Hobbies and interests

Activity 1
A Pair work
Look at these pictures. Then discuss the questions below
What are the people doing?
Which activities do you regularly do?
Which activities do you never do?
The man in the first picture is lifting weights
The woman in the second picture is..
B Listen
you will hear interviews with Jason, Emma, and Nick.
Write their leisure activities in the chart
C Listen again
what do they enjoy most about each activity?
How long do they spend on each thing? Complete the chart.
D Group work
Discuss these questions.
* Would you rather spend free time with Jason, Emma or Nick? Why?
* Who wouldn’t you like to spend time with? Why not?
I’d rather spend free time with Nick because I also enjoy….
describe each hobby below. Use the words in the box
and your own ideas.
Activity 2
A Pair work
I think shopping is relaxing and satisfying
Do you think so? I find it dull and time –consuming
B Join another pair
What are your favorite hobbies? Why? Use these
reasons and your own ideas
I can do it alone It’s educational I can do it anytime.
I can do it with friends It’s inexpensive I can do it anywhere
My favorite hobby is doing puzzles
I can do it alone, and it’s relaxing
I really like taking photos.
I can do it anytime, and it’s creative.
C Group work
Discuss these questions
What hobbies did you do as a child but don’t do now?
What new activity would you like to try?
Do you know anymore with an unusual hobby?
I collected stamps as a child,
but I don’t have time for it now
Activity 3
Communication task
Work in pair. One of you should look at Task 8 on page 78,
and the other at Task 28 on page 86.
You are going to talk about other activities you enjoy
In an average week, how many hours does the average
person spend doing these things? Circle your guesses.
Activity 1
A Pair work
Do you think the average person spends 80 or 120 hours at home?
I’d guess 80 hours.
What do you think?
Two people are discussing the information in part A.
Did you guess correctly? Correct your answers
B Listen
C Pair work.
How much time do you spend doing the things in part A?
I think I spend more time watching
TV about 20 hours or so.

I don’t spend any time watching TV
Activity 2
A Work alone
Check the chores you often do.
Write an X next to the chores you never do.
 clean my room  do laundry  shop for groceries.
 feed a pet  recycle  take out the garbage
 fix broken things sweep the floor  wash dishes
B Pair work
Compare your answers. Then discuss these questions.
* Are there any chores you enjoy doing? What are they?
* What chores do you dislike the most? Why?
* What other chores do you do?
“Actually, I enjoy feeding my pet cat and shopping for groceries”

Activity 3
A Work alone
Add two activities to chart you like to do
B Pair work
About how many times did you do
each activity in the past month?
Complete the chart
“ In the past month,
how many times did you eat out?”
“ Let’s see……I think I ate out about three times .
How about you?”
C Join another pair
Compare your charts. Then discuss these questions
* Who do you think has the most leisure time?
* who spends their free time most productively ? Why?
* If you had more free time, how would you spend it?
Activity 4
A pair work
If you had a free weekend, how would you spend it?
Write plans for Saturday and Sunday morning, afternoon and evening.
“On Saturday morning. I’d like to…”
B Join another pair
Share your plans. Whose weekend sounds more relaxing?
More sociable? More educational? More unusual?
Self-Study
For extra grammar, listening and vocabulary practice,
go to pages 104-105