Hobbies and free time

Vocabulary free time and hobbies

1. How many free time activities and hobbies can you think of? Look at the picture and say what you think the owner of this room has as a hobby/ likes doing in free time.

2. Do you have a hobby? And a favourite activity? Match the pictures with the words. Draw or for each activity according to your likes and dislikes.

1) origami 2) video games 3) playing the drums 4) dancing hip-hop 5) cooking 6) BMX biking

a c e

b d f

3. Complete the text using the clue pictures and read. Then listen and check.

I’m quite good at my school studies, but I’ve got a lot of different

hobbies too. I’m very interested in and I’m fond of . I’m

into so I’m very keen on going to the . But I also love

outdoor activities, because I am a – its my favourite hobby.

I enjoy or backpacking, making and playing sticks-

and games. Scouts love learning new things and I’m also crazy

about training skills like telling and by the

or tracking animals. At the moment, I’m doing my Outdoor

Challenge Award and I’m learning how to .

Vocabulary ways to say i like….

4. Complete the sentences with the suitable words.

board games / books / theatre / history / horses

1) Ann is into ____. She reads everywhere, at school, on the bus, in the park. 2) I am not fond of ____. I am very active and prefer sports or outdoor activities. 3) Michael is not interested in ____. He finds it boring and hates going to museums. 4) Mark is keen on ____. He can ride really well and knows a lot about them. 5) Jane is crazy/mad about ____. She wants to become a famous actress one day.

5. Write the verbs that collocate with the hobbies in the groups.

play / listen to / do / watch / have / read / go

hide and seek / with my sister / board games pop music / the CDs / an audio book puzzles / housework / arts and crafts

fun / a pen friend / a collection online / for a walk / in for sports in bed / magazines about animals a horror / a TV show / a football match

6. Look at the prompts and say what these kids like doing? Make sentences about them using the correct verbs for each of the activities.

Ex.: Mia likes reading stories about princesses. to watch to keep to read to take to fly to collect to surf to make to create to go 1) Mia / about princesses 2) Tom / the Net 3) Alice / favourite cartoon 4) Mark / football cards 5) Emma / Minecraft models 6) Danny / fishing 7) Monika / food photos 8) Anna / the ant farm 9) Evan / a kite 10) Jack / videos for Tik-Tok

7. Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.

1) I don’t do/play a musical instrument. 2) Tom likes having/making tea with friends. 3) Jane does/plays gymnastics. 4) We go for a film/a walk on Sunday evenings. 5) I’m keen on watching/doing sport on TV. 6) He’s interested in doing/playing video games.

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8. Make up sentences using keen on, fond of, be into, be interested in, be crazy/mad about.

Ex: I am crazy about shopping for clothes.

1) I 2) My mum/dad 3) My sister/brother 4) My friend (and I) 5) My classmate(s) 6) Students in our school 7) Most (children) teenagers 8) Ukrainians a) …. acting and drama b)…. fantasy stories c)…. national traditions d) …. DIY e)…. computers and programming f) …. learning languages g)…. parties h) …. travelling i) …. animals (cats, dogs, pets) j) …. extreme sports k)…. shopping for clothes

9. Join the beginnings with the endings to make questions. Take turns to ask and answer these questions in pairs.

1) What are you 2) What kind of film are you keen 3) What music are you fond 4) How interested are you 5) Is there anything you are crazy/mad a) in sport? b) on watching? c) into? d) about? e) of listening?