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Unit MY HOBBIES

A. PHONETICS
I Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part.
1. A. turn B. put C. burn D. fur
2. A. silence B. absent C. content D. legend
3. A. further B. answer C. future D. teacher
4. A. learner B. prefer C. sister D. return
5. A. concern B. control C. correct D. hot
II Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
1. A. present B. beauty C. pretty D. begin
2. A. father B. lesson C. repair D. woman
3. A. sickness B. feelings C. contain D. language
4. A. cancer B. export C. correct D. attract
5. A. remind B. happy C. tired D. quiet

B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

III Put the nouns from the box into the correct column.

friend housework the bus a cake

homework a mess the gardening video games
chess photos the shopping noise
medicine badminton pottery volleyball

take Do make play

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IVMatch the picture with a suitable sentence.
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C D

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1. The girls are arranging flowers now. .................
2. We are reading newspapers at the moment. .................
3. She will have a big collection of stamps. .................
4. I like jogging because it helps me keep fit. .................
5. The man enjoys riding a horse along the field. .................
6. Skating is her favourite sport.
V Put the following verbs into the correct tenses.
1. My brother likes (jump) …………………on the trampoline.
2. Dax and Woof (watch) ………………… cartoon on TV every day.
3. I (be) ………………… free tomorrow.
4. My sister hates (get up) ………………… early on Sunday.
5. Mrs. White enjoys (collect) ………………… stamps of Uncle Ho.
6. Her hobbies (be) ………………… cycling and doing shopping.
7. He sometimes (meet) ………………… his friends for coffee.
8. She (leave) ………………… her house for Ho Chi Minh city next Friday.
9. They like (read) ………………… magazines and (dance) …………………
10. What time ………………… she (play) ………………… volleyball in the evening?
11. She doesn‟t like (live) ………………… in the city. She (move) …………………to the
countryside next year.
12. Mr. John (hate) ………………… doing morning exercise.
VI Find and correct the mistakes in the following sentences.
1. My father hates drive motorbike to work in the morning. .................
A B C D
2. I go to the beach with Staney and Peter next week. .................
A B C D
3. My younger sister like building beautiful sandcastles on the beach. .................
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4. Mary enjoys cook spaghetti and singing English songs. .................
A B C D
5. He always hanging out with his friends on Sunday. .................
A B C D
VII Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
1. Jim thinks arranging flowers is more boring than ………………… stamps.
A. buying B. collecting C. swimming D. writing
2. What does your mother often do ………………… her free time?
A. for B. at C. in D. on
3. She hates doing the gardening because she thinks it is …………………
A. tired B. tiredness C. tiring D. tiredly
4. Mum, I lost my shoes yesterday. – Don‟t worry. I ………… you the new ones tomorrow.
A. will buy B. buy C. buys D. buying
5. I see a ………………… doing the gardening over there.
A. collector B. reporter C. gardener D. teacher
6. She puts all the stamps in an …………………
A. apple B. umbrella C. egg D. album
7. Anna‟s apartment is ………………… the fifth floor.
A. on B. at C. of D. by
8. Playing sports always gives you ………………… and makes you …………………
A. pleasant/ healthy B. pleasure/ health
C. pleasure/ healthy D. pleased/ healthy
9. I‟m sure you ………………… a chance to climb mountains next weekend.
A. have B. will have C. having D. had
10. “Have you made plans for the summer?”– “Yes, we ………………… to Spain.”
A. go B. going C. went D. will go
11. Jogging is a/ an ………………… hobby.
A. expensive B. cheap C. difficult D. unusual
12. “John is a better player than Martin, isn‟t he?” – “Oh yes. He ………………… the match
tomorrow, I expect.”
A. is winning B. win C. wins D. will win
VIII Choose the correct word to complete the sentences.
1. Oscar always does/doing the washing up in the evening.
2. I‟m a bit scared because I see/ will see the dentist this afternoon.
3. Shall you tell/ Will you tell about that story?
4. Mary hates go hiking/going hiking at weekends.
5. My dad will grow/growing apple trees, but my mum doesn‟t like this ideal
6. She likes cycling/ cycle better than jogging.
C. READING
IX Read the passage and choose one suitable verb to put into the blank.

play cooking cycling reading listening

Hello, my name‟s Sarah. I have several hobbiessuch as (1)

………………., surfing, (2) ……………….to music and so on.
However, I like (3) ………………. books the most. Reading makes me
feel comfortable after school. It also helps me to improve my
knowledge. Sometimes, I (4) ……………….. sports with my mother
and sister in the front yard. In the morning, I usually get up early to go (5) ………………. It
helps me to improve my health and enjoy fresh air in the morning.
X Read the passage and do the tasks below.
Collecting things is an interesting hobby. People collect a lot of things such as stamps,
milk bottle labels, comic books as well as car toys. Someone who has much money can
collect sport cars.
Amy is a skillful and interesting woman. She is twenty years old. She is working as a
hairdresser. Amy has a strange hobby that is collecting candy shells. Her friends and relatives
always give her shells after eating candy. She has a big collection of candy shell now. She
thinks she will make a special dress. If she has more shells, she will make other things such
as wallets or shoes. This makes her happy.
Collecting things is a waste of time and money. However, people still consider it as a
good hobby.

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A. Answer the following questions
1. What do people collect?
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2. How old is Amy?
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3. What does she do?
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4. What is her hobby?
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5. Who give her candy shells?
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B. Write T (True) or F (False).
1. Collecting things is a boring hobby. .................
2. Collecting sport cars is not an expensive hobby. .................
3. Amy is a man. .................
4. Amy likes collecting sport cars. .................
5. She is thinking of making a dress with candy shells. .................
D. SPEAKING
XI Look at the pictures below. Using the phrases given in the box and make sentences
about the friends’ hobbies.

be interested in be front of be keen on

like enjoy a big fan of

The Smith‟s children……………. Jenny…………………………

Our classmates………………….. Tommy……………………….

Dave…………………………….. Lucy………………………….
XII Now work in groups of three or four. Interview your friends about their hobbies, and
take notes in the table below.
Hobby/
Friends’name How often Why Further information
Hobbies
E. LISTENING
XIII Do you like swimming? Go ask as many friends in your class as possible to find who
like swimming. Ask them if they can swim or cannot swim yet. Write their names in
the space below.

- Friends who can swim: ....................................................................................................

- Friends who can‟t swim yet: ............................................................................................
XIV 1. Tyrone is interested in swimming. Now listen to him calling the staff at his local
swimming pool. Then fill in the registration form with Tyrone’s information.
BROWNTON SWIMMING POOL
REGISTRATION FORM
First name: Tyrone
Surname: (1)……………………….
Age: (2) ……………………….
Interested in (sport): (3) ……………………….
2. Listen again. Decide whether the statements below are true (T) or false (F)
1. There are four different age groups that play water polo. ................
2. Tyrone wants to join the under 14s club. ................
3. The under 16s train on Monday and Thursday evenings. ................
4. Water polo matches are played on Saturdays. ................
5. You have to pay to join the water polo classes for under 18s ................
6. You need to bring a photo to register at the swimming pool ................
7. The training for the water polo team starts this week. ................

F. WRITING
XV Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.
1. Linh likes collecting stamps of different countries in the world.
→ Linh .................................................................................................................. (enjoy)
2. Ha likes going on a picnic with her best friends at weekends.
→ Ha is .......................................................................................................... (interested)
3. What I always want to do every morning is to play badminton.
→ I am ................................................................................................................... (keen)
4. My brother and I are really interested in watching horror films.
→ My brother and I ................................................................................................ (fond)
5. My cousin is a big fan of Manschester United football team.
→ My cousin is ..................................................................................................... (crazy)
XVI Do you have a special hobby? Write an email (80-100 words) to your pen-friend, and
tell him/her about it.
You should base on the suggestions below:
- What is your hobby?
- When did you start it?
- What do you do in your hobby?
- Who do you like doing it with?
- How much do you like doing it?/ How do you feel when you do it?
- Why do you like doing it?
- What will you do with your hobby in the future?
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Love,
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