1 OPTIMISE YOUR VOCABULARY | Higher A2

Words connected with hobbies 3 I like taking pictures but I’m not a very good
p       .
1 Read the clues and complete the crossword. 4 Alejandro plays the guitar, piano and violin. He’s
Across a great m       .
1 You cook this meal outside. 5 Youssef loves p       pictures in his studio.
5 To buy and keep things like books, magazines or
toys. Phrasal verbs
7 You take this with a camera.
8 This is like drawing, but you use colours and
4 Complete the phrasal verbs in bold.
a brush. 1 Phone me when you        back from
your holiday.
Down
2 I want to read. Please        the light on.
2 A nice place to go swimming by the sea!
3        round for dinner tonight. We’ve
3 If you have a bike, you can go … got pizza.
4 You need a book or a magazine to do this hobby. 4 I sometimes        after my little brother
6 A place to sleep on a camping holiday. when my parents go out.
5 Please        in. It’s cold out there!
1 2 3
6        the TV off – let’s play some music.
7 I        off the bus in front of my school.
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Unit round-up
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5 Complete the email with the words in
the box.

after | back | barbecue | beach | climbing

come | photographs | tent | turn
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2 The words in bold are in the wrong From: Rob

sentences. Write the correct word in To: Lucas
each gap.
1 When we go on holiday, I always go horse-riding
Hi Lucas,
in the sea.       
We’re having a great time!
2 I like reading playing about musicians and
singers.        It’s a really nice campsite, and every
morning we go swimming or sit on the
3 Look! There’s the new wall where we can
(1)        . In the afternoons, we do
practise skateboarding in after-school club.
things like rock (2)        or
      
horse-riding. Sometimes, I just go for a walk
4 Most children like swimming computer games. and take (3)        . It’s good because
       at home I often just (4)        on the
5 Let’s go to the rock climbing park later. Have TV or the computer, but here we do different
you got your knee pads?        things all the time.
6 I love animals, so my favourite hobby is In the evenings, some of our ‘neighbours’
magazines.        (5)        round and we play football
and then we all have a (6)        . The
only problem is that it’s cold in the
Nouns/verbs (7)        at night.
3 Write one word in each gap. The first letter Thanks for looking (8)        my dog for
me! See you when I get (9)        !
has been given.
Rob
1 Someone who plays video games is called a video
g       .
2 Sunny is the g       in our band. I play the
drums.

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