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Level: A1 - Beginner
Title: What’s Your Hobby?
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What’s Your Hobby?

Category: • General English Topic: • Free Time Media: • Audio

Verbs of Grammar,
Learning
Level: • A1 Beginner Grammar: • Likes and
Dislikes + ing Focus: • Speaking,
Vocabulary

Task 1 Match the headings in the box with the categories (1-5).

hobbies / indoor activities / outdoor activities / social activities / sports and games

1. 2. 3.

playing chess surfing the Internet taking pictures

playing cards cooking painting

swimming doing housework reading

doing yoga taking a bath singing

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skiing sleeping studying/learning

4. 5.

talking on the phone (going) fishing

going for a drink hiking

clubbing jogging

dancing gardening

visiting friends cycling

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Task 2 Complete the sentences so they are true about you.

Use gerunds and phrases from the given categories.

e.g., I like visiting friends. (social activities)

1. I love . (sports)

2. I really enjoy . (outdoor activities)

3. I don’t like . (social activities)

4. I hate . (indoor activities)

5. I don’t mind . (games)

Task 3 Listen to the audio and put a check mark ( ) next to the correct
answers. More than one option is possible.

1. Tom likes

playing sports , learning , cooking .

2. He enjoys

cycling , jogging , swimming in the morning.

3. He doesn’t like

hiking , sleeping in , being outdoors on the weekends.

4. Tom and his friends don’t mind

playing cards , fishing , hiking .

5. He and his family like

cooking , bird-watching , taking pictures together.

Task 4 Complete the sentences so they are true about you. Use the
phrases love / like / enjoy / not mind / hate + gerund.

In the morning

1a. I like .

1b. I don’t mind .

1c. I really enjoy .

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At home

2a. I .

2b. I .

2c. I .

In my free time

3a. I .

3b. I .

3c. I .

Task 5 Read the text and choose the correct options. Next, number the
pictures. There is one extra picture.

a) b)

c) d)

1. This is me. I really like / likes reading books and studying. I don’t / doesn’t
mind playing sports, but I hate / hates working out. I enjoy / enjoys surfing
the net and taking pictures on the weekend.

2. This person love / loves cooking. She don’t / doesn’t mind doing the housework.
She really enjoy / enjoys talking on the phone. On the weekend, she like /
likes going for a drink with friends and clubbing from time to time. She don’t / doesn’t
like hiking.

3. This person hate / hates talking on the phone. He don’t / doesn’t like playing
sports, but he quite enjoy / enjoys hiking. And he really love / loves cooking.

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GRAMMAR REVIEW

Verbs that express likes and dislikes: love / like / enjoy / not mind / hate.
They are followed by a gerund.

Subject Verb Gerund

love
I like
You enjoy
We hate
They swimming
don’t mind
don’t like singing
playing
loves dancing
likes
enjoys jogging
He/She/It hates
doesn’t mind
doesn’t like

Examples:
I love cooking.
You like playing sports. (=enjoy)
We enjoy sleeping in on the weekend. (=like)
She doesn’t mind playing cards. (It’s not her favorite activity, but it’s OK.)
They don’t like playing chess.
He hates painting
It likes jumping on the couch.

NOTE: You can use “really” or “very much” to make the verb stronger.
Examples:
I really like swimming.
She enjoys dancing very much.
Tony really hates reading books.

NOTE: Don’t use “very” + verb!

I really love eating. (NOT: I very love eating.)
My mom likes playing cards very much. (NOT: My mom very likes playing cards.)

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NOTES

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