ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLAY
Old English plega (n), plegan (vb); related to Middle Dutch pleyen.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLAY
PRESENT
Present
I play
you play
he/she/it plays
we play
you play
they play
Present continuous
I am playing
you are playing
he/she/it is playing
we are playing
you are playing
they are playing
Present perfect
I have played
you have played
he/she/it has played
we have played
you have played
they have played
Present perfect continuous
I have been playing
you have been playing
he/she/it has been playing
we have been playing
you have been playing
they have been playing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I played
you played
he/she/it played
we played
you played
they played
Past continuous
I was playing
you were playing
he/she/it was playing
we were playing
you were playing
they were playing
Past perfect
I had played
you had played
he/she/it had played
we had played
you had played
they had played
Past perfect continuous
I had been playing
you had been playing
he/she/it had been playing
we had been playing
you had been playing
they had been playing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will play
you will play
he/she/it will play
we will play
you will play
they will play
Future continuous
I will be playing
you will be playing
he/she/it will be playing
we will be playing
you will be playing
they will be playing
Future perfect
I will have played
you will have played
he/she/it will have played
we will have played
you will have played
they will have played
Future perfect continuous
I will have been playing
you will have been playing
he/she/it will have been playing
we will have been playing
you will have been playing
they will have been playing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would play
you would play
he/she/it would play
we would play
you would play
they would play
Conditional continuous
I would be playing
you would be playing
he/she/it would be playing
we would be playing
you would be playing
they would be playing
Conditional perfect
I would have play
you would have play
he/she/it would have play
we would have play
you would have play
they would have play
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been playing
you would have been playing
he/she/it would have been playing
we would have been playing
you would have been playing
they would have been playing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you play
we let´s play
you play
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
playing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAY»
The term «play» is very widely used and occupies the
500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the
English dictionary.
FREQUENCY
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10 QUOTES WITH «PLAY»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
play.
One of my favorite things to do is play golf at Braemar Country Club. It's quiet and not overly crowded. The people are nice, and there's wildlife all around the course. As far as my game itself, I can go from a 10 handicap to a 30, depending on the day.
Well, if you find a note tonight that sounds good, play the same damn note every night!
You look at stats for a guy who is a pretty good linebacker, he'll make 100 tackles. You make 100, you're averaging seven or eight tackles a game. If you play every down, that's a good number.
It's a lot tougher to play soccer and make it look believable. But in boxing, it was easier for me. I got injured a lot more in the soccer world. In soccer, I pulled muscles. I thought boxing was going to be tougher.
I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.
I have been known to play a few rounds in my time. I'm not obsessive; I don't play in the dark, but even that's not out of the question because Stevie Wonder is also a golfer.
Growing up, it was about finding a way to entertain myself outdoors. We spent all the summers on the beach, camping with my family a bunch, and traveling as much as we could. My parents wouldn't let me watch too much TV growing up or play video games, or anything like that.
I can't play anywhere near like I used to, and I was a hot drummer. It doesn't bother me, because frankly, if you get to that point where you can't hold a drumstick properly, there are many other things in life which are far more important, like cutting a loaf of bread or a piece of cheese.
The bad guys I play don't want to be bad. It's the struggle between the part of them that's an animal and the part that's the intellect that's interesting.
The Band was always famous for its retirements; we'd go and play and get a little petty cash together, and then not see each other till it was time to fill our pockets up again.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAY»
Discover the use of
play in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
play and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In this exhilarating and often hilarious book, David Crystal examines why we devote so much time and energy to language games, how professionals make a career of them, and how young children instinctively take to them.
2
Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching ...
This book will challenge your thinking about how sports should be taught, help you reassess your own methods, and provide a new and versatile model you can apply with great success—one practice, one game at a time.
3
Play: An Interdisciplinary Synthesis
This volume, the sixth in the Play and Culture TASP series, synthesizes biological, anthropological, educational, and psychological approaches to play.
Felicia Faye McMahon, Donald E. Lytle, Brian Sutton-Smith, 2005
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Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and ...
Or the blissful abandon of a golden retriever racing across a lawn. This is the joy of play. By definition, play is purposeless, all-consuming, and fun. But as Dr. Stuart Brown illustrates, play is anything but trivial.
Stuart Brown M.D., Christopher Vaughan, 2009
Garvey explores some of the more promising new directions in the study of children's play and summarizes the findings of recent research.
6
101 More Favorite
Play Therapy Techniques
Clear and marvelously simple, this manual will be an invaluable addition to any professional's or student's library. A Jason Aronson Book
Heidi Gerard Kaduson, Heidi Kaduson, Charles E. Schaefer, 2010
7
Rules of
Play: Game Design Fundamentals
An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.
Katie Salen, Eric Zimmerman, 2004
According to Roger Caillois, play is an occasion of pure waste.
9
Serious
Play: How the World's Best Companies Simulate to ...
An examination of corporate innovation processes identifies the challenges presented by digital simulation technologies and explores the impact of prototyping and experimentation on corporate structures
10
Fair
Play in Sport: A Moral Norm System
This text focuses specifically on the issue of fair play in competitive sport. The notion of fair play is integral to sport as we know and experience it. It is seen as a necessary ethos if competitive sport is to survive and flourish.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
play is used in the context of the following news items.
Five Google Play Music tips, tricks, and hidden features
Google Play Music may not be as popular as Spotify or have a crew of loud, aggressive DJs like Apple Music. But Google has chugged away ... «Greenbot, Jul 15»
South Africa to play four Test matches in India for first time
AB de Villiers bats during the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup match between South Africa and the United Arab Emirates. Photograph: Hagen ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Mariners turn unusual 3-6-2-2 triple play in win over Blue Jays
In a sequence of events involving a handful of players on both sides of the field, Seattle wound up with a 3-6-2-2 triple play - the first time a ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
Some Users Are Seeing 'Related Interests' Categories On The Play …
That brings us to the Play Store, an app where nothing is more important than engagement. Google appears to be testing a new feature called ... «Android Police, Jul 15»
Play as Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator in WWE 2K16
By Vince IngenitoArnold Schwarzenegger will be reprising his role as the T-800 model Terminator in WWE 2K16. According to a press release ... «IGN, Jul 15»
Play GTA V (and anything else) in your browser thanks to Windows …
If your laptop doesn't have the muscle to run a game like GTA V at anything approaching acceptable levels of quality, you might not need any ... «Geek, Jul 15»
Hammond mayor: Chief Keef was not authorized to play concert
"Our contract clearly allows us to authorize all acts that play on our stage. Chief Keef wasn't authorized, so we killed the power," he said. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
Five Nights at Freddy's 4 reaches the Google Play Store
The fourth iteration of the series has just been released on the Google Play Store, so get ready to spend all night trying to survive this horrifying ... «Android Authority, Jul 15»
Chris Rogers appears to be winning battle to play in third Ashes Test
Chris Rogers of Australia in action during an Australian nets Session at Edgbaston ahead of the third Ashes Test. Photograph: Ryan ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
SF Giants Can't Afford to Play It Safe at MLB Trade Deadline
Entering play Monday, San Francisco leads the Senior Circuit in team batting average and on-base percentage, and is second to Colorado in ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
