminine; male or masculine?
Finally, at last, lastly or in the end?
First, firstly or at first?
Fit or suit?
Following or the following?
For or since?
Forget or leave?
Full or filled?
Fun or funny?
Get or go?
Grateful or thankful?
Hear or listen (to)?
High or tall?
Historic or historical?
House or home?
How is …? or What is … like?
If or when?
If or whether?
Ill or sick?
Imply or infer?
In the way or on the way?
It’s or its?
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Late or lately?
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Lay or lie?
Lend or borrow?
Less or fewer?
Look at, see or watch?
Low or short?
Man, mankind or people?
Maybe or may be?
Maybe or perhaps?
Nearest or next?
Never or not … ever?
Nice or sympathetic?
No doubt or without doubt?
No or not?
Nowadays, these days or today?
Open or opened?
Opportunity or possibility?
Opposite or in front of?
Other, others, the other or another?
Out or out of?
Permit or permission?
Person, persons or people?
Pick or pick up?
Play or game?
Politics, political, politician or policy?
Price or prize?
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Principal or principle?
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Quiet or quite?
Raise or rise?
Remember or remind?
Right or rightly?
Rob or steal?
Say or tell?
So that or in order that?
Sometimes or sometime?
Sound or noise?
Speak or talk?
Such or so?
There, their or they’re?
Towards or toward?
Wait or wait for?
Wake, wake up or awaken?
Worth or worthwhile?
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22/4/2019 Play or game ?

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de English Grammar Today 

Who played Hamlet?

Not: Who acted Hamlet?

McBride acted in over 40 plays.

Not: McBride played over 40 plays.

I played rugby as a child; we never played soccer.

Can you play the piano?

I’ve never played poker. Have you?

The children invent some fantastic games to occupy themselves.

FORD 6.0L E… FORD 7.3L F… FORD 6.0L F…

FORD 7.3L / I… FORD 7.3L F… FORD 6.0L / I…

Regístrate ahora Iniciar sesión

+ Adjectives and adverbs

– Easily confused words

Allow, permit or let?

Alone, lonely, or lonesome?

Already, still or yet?

Also, as well or too?

Altogether or all together?

Amount of, number of or quantity of?

Any more or anymore?

Anyone, anybody or anything?

Apart from or except for?

As, because or since?

As, when or while?

Bring, take and fetch

Can, could or may?

Consist, comprise or compose?

Different from, different to or different than?

Down, downwards or downward?

East or eastern; north or northern?

Elder, eldest or older, oldest?

Every one or everyone?

Except or except for?

Expect, hope or wait?

Fall or fall down?

Fast, quick or quickly?

Female or feminine; male or masculine?

Finally, at last, lastly or in the end?

First, firstly or at first?

Following or the following?

Hear or listen (to)?

How is …? or What is … like?

In the way or on the way?

Look at, see or watch?

Man, mankind or people?

Maybe or may be?

Never or not … ever?

No doubt or without doubt?

Nowadays, these days or today?

Opposite or in front of?

Other, others, the other or another?

Out or out of?

Person, persons or people?

Pick or pick up?

Politics, political, politician or policy?

So that or in order that?

There, their or they’re?

Wait or wait for?

Wake, wake up or awaken?

+ Nouns, pronouns and determiners