Sports teach us discipline and perseverance.

Meaning: Physical activities or games impart knowledge or skill to us that corrects or molds behavior and persisting in a course of action in spite of difficulties.

Choice of Words: Sports are physical activities or games. Teach means to impart knowledge or skill to someone. Us refers to the speaker and others. Discipline means training that corrects or molds behavior. Perseverance means persisting in a course of action in spite of difficulties.

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Sports help us learn how to be disciplined and never give up.

Meaning: This means that sports can teach us to be more controlled and to keep trying even when we want to stop.

Choice of Words: Help means to assist someone in doing something. Learn means to gain knowledge or skills. Disciplined means to have self-control and follow rules. Never means not at any time. Give up means to stop trying. When you put them together, "Sports help us learn how to be disciplined and never give up" means that sports can teach us how to have self-control and keep trying even when things are difficult.

When we play sports, we practice following rules and not giving up easily.

Meaning: This means that sports can teach us to follow instructions and to keep trying even when it's difficult.

Choice of Words: Play means to take part in a game or sport. Practice means to do something repeatedly in order to improve. Following means to obey or do what someone tells you to do. Rules are instructions that tell you how to behave or play a game. Easily means without much effort or difficulty. When you put them together, "When we play sports, we practice following rules and not giving up easily" means that when we play sports, we learn how to follow the rules and keep trying even when it's hard.

Sports can show us how to be in control of ourselves and keep going even when it's tough.

Meaning: This means that sports can teach us to be more controlled and to keep trying even when we want to stop.

Choice of Words: Show means to make something visible or known. Control means to have power or authority over something. Ourselves means we are talking about ourselves. Keep going means to continue moving or doing something. Tough means difficult or hard. When you put them together, "Sports can show us how to be in control of ourselves and keep going even when it's tough" means that sports can teach us how to have self-control and keep trying even when things are difficult.

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