HOBBIES
WHAT???
WHEN???
WHERE???
My hobby is reading.
I often read on the bed.
I like reading when I have free time.
WHY???
Reading helps me to relax and get knowledge.
Unit 13 : HOBBIES
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Work in pairs. Say which of the following you would like/ not like to do and why ?
A: “I enjoy swimming because it makes me stronger.”
B:“I don’t like playing computer games because it’s a waste of time .”
1
like/ love/ enjoy/ fancy +V-ing
be interested in +V-ing
be keen on +V-ing
be fond of +V-ing
prefer +V-ing TO + V-ing
Useful Language
dislike +V-ing
hate +V-ing
detest +V-ing
Fishing
PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES
READING BOOKS
Chatting with friends on the phone
SWIMMING
Watching TV
Now, predict what Lan’s hobby is.
Her hobby is reading books and collecting books.
- Now, move to Task 2 to see the dialogue between Lan and Huong.
Lan is talking to Huong about her hobby of collecting books.
Practise reading the dialogue with a partner.
Huong: What is your hobby, Lan?
Lan : Well, I like collecting books.
Huong: Could you tell me how you collect your books?
Lan : Well, this must be done regularly. Whenever I find a book which is interesting I buy it immediately.
Huong: Where do you buy your books ?
Lan : I buy some from the bookshop near my house and some others from second-hand book stalls. Sometimes my friends, my mum and dad give me some.
Huong : How do you organize your collection?
Lan : I classify them into different categories and put each category in one corner of my bookshelf with a name tag on it.
Huong: What do you plan to do next , Lan ?
Lan : I think I’ll continue to make my collection richer and richer.
Category
hạng,loại
classify
phân loại
Organize
Tổ chức,thiết lập
Book stall
quầy bán sách
3:
Work with a partner: Make a similar dialogue about collecting stamps. Use the suggestions :
A: What / hobby?
B: I / like / collect stamps.
A: How / collect stamps?
B: buy from post office. ask / members of my family, friends, postmen / make pen friends with people overseas / exchange stamps with others.
A: How / organize stamps?
B: classify stamps into categories: animals, plants, birds, landscape, people (hero, politicians, football players, singers etc...)
A: Where / keep / stamps?
B: album
A: Why / like / collecting stamps?
B: broaden my knowledge: know more about landscape, people, animals, plant and trees...
A: What / plan for the future?
B: collect more stamps.
Task 3:
A: What / hobby?
A: What is your hobby?
B: I / like / stamps.
B: I like collecting stamps.
A: How / collect / stamps?
A: How do you collect your stamps?
B: buy / from / post office. Sometimes / ask / members of my family, friends, postmen / make pen friends with people overseas, exchange stamps with others.
B: I usually buy them from the post office. Sometimes I ask the members of my family, friends, postmen. I also make pen friends with people overseas and exchange stamps with others.
A: How / organize / stamps?
A: How do you organize your stamps?
B: classify stamps into categories: animals, plants, birds, landscape, people (hero, politicians, football players, singers..).
B: I classify my stamps into categories: animals, plants, birds, landscape, people (hero, politicians, football players, singers..).
Task 3:
A: Where / keep / stamps?
A: Where do you keep your stamps?
B: album
B: In an album.
A: Why / like / collecting stamps?
A: Why do you like collecting your stamps?
B: broaden my knowledge: know more about landscape, people, animals, plant and trees...
B: Because it broadens my knowledge. I know more about landscape, people, animals, plants and trees.
A: What / plan for the future?
A: What do you plan for the future?
B: collect more stamps.
B: I think I’ll continue to collect more stamps.

Write down the dialogues in the notebook

Prepare for the next part: “Listening”