Can a hobby help you forget your worries?

Answer each question with 2–3 sentences.

1. What do you do after work or study?
2. Do you have a hobby?
3. Do you have a hobby you started as an adult?
4. Which hobby would you like to try?
5. Do you prefer hobbies at home or outside?
6. What do you do when you are worried?

Read each word and the example. Then say a sentence about you and your free time.

Choose the word that fits.

1. He old coins and stamps.
2. Music helps me after work.
3. My grandmother warm socks for the winter.
4. We play a every Friday evening.
5. I want to join a running .
6. I'm too tired. I want to yoga.
7. I read books in my .
8. makes me calm. I love flowers.

Choose the right answer, then press Check answers.

1. to remember ↔ to
   relaxpaintforget
2. a person who makes new things is
   busycreativefree
3. You paint with colours. You knit with
   paperwoolclay
4. Chess, painting and gardening are all
   clubslumpshobbies
5. to take up a hobby = to
   stopfinishstart
   a hobby
6. Monopoly is a
   gardenclubboard game

Use these phrases to talk about your hobbies.

• My hobby is...Моє хобі — це...My hobby is photography.
• I'm keen on...Я дуже цікавлюся...I'm keen on hiking.
• I enjoy painting...Мені подобається малювати...I enjoy painting at the weekend.
• I can't stand...Терпіти не можу...I can't stand waiting in queues.
• I'd like to take up...Я б хотів(ла) почати займатися...I'd like to take up yoga.
• It helps me relax.Це допомагає мені розслабитися.Knitting helps me relax.
• How often do you...?Як часто ти...?How often do you play chess?
• Do you want to try?Хочеш спробувати?Come with me. Do you want to try?

Read the text. Hover over the dotted words for help.

1. Winston Churchill was a British prime minister.
   TrueFalse
2. He took up painting when he was 20.
   TrueFalse
3. He painted only a few pictures.
   TrueFalse
4. Painting helped him forget his worries.
   TrueFalse
5. The text says a hobby can help people relax.
   TrueFalse

1. Do you think a hobby can help with worries?
2. What do you do to relax after a busy day?
3. Did you take up a hobby as an adult?
4. Would you like to try painting? Why or why not?

Common mistakes: enjoy + -ing, and he / she + -s. ✗ I enjoy to paint → I enjoy painting. ✗ She like reading → She likes reading.

1. I enjoy
   paintpainting
   in the evening.
2. She
   likelikes
   walking in the park.
3. DoesDo
   you like playing chess?
4. He
   don't likedoesn't like
   getting up early.
5. We love
   to dancingdancing
   at parties.
6. My sister
   gogoes
   to a yoga club.
7. I
   don't minddoesn't mind
   cooking.
8. What
   dodoes
   you do in your free time?

Each sentence has one mistake. Type the correct words.

1. I enjoy to paint. →
2. She like knitting. →
3. Do he play chess? →
4. I don't enjoy get up early. →
5. My hobby are photography. →
6. He don't like cooking. →

Answer in detail. Use like, love, enjoy and hate with -ing.

1. What do you enjoy doing at the weekend?
2. What do you hate doing at home?
3. Does anyone in your family have a hobby?
4. Do you like trying new things?
5. What hobby do you want to take up, and why?
6. How does your hobby help you relax?

Three friends need a hobby. Say which hobby is best for each person and why. Which hobby would you choose?

Your teacher will time you.

1. Plan for one minute, then speak for one or two minutes.
2. Part 1: what your hobby is and how often you do it.
3. Part 2: why you enjoy it (use like, love, enjoy + -ing).
4. Part 3: what you need for it and how much time it takes.

1. What do you do after work or study?
2. Do you have a hobby?
3. How often do you do it?
4. Do you do it alone or with friends?
5. Do you spend money on your hobby?
6. What did you enjoy doing as a child?
7. Do you have a hobby you want to stop?
8. What hobby would you like to try this year?

1. Who in your family has an interesting hobby?
2. What hobby is popular in your country?
3. Do your friends have the same hobbies as you?
4. What do your parents do in their free time?
5. Do you know someone who collects something?
6. What hobby is good for children?

1. Is it better to have one big hobby or many small hobbies?
2. Can a hobby become a job? Is it a good idea?
3. Why do some people have no hobbies?
4. Should schools have more hobby clubs?
5. Can a hobby help with stress?