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Two friends discuss their hobbies
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TWO FRIENDS DISCUSS THEIR HOBBIES
Haidar: What do you do in your leisure time?
Sami: It depends.
H: For example?
S: I enjoy music, do chatting, read books.
H: Anything else?
S: As I have told you this is my routine.
S: Say something about yourself.
H: I have only one hobby.
S: That's?
H: That's reading good books on poetry and prose.
S: What a bore you are!
H: In my opinion, book - this is the best enjoyment.
S: Don't you become fed up with books?
H: Never ever.
S: What about travelling?
H: I am not crazy, but, sometimes, I do.
S: Isn't it a bit expensive enjoyment?
H: Yes, it is but you can manage somehow.
H: What are you crazy about?
S: It depends on mood.
H: If your mood is good then you do what?
S: I enjoy pop music.
H: Can pop music be called music in the true sense?
S: Yes, why not.
H: Doesn't it seem a bit childish?
S: No way, enjoyment means enjoyment.
S: It is at least better than reading books.
H: There is no comparison between pop music and books.
S: It's your point of view.
H: I am sorry, perhaps, I have hurt you.
S: No. No it is not so.
H: This way or that way leisure is a must.
S: No doubt it is.
7. Fill the gaps
8. Divide in the correct group
Sport Hobbies
Basketball, football, tennis, painting, reading, gymnastics, collecting things, volleyball, playing the guitar, playing the piano, diving, swimming, photography, listening to music, playing computer games, windsurfing, chess.
Grammar corner: PRESENT SIMPLE
| У Т В Е Р Ж Д Е Н И Е | О Т Р И Ц А Н И Е | В О П Р О С | К Р А Т К И Е |
| О Т В Е Т Ы | |||
| I play | I don’t play | DoI play? | Yes, I do. |
| No, I don’t. | |||
| You listen to music | You don’t listen | Doyou listen | Yes, I do. |
| to music | to music? | No, I don’t. | |
| He writes | He doesn’t write | Doeshe | Yes, he |
| write? | does. | ||
| No, she | |||
| doesn’t. | |||
| She speaks | She doesn’t | Doesshe | Yes, she |
| speak | speak? | does. | |
| No, she | |||
| doesn’t. | |||
| It sleeps | It doesn’t sleep | Doesit sleep? | Yes, it does. |
| No, it | |||
| doesn’t. | |||
| We study | We don’t study | Dowe study? | Yes, we do. |
| No, we | |||
| don’t. | |||
| They travel | They don’t travel | Dothey trav- | Yes, they |
| el? | do. | ||
| No, they | |||
| don’t. |
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9. Choose the correct form of the verb in each sentence.
1) Taras, live/lives in a beautiful flat in Ekaterinburg.
2) We like/likes going to the discos and dancing.
3) My mother and father get/gets up early.
4) You collect/collects photos of pop stars.
5) My mother teach/teaches mathematics at a secondary
school.
6) My brother work/works in a restaurant.
7) Rosa and Paolo come/comes from Brazil.
8) Martin play/plays football and volleyball at school.
10. Complete the second sentence with the negative form of the underlined verb.
1) I come from Pervouralsk. I don’t come from Revda.
2) Nina studies at the university, she ………at school.
3) Veronica speaks English, she ………………………
French.
4) My sister collects books, she ……………………
postcards.
5) I like going to the disco, I …………………. stay in-doors on weekends.
6) We play volleyball. We ……………………. hockey.
7) He takes photos of people. He ……………. photos of
animals.
8) They like jazz. They ……….. rock music.
11. Use the cues in brackets to complete the questions.
1) How often (you/go) to the cinema?
2) What (you/do) after university?
3) Why (your brother/collect) photos of Sandra Bullock?
4) (your parents/visit) your grandmother every day?
5) What music (your sister/play) on the guitar?
6) (you/help) your brother with his homework?
7) Where (you and your friends/meet after school?
8) (your mother/use) a computer for her work?
9) Where (you friends) live and study?
10) What time (she arrive) at the university?
11) When (you) go to the cinema?
12) Why (we do this exercise)?
12. Ask your groupmate how often does he or she does this activity, your neighbor should answer your questions, using the frequency adverbs
| eat breakfast | Use the phrase and a fre- | eat pears | ||
| quently word to make a sen- | ||||
| watch TV | tence, then use the phrase to | do homework | ||
| ask a question | ||||
| bake a cake | walk in the rain | |||
| smoke | always | use a cell phone | ||
| often
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| usually | ||||
| sometimes | ||||
| seldom | ||||
| never | ||||
| sleep late | use a dictionary | clean the flat | ||
| swim | sleep in class | have a cold | ||
| drive fast | wear bikini | speak Chinese | ||
| use a computer | go to the lake | kiss your mother | ||
| wear a skirt | dance | wear red | ||
| exercise | drink coffee | play basketball | ||
| с ry | go hiking | climb a tree |
| study | eat a snake | speak Russian |
| drink milk | ask for help | paint nails |
| read a book | go to church | wear make-up |
13. Read the text and translate
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