27671 talking about hobbies

They are collecting coins and skate boarding.. Collecting coins is my indoor hobby while skate boarding takes me outside to experience the fresh air.. Also I am interested in rock collec

Talking about hobbies and leisure time.

At weekends I sometimes go to a disco or to the cinema

I listen to bands like

I'm interested in history

While listening to hard-rock I can get everything off my chest

In summer I like to go swimming

In winter I go skiing

I like visiting friends and talking about this and that

My friend and I do lots of word puzzles

Playing football is fun

One of my hobbies is writing letters to my pen-friends

Sometimes I read so much that I forget the housework

When the weather is bad, I read books or watch TV

I enjoy working on the computer

Once a week I do some handball practice

I go training every evening

When we are on holidays I like walking in the mountains

Now and then I do babysitting

 Let’s read the texts.

1) Mary has a lot of hobbies and interests She usually gets up early so she can run before work She doesn't often have time to ski, but she occasionally goes on Saturdays during the winter Mary often rides a horse at a stable near here home She sometimes goes after work, but she usually goes horse riding on Sundays She loves music She always goes

to choir practice on Wednesday evenings and sings in church on Sundays She doesn't have much extra money, so she rarely goes to concerts in the city She seldom watches TV because she likes doing things outside She usually goes to the gym if it's raining outside She isn't often alone because she has a lot of friends She occasionally does something alone, but she usually does her activities with one of her friends She's a happy woman!

2) My hobby is reading I read story books, magazines, newspapers and any kind of material

that I find interesting.

This hobby got started when I was a little boy I had always wanted my parents to read fairy tales and other stories to me Soon they got fed up and tired of having to read to me

continually So as soon as I could, I learned to read I started with simple ABC books Soon I could read simple fairy tales and other stories Now I read just about anything that is

available Reading enables me to learn about so many things that I would otherwise not know

I learned about how people lived in bygone days of magic and mystery I learned about the

wonders of the world, space travel, human achievements, gigantic whales, tiny viruses and other fascinating things of our world

The wonderful thing about reading is that I do not have to learn things the hard way For example, I do not have to catch a disease to know that it can kill me I know the danger so I can avoid it Also I do not have to go deep into the jungle to learn about the tiger I can read all about it in a book

Books provide the reader with so much information and facts They have certainly helped me

in my daily life I am better equipped to cope with living Otherwise I would go about

ignorantly learning things the hard way

So I continue to read Besides being more informed about the world, I also spend my time profitably It is indeed a good hobby

I currently have two hobbies They are collecting coins and skate boarding Collecting coins is

my indoor hobby while skate boarding takes me outside to experience the fresh air I find that they provide a nice balance of going out and staying in during my free time

Since I began collecting coins two years ago, I have met many others who share the

same burning interest It started when my father, who is an airline pilot, brought home his unused coins from his trips around the world I thought some of them looked exotic They

looked very different from our Singapore coins I had a liking for the various coins

immediately and began collecting them Now, whenever my father goes on his trips, I beg him

to bring home as many different coins as he can Today, I have over two hundred coins from twenty-four different countries

My interest in skate boarding, however, grew differently I started three years ago, when I was in primary four, when a classmate of mine introduced skate boarding to me At first, I

found it difficult to balance on a plank of wood on wheel I also thought it was silly But after two weeks of skate boarding every afternoon, I began to love the wind blowing in my hair and the thrill I got going places with it Today, my favourite skate boarding area is the park by the beach where it's safe and I do not bump into people while skating

My two hobbies are important to me because they help me relax from studying too much I make sure that I do my homework before I even think about my coin collection or skate boarding

4) Since I'm a student, I go to school weekdays and so I don't have too much free time I

usually spend six or seven hours at school then I have lunch at the school cafeteria After that I either go downtown for some shopping or I go home and study If I have some free time during the week I might also read a book or watch some TV Lately my evenings have been spent preparing for my graduation examination which takes up a lot of time

Even though I have a lot to do, I still have some free time for leisure activities On the

weekends during spring and autumn I like to go with my family to our cottage I like taking

long walks around the countryside and I like watching the seasons change Also I am

interested in rock collecting and mineralogy so when I get some free time I like to look for interesting rocks to improve my collection In the winter I enjoy sports like skiing, skating or playing ice hockey I'm not very good at skating or hockey but I think I've become a pretty good skier

I have the most free time during the summer months One of my favorite activities is to go canoeing with my friends It's really nice We borrow a couple of canoes and choose a nice

spot on the river to begin We spend the day floating and paddling down the river Sometimes

if it gets hot we jump in the water and go swimming Of course we take breaks during the day; we stop along the river to prepare some food or to visit a local pub In the evening we set up our tents and make a campfire We spend the evening talking, singing songs, and

enjoying nature One of my favorite things to do is to cook some sausages over the campfire

We also like to wrap potatoes in foil then cook them in the hot ashes These wonderful trips, just like summer, always end too soon

Question1: Match the following words with their explanation.

Burning different and beautiful.

Question2: Label the following pictures:

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Gym / canoeing / watching TV / camping / playing chess / cycling / skiing /

playing hide-and-seek / painting / horse-riding / playing football / collecting stamps /

knitting / cooking / acting / playing cards / golfing / chatting with friends / playing basketball / taking photos / racing / skate boarding / reading books / doing the shopping / collecting coins / playing computer games / doing the housework / dancing / choir / fishing / gardening.

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1 What is your favorite color ?

2 What's your favorite kind of music?

3 Favorite sport?

4 Do you have a lucky number ?

5 What kind of food do you like best?

6 How about movies?

7 Who is your favorite movie star?

8 What city do you like most?

Purple.

I like pop music.

Kung fu.

Yes It's eight.

I like Cantonese food.

Action.

Jackie Chan.

Hong Kong, of course!

Speaking Situations: Talking about Favorites

colors

sports

(school) subjects movies

Conversation Practice

1 Tell about your favorite things (food, colors, sports, school subjects, movies, etc.)

Example,

My favorite color is red.

My favorite subject is biology.

I really like horror movies.

2 See if you can guess your partner's favorite things.

For example,

I think your favorite color is green.

No, it isn't It's blue.

And your favorite sport is swimming.

That's right!

3 Ask questions to find out about your classmates.

What kind of food do you like best?

I really like Vietnamese food.

I like Thai food best.

Types of movies:

Action /horror /romantic /comedy /drama /western /science fiction