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Topic 1:

Hobbies and Interests

General English Program


by Smart English Academy
Vocabulary

Photography Watching Knitting Sewing Playing the


movies piano

Singing Dancing Reading Writing Language


learning
Vocabulary

Acting/drama Video gaming Painting Drawing Listening to


music

Cooking Baking Swimming Yoga Roller skating


Vocabulary

Tennis Badminton Soccer Volleyball Surfing

Bowling Martial arts Boxing Chess Cycling


Vocabulary

Walking Running Horseback Archery Climbing


riding

Traveling Hiking Fishing Gardening Collecting


stamps/philately
Questions
What are your
hobbies? How long have you How often do you do
My hobby is swimming. had your hobbies? your hobbies?
My hobbies are swimming I have had my hobbies since I do my hobbies twice a
and drawing. 2015. week.

Why do you like your What do you like to What do you like to
hobbies? do in your free time? do on weekends?
I like my hobby because it In my free time, I like surfing I like traveling on weekends.
makes me healthy. the Internet.
Questions
What did you like to Are your hobbies
do when you were a different from 5 Do you spend money
child? years ago? on your hobbies?
When I was a child, I liked No, they aren’t. My hobbies Yes, I do. I spend around
riding my bicycle. are still the same. Rp100.000 a month.

Do you collect What hobbies do you


anything? What hobbies do you NOT want to
want to try/learn? try/learn?
Yes, I do. I collect stamps,
and I already collect around I want to try language I’m not interested in
100 stamps. learning, especially English. drawing. It’s too difficult.
“Don’t be afraid to make mistakes.
They are just the stepping stones to
success.”

— Louis Zamperini
Grammar:
Gerund
Gerund
Gerund  a verb form that functions as a noun.
How to form a gerund  add “-ing” to the base form of a verb (V1).
Function of gerund  express actions as subjects, objects, or complements.

Base form Gerund


Swim Swimming
Cook Cooking
Read Reading
Draw Drawing
Take Taking
Gerund
Examples:
Swimming is my hobby. Swimming in this sentence
S V O functions as a subject.

She enjoys reading a book. Reading in this sentence functions


S V O as an object.

Her favorite activity is painting. Painting in this sentence functions


S Linking V C as a complement.
Exercise
collect play write travel shop clean cook run hike listen

1. She enjoys __________ delicious meals.


2. His passion is __________ the piano.
3. __________ a mountain offers breath-taking views.
4. __________ poetry allows me to express my emotions.
5. What energizes me for the day is __________ in the morning.
6. I appreciate your help with __________ the house.
7. Her hobby is __________ rare coins from around the world.
8. __________ to classical music helps me relax.
9. __________ to new places broadens one’s horizon.
10. They spent the afternoon __________ for new clothes.
Listening Section
Complete the paragraph by listening to the audio
and filling in the blanks
Hobbies and Interests
It is very rewarding to have __________ (1) interests and hobbies. Some people like to play
__________ (2). Other people __________ (3) a lot of time watching television. There are
people who would __________ (4) watch movies. Some people prefer more __________ (5)
things. They would rather play a sport like baseball, hockey or __________ (6). Some people
do __________ (7) at a gym, or they just go for walks. There are many ways to exercise. You
can __________ (8) or lift weights. They can collect all kinds of different things. You can
collect __________ (9), coins, dolls, postcards, movies, rocks or __________ (10). Some
people even collect __________ (11) or leaves. Some people are __________ (12) enough to
be able to travel. You can travel to a nearby place, or you can travel far away to a different
__________ (13). There are people who like to __________ (14). People have different types
of music. Some people like rock music, rap, __________ (15), or folk music.

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