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What is he doing?
He is drawing.
He is flying the kite.
They are going shopping.
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What are the people in these pictures doing?
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What do you often do
when you are free?
What things you often do when
you have free time is:
READING
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A guitarist
A glass fish tank
Modest (adj)
To indulge
To admire
To throw st away
7.keep me occupied
1. accomplished
2.accompaning
3.modest (adj)
4. avid (adj)
5. discarded (adj)
6. indulge in (v)
a. keep me busy
b. well-trained, skilled
e. going with a singer, using a musical instrument
g. humble
f. eager, crazy
d. thrown away
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Match the words in A with the most suitable definition in B
c. Allow oneself the pleasure of
Read the passage and decide whether
the following statements are True or
False
The writer is an accomplished
guitarist.
2. The writer didn’t collect fish from
the rice field.
3. The write has more local stamp
than foreign ones.
4. The write is an avid stamp collector.
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4. What is the writer`s second hobby?
6. What kind of stamp collector is the writer?
1. What is the writer`s first hobby?
2. Is the writer an accomplished guitarist?
3. Why does the writer admire his uncle?
8. Which does the writer get more of, local stamps or foreign stamps?
9. What does the writer do with the less common stamps and with the common ones?
Task 2: Answer the questions.
5. How did he collect his fish ?
7. Where does he collect the stamps?
There are a number of things I like to do in my free time. They are my hobbies.
The hobby I like most is playing my guitar. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. Now I can play a few simple tunes. I have even begun to sing while playing the guitar, but I have not been very successful at this. My uncle tells me that all I need is to practise regularly and I should be able to do it. He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much.
Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of little fish. Some of them were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near my house. They look so beautiful swimming about in the tank. I love watching them and my mother loves watching them .too.
I keep stamps, too. However, I would not call my self an avid stamp collector. Actually ,I just collect the stamps from discarded envelopes that my relatives and my friends give me. Mostly I get local stamps. Once in a while, I get stamps from places like Russia, the USA, Britain, Australia, China and others. I keep the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones I usually give away to others or if no one want them I simply throw them away.
There are other hobby that indulge in for a while, but they aren`t as interesting as the ones I`ve been talking about. They really keep me occupied and I`m glad I`m able to do them.
There are a number of things I like to do in my free time. They are my hobbies.
The hobby I like most is playing my guitar. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. Now I can play a few simple tunes. I have even begun to sing while playing the guitar, but I have not been very successful at this. My uncle tells me that all I need is to practise regularly and I should be able to do it. He is very good at accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much.
Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of little fish. Some of them were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near my house. They look so beautiful swimming about in the tank. I love watching them and my mother loves watching them .too.
I keep stamps, too. However, I would not call my self an avid stamp collector. Actually ,I just collect the stamps from discarded envelopes that my relatives and my friends give me. Mostly I get local stamps. Once in a while, I get stamps from places like Russia, the USA, Britain, Australia, China and others. I keep the less common ones inside a small album. The common ones I usually give away to others or if no one want them I simply throw them away.
There are other hobby that indulge in for a while, but they aren`t as interesting as the ones I`ve been talking about. They really keep me occupied and I`m glad I`m able to do them.
3.Because he is an accomplished guitarist and he is
good at accompanying people singing by his guitar.
2. No, he isn`t.
1. His first hobby is playing the guitar.
5. He bought some in a shop and collected some others from the rice field near his house.
4. His second hobby is keeping fish.
6. He is an avid stamp collector.
7. He collects them from discarded envelopes given by his relatives or friends.

8. He gets more local stamps.
9. He keeps the less common stamps inside a small album and he usually gives the common ones to others or throws them away if no one wants them.
TALK ABOUT YOUR HOBBIES WITH
YOUR FRIENDS!