1. HOBBIES 1) Free-time activities 2) Types of hobbies
3) Individual hobbies
4) Hobbies of different age categories
5) Lifestyle

2. “Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.”
Comment on the following quotations.
“Leisure time is that five or six hours when
you sleep at night.”
George Allen
“If you have no problems at your job, you don’t have a job, you’ve got a hobby.”
Ronald Dunn

3. Brainstorm the vocabulary connected with the following subtopics:
HOBBIES
Reasons for practising hobbies
Types of hobbies
Examples of
hobbies
Collecting
Hand-making crafts
Playing sports
Playing games
Playing musical instruments
Art activities
Hobbies around
the house
Caring for pets
Extra curriculum activities
Lifestyle

4. Why do the people in these pictures practise their hobbies?1. 2. 3.
to meet new people
to care for pets
to relax
to learn something new
to be fit
free-time activities
to develop talent
not to be alone
What are your reasons for having hobbies?

5. playing musical instrument
Name different KINDS of hobbies in the pictures.
Add some more of each kind. (click the pictures to check) 3. 1. 2.
playing games
keeping a pet
art 4.
hobbies around house 5.
collecting 7.
hand-making crafts
playing musical instrument
doing sports 6. 8.
What kind of hobbies do you like? Why?

6. Name specific hobbies shown in the pictures.
Which of them are unusual for you? 1. 2. 3. 4.
keeping a dog
collecting LPs
skateboarding
reading 5. 6. 7. 8.
doing extreme sports
watching TV
glass playing
texting/using mobile 9.
10.
11.
playing PC games/
using computer
doing DIY
graffiti
What are your hobbies? Which new hobbies would you like to take up? Why?

7. Describe the extra-curricular activities shown in the pictures below
Describe the extra-curricular activities shown in the pictures below. Who are they suitable for? (age, sex, skills, abilities...) 1. 3. 2. 5. 4.
Which extra-curricular school activities are available at your school? Which of them are the most popular?

8. What kind of voluntary work can you see in the pictures below?1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 5.
Why would / wouldn‘t you do voluntary work?

9. How does society influence the choice of hobbies of people?
What kind of hobbies did people have in the past? Match the pictures and the words. (click on the pictures)
embroidering
weaving 1. 2. 3. 4.
wood carving
goatherding
How does society influence the choice of hobbies of people?

10. Which new hobbies would you recommend to these people to take up? Why?1. 2. 3. 7. 4. 6. 5.
How does age influence the choice of hobbies and free-time activities?

11. B O D Y - B U I L D I N G P O T T E R Y Y A C H T I N G C A V I N G
Name the hobbies in the pictures and uncover hidden advice. 1.
B O D Y B U I L D I N G 2.
P O T T E R Y 3.
Y A C H T I N G 4.
C A V I N G 5.
S P O T T I N G 8. 6.
R O W I N G
S K Y D I V I N G 7. 8.
M A I N T E N A N C E 7. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.