Hobbies / Likes and Dislikes

1. Click here to do some activities about this topic.

2. Watch the first part of this video (up to 4'20") and learn to talk about your hobbies.



3. Click here to read a text and do an exercise about hobbies.

4. Listen to Christine talking about her hobbies and complete the sentences. Check your answers in "comments".

1. I like _____________________ and dancing. I go dancing _____________________.
2. I also enjoy _____________________. I try to _____________________ every week and watch two or three films _____________________.
3. I quite like _____________________. I do it with _____________________. I spend quite a lot of _____________________.
4. I'm interested in _____________________. I try to cycle _____________________ every day.
5. I don't mind _____________________.
6. I'm fond of ____________________ and _____________________ as well.
7. I can't stand _____________________ or _____________________. They're too _____________________,
8.  I can't bear _____________________ climbing because it's too scary.

Glossary:
- to be fond of: to be interested in
- can't stand / can't bear: hate

Hobbies: listening activities

1. Listen to Peter's hobbies and answer the questions.

2. My favourite hobbies. Click here to see the exercises and the script and here to listen to it.

Free Time: Vocabulary

First listen and repeat. Then do the matching, filling in and dictation exercises.

Activities 1

Activities 2

Hobbies 1

Hobbies 2

Hobbies 3

Can you cook?

Read the article about Tom and do the exercises to practise 

and improve your writing skills.

likes / dislikes / favourites

Click here to watch Johnny. He talks about the things he likes and dislikes. You can click on tapescript to read it at the same time.

Likes and dislikes

Object pronouns, present continuous, likes

Check old posts in File 4 to review these things.