UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined
1. A. better
2. A. near
B. prefer
B. hear
C. teacher
C. dear
D. worker
D. bear
3. A. concert
B. concern
C. collect
D. combine
4. A. picture
B. culture
C. neighbour
D. tourist
5. A. dependent
B. enjoy
C. absent
D. government
5. A. future
B. return
C. picture
D. culture
6. A. first
7. A. burn
B. girl
B. sun
C. bird
C. hurt
D. sister
D. turn
8. A. nurse
B. surf
C. picture
D. return
10. A. hot
B. hour
C. hotel
D. hobby
II. Match the nouns from the box with the correct verb.
athletics
basketball
cycling
football
karate
skating
swimming
tennis
computer games
photos
TV
table tennis
judo
coins
bottles
aerobics
stamps
gardening
camping
films
1.
go: .....................................................................................................................
2.
do: .....................................................................................................................
3.
collect: ...............................................................................................................
4.
play: ...................................................................................................................
5.
watch: ................................................................................................................
6. take: ..................................................................................................................
III. Find which word does not belong to each group.
1.
2.
A. common
A. like
B. favourite
B. love
C. unusual
C. enjoy
D. popular
D. hate
3.
A. album
B. stamps
C. mountain
D. collector
4.
A. gardening
B. skating
C. climbing
D. horse-riding
5.
A. newspaper
B. reporter
C. collector
D. gardener
IV. Put the words into TWO groups (/ /and /:/)
neighbour
third
bird
word
learn
yesterday
girl
assistant
world
culture
camera
signal
heard
turn
final
natural
birthday
sir
again
first
V. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
1. You need to be ___to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell.
A. fit
B. patient
C. careful
D. interested
2. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three
A. time
B. a time
C. times
3. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will
A. make
B. get
you own clothes.
C. do
D. take
4. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make
A. models
B. copies
5. What does your father do
A. in
a week.
D. timings
of the things we like best.
C. uses
D. meanings
C. while
D. on
his free time?
B. at
6. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is .
A. dangerous
B. danger
C. in danger
D. endangered
7. I think a hobby will always give you and help you .
A. pleased – relaxing
C. pleasure – relaxed
B. pleased – relax
D. pleasure – relax
8. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the_
A. fashion
B. sports
9. You can share your stamps other collectors
A. with – at
B. with – in
C. science
D. cooking
a stamp club.
C. to – in
D. to – at
10. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your
A. money
B. hobby
11. I think this hobby doesn’t cost you much, and
A. all
12. My family enjoys
A. garden – to
B. some
magazines.
to your friends as presents.
C. products
D. greetings
you need is time.
C. all of
D. most
because we can sell vegetables and flowers money.
C. garden – of
B. gardening – for
13. Nowadays people
D. gardening – with
hours sitting in front of the computers.
A. set
B. spend
C. take
14. I think you should take up swimming
A. because
it is suitable for your health condition.
B. but
15. There are many
C. although
D. so
why it is important to have a hobby.
A. facts
B. details
C. reasons
16. I join a photography club and all the members love
A. make
B. take
C. making
17. Will you
D. last
D. answers
a lot of beautiful photos.
D. taking
making models in the future.
A. find
B. take up
18. A hobby help you connect with
A. the other
C. look for
D. pick up
C. other
D. others
people.
B. another
19. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very
A. care
B. careless
20. Do you think that hobby is
in using colours.
C. creative
D. imagine
and boring?
A. danger
B. easy
C. interesting
D. difficult
VI. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.
1. My father likes
______________his bike in the park at the weekend.
2. Tom and Peter like water _________and they go swimming, play water polo and surf together a
lot.
3. My hobby is collecting ______________ because I love reading whenever I have time.
4. Why don’t you
_______jogging because it can help you keep fit?
5. I really enjoy going round the shops in my town to _______
for rare and old teacups.
6. My parents have just bought a new
_______of roller skates.
7. It is very ______________ to collect motorcycles because it costs you a lot of money to buy them
and get them repaired.
VII. Put one of the verbs from the box in each blank with the correct form.
listen
read
play
collect
go
do
I’ve never
skiing.
He spent a pleasant afternoon
the book.
When did you start antique glass?
What kind of music do you to?
Irene won’t be able in the match on Saturday.
The children are
a play at the end of term.
VIII. Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the correct form. Maybe some verbs can be
used more than once.
go
listen
play
watch
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Rick has a lot of hobbies. He (1)
chess at school and he also(2)
skating. After dinner, he (3)
for a walk and he(4) to music every evening in his room. Rick loves sports. He (5) _
athletics at school, and he (6)
football after school. On Saturdays, Rick and his
friends (7) swimming. On Sundays, they (8)
basketball in the park. On Sunday evenings,
they sometimes (9)
a film.
IX. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form.
1. (you/ be) ________ free next Sunday?
2. I (collect) ________
a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.
3. Nam’s friends often (give) ________
4. My brother hates (do) ________
_ him stamps from other countries.
the same things day after day.
5. My parents like (live)____ in the countryside. I think they (move) _____to our hometown next year.
6. My sister (practice) ________
the guitar twice a week.
7. Don’t worry. I (go) ____________fishing with you next Saturday morning,
8. They (give) ____________
a party next week.
9. The members of the stamp collectors’ club (meet) ________
10. We (live) ________________
11. I (see) ____________
12. I enjoy (fish)
at the library next Friday.
near Nam’s house, but we (not see) ____________ him very often.
a film this Sunday evening. ____________ (you/ go) ________ with me?
________because it (be) ________ relaxing.
13. I enjoy (collect) ____________ dolls and it becomes my pleasure.
14. We love (watch)_______new films, and we (go) ____ to watch a new Hollywood film next weekend.
15. Our uncle (play) _______________badminton once a week.
X. Make questions.
1. A: Where ________________________ on holiday?
B: I like going to the mountains on holiday.
2. A: Who _____________________________
at school?
B: I like sitting next to my friend Jack at school.
3. A: What kind _____________________________
to?
B: My friends like listening to rap music.
4. A: What
__________________________________on Sunday evenings?
B: I enjoy going to the cinema.
Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentence
1. Nick’s hobby is collecting stamps. He is a stamp ……………… (COLLECT)
2. Hoa is very ……………… and she paints very well. (CREATE)
3. My uncle usually takes a lot of ……………… photos. (BEAUTY)
4. I think collecting old bowls is a very ……………… hobby. (BORE)
5. You can use carved eggshells as ……………… in your house. (DECORATE)
6. I like reading books because it ……………… my knowledge. (WIDE)
7. Model making is a ……………… ways of spending time. (WONDER)
8. Reading books can also develop our ………………. (IMAGINE)
9. That girl can use leaves to make ……………… sounds. (MUSIC)
10. You should choose a hobby because it will give you ……………… and help you relax. (PLEASE)
VII. Using the word given and other words, REWRITE THE SENTENCE
1. I find collecting glass bottles interesting.
HOBBY
________________________________________________________________________.
2. Van’s brother usually goes to work by motorbike.
RIDES
________________________________________________________________________.
3. What hobby do you like best, Elina?
FAVOURITE
________________________________________________________________________.
4. Linh finds playing board games boring.
LIKE
________________________________________________________________________.
5. My sister enjoys arranging flowers.
FINDS
________________________________________________________________________.