7 Hobbies
Aims:
E xpressing lik e s and d is lik e s I Talking about hobbies I
E xpressing fre q u e n cy
Using the present p e rfe ct (sim ple and continuous) I P ronunciation: The schwa
Exam technique: Sounding polite
Vocabulary: Likes and dislikes
Look at statem ents a-g and decide if they express positive or negative feelings or
indifference about each activity.
a
I'm keen on photography______
e
I'm fanatical about playing cards___
b
I can't stand board games______
f
Going to the theatre? I can take it or
c I'm crazy about com puter gam es______ leave it--------------------
d
I don't mind cooking______
9
Going to gigs is not my kind of thing.
Use each of the phrases in Exercise 1 to ta lk about how you feel about various pastimes.
There are some more pastimes you could ta lk about below.
Practise saying your
sentences, paying attention to your pronunciation.
camping
crafts
eating out
fishing
entertaining
going clubbing
going fo r walks
listening
to music
watching TV
woodwork
w orking on cars
Speaking for IELTS
Unit 7
Vocabulary: Hobbies
1
Complete each text with the words below. Words that form collocations are in italics.
1
Reading
about character opening
page-turner set
The novel I’m
reading at the moment is a
real
(1)_____________I just can’t put it
down. It’s (2)____________
in
Renaissance Italy and
is
(3 )_____________ young
women who are forced to become nuns because they’ve
brought shame on th e ir
fam ilies fo r various reasons. In
the
(4)____________
chapters,
fo r example, a
(5)____________ falls in love w ith her music teacher and the fam ily don’t approve.
2 A rt
abstract exhibition
hype
original representational w ork
I’m
sorry to say the student
a rt
(1)____________ was rather dull. I had expected
it to be really thought-provoking after
a ll the
(2)____________ but
none of the art
was very (3)_____________ It was mostly sculpture, though there were a couple of
installations and quite a few paintings. Most of the painters seemed to think they
needed to be
s tric tly
(4)
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