WORD SQUARE
Find the words and phrases which show hobbies

UNIT 13
HOBBIES
LESSON 1: READING

I. BEFORE - READING
II. WHILE - READING
1. Task 1 : Matching
2. Task 2 : Answering the questions
III. AFTER - READING
I. BEFORE _ READING
The pictures below present some hobbies.
Collecting stamps
Playing the guitar
Go swimming
Keeping fish
Go fishing
Work with a partner and say which you like to do in your free time.
vocabulary
accomplished : (adj) : tài ba, tài hoa
accompany : (v) : đệm đàn
modest : (adj) : không lớn lắm
avid : (adj) đam mê
discard : (v) : vứt đi, bỏ đi
indulge in : say mê
keep me occupied : làm cho tôi bận rộn
Task 1
Match the words and phrases on the left
with their definitions on the right.
TASK 2: Answer the questions:
What is the writer’s first hobby?

Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?

Why does the writer admire his uncle?


What is the writer’s second hobby?

How did he collect his fish?

What kind of stamp collector is the writer?

Where does he collect stamp?

Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?

What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?

His first hobby is playing guitar.
No ,he isn’t.
Because his uncle is an accomplished guitarist and he is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar.
His second hobby is keeping fish.
Some were bought from the shop, some were collected from the rice field near his house.
He is an avid stamp collector
He collects them from discarded envelops, his friends and relatives give him.
Local stamps.
He keeps the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones
he usually gives away to others or if no one wants them he simply throws them away.
III. AFTER-READING
Ask your partners questions to get information to fill in the table. Then report what you have found out about your partners to the class.
Example:
Lan’s hobby is listening to music,
she likes listening to it because it keeps her happy.
Homework
Write a short paragraph to describe your hobby about 80 words.