Vocabulary:

• 1. If you have a lot of bottles, dolls or stamps, your hobby is …collecting…..
• 2. If you spend time watching birds in nature, your hobby is …bird-watching……
• 3. If you like playing monopoly or chess, your hobby is ………playing board games………. 
• 4. If you always buy flowers and put them in a vase to display in your house, your hobby is ……arranging flowers……... 
• 5. If you spend most of your free time making vases or bowls from clay, your hobby is ………making pottery……… 
• 6. If you enjoy moving your body to music, your hobby is……dancing……….

2. Put one of the verbs from the box in each blank. Use the correct form of the verb:

• 1. My sister ……… listens ……..to pop music every day.
• 2. They …… go …….. shopping for on Sundays. 
• 3. My mum wants to keep fit, so she …… plays  ……..tennis three times a week. 
• 4. Do they …… read …….. …newspapers in the morning?
• 5. My grandparents ……… do …….exercise in their free time.
• 6. It is interesting to ………collect………tree leaves from different countries. 

3. Add hobbies to each of the following lists:

Grammar:

4. Use the present simple or future simple form of each verb in brackets to complete the passage:

There are four people in my family. We (1.have) …… have …… different hobbies. My father (2.like) …… likes …… playing badminton. He (3.play) …… plays …….. it almost every day. My mother (4.not like) ……… doesn’t like ……. this sport. She (5.enjoy) …… enjoys  ……… walking. Every morning, she (6.walk) …… walks  …….. for about two kilometres. Next year, I (7.join) ……… will join ……. her. My younger sister (8.love) …… loves …….. reading books. There is a big bookshelf in her room. I (9.not like) ……… don’t like …….. her books because they are usually picture books. She says she (10.read) …… will read ……… other kinds of books when she is older. 

5. Write true sentences about yourself:

• a. I like …………………making polymer clay toys…………………..
• b. I enjoy ………………listening to music………….……….. 
• c. I love …………………sleeping……….…….…… 
• d. I don’t like ……………bird-watching……….…..…….
• e. I hate ………………getting up early…………...………..

Communication:

Role-play:

Work in pairs. Student A is a reporter. Student B is a famous person.

I’m a reporter from a magazine. Can I ask you some questions about your hobbies?
Yes, of course.

• Tom: Good morning. Nice to meet you.
• Jerry: Good morning. Nice to meet you, too.
• Tom: Can I ask you some questions about your hobbies?
• Jerry: Yes, of course.
• Tom: What is your favourite hobby?
• Jerry: It’s painting.