Check Your Understanding True or False

1. Marcus likes to play basketball. a. true b. false

2. Dean thinks basketball is great for relieving stress. a. true b. false

3. Marcus goes hang gliding every Saturday. a. true b. false

4. Ann doesn't want to try hang gliding. a. true b. false

5. Marcus and Dean will go hang gliding on Sunday. a. true b. false

6. Ann can make things with yarn. a. true b. false

Conversation Questions Free Time & Hobbies

1. Do you have much free time during the day / in the mornings / in the evenings? What do you usually do in your free time? Where do you spend your free time?

2. Would you like to have more free time?

3. What did you do last weekend?

4. Do people’s leisure time activities change as they get older? How?

5. What new activity would you like to try doing in your free time?

6. Do you think people had more or less free time in the past?

7. Do you ever feel that you waste your free time? How? What can you do about this?

8. Do you have hobbies? What are your hobbies? How many hours a week do you spend on your hobby?

9. Did you have any hobbies when you were a child?

10. Are there any hobbies you would like to try?

Leisure Questionnaire

How much real leisure time do you have?

■ each working day? _____ hours

■ each weekend or national holiday? _____ hours

Put your top four of the following leisure time activities in order of preference (1=favourite, 2=next favourite, etc).

participating in some kind of sport or physical exercise – which?_________

watching sport in a stadium or on TV – which sport? ________

playing some other game (e.g. cards) – which? ________

reading – what? ________

some kind of hobby – what?

listening to music at home or in a concert hall – what kind of music? ______

playing a musical instrument – which? ________

going to the cinema or watching videos

going to the theatre or opera

watching TV – which programs? ________

dancing – where? ________

going to cafes, restaurants, etc. with friends

visiting new places

other – what? ________

Compare your answer with a partner’s. What are the main similarities and differences between the ways in which you like to spend your leisure time?

Work in pairs

1. Describe an activity that you enjoy. You should say:

- where you do it - who you do it with - how often you do it

And say why you enjoy it.

2. Describe a hobby you had when you were a child. You should say:

- what it was - what was involved in this hobby - how you became interested in this hobby

And explain why you liked doing it.

3. Describe an outdoor activity that you like doing (or do regularly). You should say:

- what this activity is - where you do it - when you do it

And say why you like it.

Past Simple Tense Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets

1.  Yesterday evening I … (to go) to the cinema with a friend. 2.  In 1995 I … (to work) in Tokyo. 3. Last night the concert … (to finish) at midnight. 4.  I … (to arrive) at the office this morning before my colleagues. 5. When he was young, Tom … (to ride) a bicycle to school. 6. The train was at 8 p.m. so I … (to leave) home at 7 p.m. 7. Last Sunday was my mother's birthday, so I … (to make) a cake. 8. I … (to start) to play golf five years ago. 9. The great composer Mozart … (to die) at the age of 35. 10. Julie … (to do) a lot of English exercises last week.