A CLOSER LOOK 1
Vocabulary
- Match the correct verbs with the hobbies
1 – d: go mountain-climbing
1 – e: go horse-riding
1 – i: go camping
2 – g: do gymnastics
3 – b: collect bottles
3 – c: collect photos
3 – j: collect dolls
4 – f: play the piano
4 – h: play badminton
5 – c: take photos
6 – a: watch TV
2. Fill in each blank in the sentences with one hobby or one action verb from the box below:
| 1. swimming, swim | 2. Listen, listening to music |
| 3. plant, gardening | 4. catch, fishing |
| 5. painting, paints |
3. Write down keywords to describe the hobbies in the table below.
| Hobbies (sở thích) | Keyword (từ khóa) |
| Listening to music | melody, song, headphones, noise, rhythm, lyrics… |
| gardening | trees, flowers, gardening, plant, vegetables, grow, fruit.. |
| fishing | lake, exciting, catch fish, water, boat… |
| painting | creative, colours, pictures, artists, painting… |
| swimming | pool, water, fun, keep fit, swim.. |
- Game: THE KEYS TO MY HOBBY! (Trò chơi: Chìa khóa đến với sở thích của tôi!.)
Work in groups.
Each student thinks of a hobby and says the keywords out loud.
The rest of the group tries to guess what the hobby is. One point is given for each correct guess.
The student with the most points is the winner.
Pronunciation
5. Listen and tick (/) the words you hear
Các từ được đánh dấu chọn:
| away | answer | neighbour | burn |
| hurt | heard | birth | common |
6. Listen again and put the words in the correct column
| /ə/ | /3:/ |
| away, answer, neighbor, common | bum, birth, hurt, heard |
7. Listen to the sentences and tick (Nghe các câu và chọn /ə/ hay /3:/. Thực hành các câu)
| /ə/ | /3:/ | |
| His hobby is collecting toy cars. | x | |
| My sister has a lot of photos. | x | |
| When I have free time, I usually go surfing. | x | |
| I love the colours in their paintings. | x | |
| My friend has an unusual hobby: learning foreign languages. | x |