Start-up 10 Vocabulary Worksheets – Activity 3

Hobbies and sports – join the pairs

Word association can help students to memorise more difficult words.

1. Get the students to go to the Glossary at the back of their student’s book and choose words which
can be grouped under the same topic(s).

Example: knitting – needles

2. Get the students to prepare two sets of cards with the words they have chosen as in the examples
below.

Set 1: Hobbies and sports

stamps embroidery scuba diving jogging

knitting modeling music golf

pottery chess cinema gaming

painting tennis photography design
cooking horse-riding writing TV
reading surfing sewing sculpture

gardening swimming DIY diving

Set 2: Equipment
album thread goggles sneakers

needles glue guitar club

clay pieces screen playstation

brush racket camera scissors

spoon saddle computer remote control
books board cloth

rack flippers hammer oxygen mask

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3. Divide the class in two groups. Each group will receive a different set of cards (pages 63-64 of the
Teacher’s File):

Set 1: hobbies/sports;
Set 2: equipment/accessories.

4. Each student chooses a card which should not be shown to anyone. The aim is for each student to
find a matching card in the other group. To do so, he/she should ask the whole group questions so as
to discover which student has the card he/she needs.

Example:
• Where do you do it?
• When do you do it?
• Do you do it alone?
• Do you do it indoors/outdoors?
• Do you do it every day?

or

• Is your object made of wood?

• Is it round?
• Is it heavy/light?
• Do you use it alone?
• Is it for playing/running/sewing?

5. Once all the students have found their corresponding cards they should get together and write 5
sentences about the hobby/sport on their cards. If the pairs prefer, they can invent a story instead.

Alternative: Students must get together in groups according to the type of sports/hobbies they
have.

Example: swimming/diving/surfing, etc.

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