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4. to do or to play
   
   

   When you use the verb [shimasu] to describe an action - like reading a book or playing a sport - you use the particle [o] to mark the object receiving the action. follows the sport being played, the book being read, and so on.

   I play tennis.		Tenisu o shimasu.
   Kenta played tennis.		Kenta wa tenisu o shimashita.
   What do you play?		nani o shimasuka
   What did you play?		nani o shimashitaka

5. (ashita) tomorrow, (kyoo) today and (kinoo) yesterday
   
   If you haven't begun playing tennis yet but you are going to, you use the non-past form of the verb. (There is no separate future tense for Japanese verbs.)
   

   I will play tennis tomorrow.	ashita tenisu o shimasu.
   I will play tennis today.	kyoo tenisu o shimasu.

   
   If you have already played tennis, you use the past form of the verb.
   

   I played tennis today.	kyoo tenisu o shimashita.
   I played tennis yesterday.	kinoo tenisu o shimashita.