Q&A Sports

Question: 你喜欢什么运动？What sport do you like?

Possible answer: 我喜欢踢足球/打篮球/跑步/游泳/打羽毛球。

Wǒ xǐhuān tī zúqiú/dǎ lánqiú/pǎobù/yóuyǒng/dǎ yǔmáoqiú.

I like playing football/basketball/running/swimming/badminton.

Vary your answer with different hobbies, especially those are very 'Chinese', such as, 踢键子，跳广场舞，etc.

Level up: give a reason for your hobby, such as,

我踢足球踢得好。yīnwèi wǒ tī zúqiú tī dé hǎo.

because I play football well.

Question: 你会游泳吗？Can you swim?

Possible answer:

我会（游泳）。Wǒ huì (yóuyǒng). I can (swim).

or

我不会（游泳）。Wǒ bù huì (yóuyǒng). I canot (swim).

Levelling up by adding more information:

我会游泳，我每天都游泳。

Wǒ huì yóuyǒng, wǒ měitiān dū yóuyǒng.

I can swim, I swim every day.

or

我不会游泳。游泳太难了。

Wǒ bù huì yóuyǒng. Yóuyǒng tài nán le.

I do not know how to swim. Swimming is too difficult.

太 + adj. + 了 structure: too + adj.

Question: 你每天都运动吗？Do you exercise every day?

Possible answers:

是的，我每天都运动/打篮球/踢足球/爬山。

Shì de, wǒ měitiān dū yùndòng/dǎ lánqiú/tī zúqiú/páshān.

Yes, I exercise/play basketball/football/climb every day.

不是，我不经常运动。

Bùshì, wǒ bù jīngcháng yùndòng.

No, I don't exercise often.

Levelling up:

不是，我每三天运动一次。

Bùshì, wǒ měi sān tiān yùndòng yīcì.

No, I exercise every three days.

Question: 你喜欢踢足球吗？为什么？Do you like playing football? why?

Possible answers:

我非常喜欢踢足球，因为很有意思。

Wǒ fēicháng xǐhuān tī zúqiú, yīnwèi hěn yǒuyìsi.

I like playing football very much because it is interesting.

我不喜欢踢足球，因为没意思。

Wǒ bù xǐhuān tī zúqiú, yīnwèi méiyìsi.

I don't like playing football because it's boring.

Levelling up:

• Use different intensifiers, such as 最/特别/十分 (Zuì/tèbié/shífēn, the most/ very much) etc to replace 非常.

• Give different reasons, such as, 我朋友也踢足球 (Wǒ péngyǒu yě tī zúqiú, my friends also plays football. ) or 踢足球对身体好 (Tī zúqiú duì shēntǐ hǎo, Playing football is good for your health) or 踢足球让我很高兴 ( Tī zúqiú ràng wǒ hěn gāoxìng, Playing football makes me happy)。

A 对 B 好 : A is good for B

A 让 B + adj.: A makes B + adj.

Question: 你最喜欢什么运动？为什么？What's your favourite sport? why?

Possible answer:

我最喜欢 + a sport，因为很好玩儿。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuān + a sport, yīnwèi hěn hǎo wánr.

I like ... the most, because it's fun.

See Question 4 for more ideas.

Question: 为了身体健康，你做什么运动？What sport(s) do you do for good health?

Possible answer:

为了身体健康，我常常跑步/打篮球/爬山/踢足球。

Wèile shēntǐ jiànkāng, wǒ chángcháng pǎobù/dǎ lánqiú/páshān/tī zúqiú.

For my health, I often run/play basketball/climbing/play football.

Levelling up:

Replace 常常 with other words about frequency, such as 经常 (Jīng cháng, often) or 每天都 (Měi tiān dōu, every day).

Question: 你在学校做什么运动？What sports do you do at school?

Possible answer:

我常常在学校打篮球。

Wǒ chángcháng zài xuéxiào dǎ lánqiú.

I often play basketball at school.

Note:

在 + place is a structure to talk about place. Please be noted the position of the structure: subject + 在 + place + activity. Therefore for answer, you cannot say 我打篮球在学校(this sentence order is WRONG )。

Question: 你常常在哪儿做运动？Where do you often do sports?

Possible answer:

我常常在学校做运动。

Wǒ chángcháng zài xuéxiào zuò yùndòng.

I often do sports in school.

Note:

在 + place is a structure to talk about place. Please be noted the position of the structure: subject + 在 + place + activity. Therefore for answer, you cannot say 我打篮球在学校(this sentence order is WRONG )。

Question: 你常常在什么地方做运动？Where do you often do sports?

Possible answer: same as previous one. 哪儿 = 什么地方

Question: 你平时和谁一起运动？Who do you usually exercise with?

Possible answer:

我平时和朋友一起运动。

Wǒ píngshí hé péngyǒu yīqǐ yùndòng.

I usually exercise with my friends.

我平时不运动。

Wǒ píngshí bù yùndòng.

I don't usually exercise.

Note:

"A和B一起 + activity" is a very useful structure and can be used in many situations. It means someone does something with someone else.

平时 (usually) is used in between A and 和 to talk about frequency. For example, 我常常和妹妹一起跳舞。I often dance with my sister.

Question: 你家里谁最喜欢做运动？Who in your family likes doing sports the most?

Possible answer:

（在）我家里，妈妈最喜欢做运动。

(Zài) wǒ jiālǐ, māmā zuì xǐhuān zuò yùndòng.

My mother likes to do sports the most in my family.

Note:

在 means in/at. You can omit it in this sentence.

Question: 请说一说你喜欢的运动。Please talk about your favourite sports.

How to answer:

You might want to talk about 1) what you like to do and why; 2) when do you do this sport; 3) who you'd like to do the sport with; 4) where you do the sport etc

Possible answer:

我最喜欢打羽毛球。

我觉得打羽毛球非常有意思。

我周末和朋友一起打羽毛球。

我们去学校打羽毛球。

Levelling up by combining the sentences:

我最喜欢打羽毛球，我觉得打羽毛球非常有意思。我常常在周末和朋友一起去学校打羽毛球。

Wǒ zuì xǐhuān dǎ yǔmáoqiú, wǒ juédé dǎ yǔmáoqiú fēicháng yǒuyìsi. Wǒ chángcháng zài zhōumò hé péngyǒu yīqǐ qù xuéxiào dǎ yǔmáoqiú.

I like playing badminton the most. I think playing badminton is very interesting. I often go to school to play badminton with friends on weekends.

Question: 你认为做运动重要吗？为什么？Do you think exercise is important? why?

Possible answer:

我认为做运动很重要，因为做运动对身体好。

因为做运动让我很高兴。

因为做运动让我很放松。

Question: 你觉得做运动重要吗？为什么？Do you think exercise is important? why?

Possible answer: 我觉得做运动非常重要，因为对身体好。

Question: 你上个周末做了什么运动？What exercise did you do last weekend?

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Question: 你这个周末要做什么运动？What sports are you going to do this weekend?

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