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Hobbies & Free Time

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🧩 Supplementary Practice

Extra practice — Hobbies & Free Time

Need the words to stick? Recognise, recall, then use them.

Extra support for language you've already met.

Step 1 · Let's Understand

Activities you enjoy — words & phrases

Recognise it, remember it, then use it.

Recognise the meaning

Recognise

Match each word with its meaning.

football
tennis
swimming
running
cycling
yoga
video games
guitar

Answer, then check.

Group the words

Notice

Put each activity in the right group.

  • playfootball · tennis · video games · the guitar
  • goswimming · running · cycling · shopping
  • doyoga · karate · homework

Words in real phrases

Chunks

Say each one aloud. Copy the rhythm.

I play football.

football

She plays tennis.

tennis

I go swimming.

swimming

He goes running.

running

We go cycling.

cycling

Can you remember?

Recall

Say the word first, then check.

Use it

Use it

Write 3 sentences about you using words from activities you enjoy.

Step 2 · Let's Practise

Extra speaking practice

Model first, then say it yourself.

Model language

Chunks

Listen, then say each phrase twice.

What do you do in your free time?

Do you play / go / do ___?

How often do you ___?

I love / like / don't like ___.

Me too! / Really? I don't.

Guided speaking

Speak

Pairs: ask each other about hobbies and free time. Find 3 things you both do.

  • Use: "What do you do in your free time?"
  • Use: "Do you play / go / do ___?"
  • Use: "How often do you ___?"
  • Use: "I love / like / don't like ___."

Model answer

In my free time I have three hobbies. I play tennis on Saturdays with my brother. I go running every morning in the park. In the evening I like reading books. At the weekend I do yoga at home.

Complete the conversation

Practise

Choose the natural reply.

  1. B: …

  2. B: …

  3. B: …

Answer, then check.

Challenge

Speak

Now do it again with no notes. Speak for 60 seconds.

  • Talk about activities you enjoy without stopping.

Step 2 · Let's Practise

Common difficulties

The parts learners usually find hard in this lesson.

Pronunciation: -ing endings

Chunks

The ending '-ing' is a soft /ɪŋ/ — not 'ink'. Keep it light and short.

swimming

running

cycling

reading

cooking

painting

Tricky ones — say it, then check

Recall

These are the parts beginners often get wrong.

Common difficulties

Practise

Slow down and choose carefully.

  1. Activity ending in -ing: ___

  2. Ball sports / games: ___

Answer, then check.

Step 3 · Let's Use It

play / go / do + activity

Strengthen the grammar from this lesson — a different route into it.

Quick explanation

Understand

Use 'play' for sports with a ball and games. Use 'go' for activities ending in -ing. Use 'do' for other activities.

  • I play football / tennis / chess.
  • I go swimming / running / shopping.
  • I do yoga / karate / homework.

Notice the pattern

Notice

Read the sentences. What is the same in each one?

  • I play football / tennis / chess.
  • I go swimming / running / shopping.
  • I do yoga / karate / homework.
  • She plays the guitar.

Choose the right form

Practise

One answer only. Take your time.

  1. I ___ football on Sundays.

  2. She ___ swimming every morning.

  3. They ___ yoga twice a week.

  4. We ___ shopping on Saturdays.

Answer, then check.

Fix the mistake

Common mistakes

Each sentence has one wrong word. Write it correctly.

She goes the piano.

We play cycling at the weekend.

He plays karate twice a week.

Build the sentence

Build it

Put the words in the right order.

IplayfootballonSundays
Shegoesswimmingeveryday
Wedoyogainthepark

Answer, then check.

Make it yours

Use it

Write 2–3 true sentences about you using play / go / do + activity.

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