1-Questions and answers. To ask about someone’s hobbies or interests we can ask questions like:
What do you like doing?
What do you do in your free time?
What sort of hobbies do you have?
The reply to these questions can be:
In my free time I like watching films.
When I’ve got some spare time, I play computer games.
I’m interested in sports.
I’m really keen on drama. I want to be an actor.
I’m into music, I play the guitar in a band.
Remember that we use like + gerund (-ing) to talk about general likes ( I like swimming), and we use like + to-infinitive to talk about more specific likes ( I like to eat paella on Sundays).
2-What do you do in your free time? Have a look at this presentation and answer the questions in exercise 2:
3-Play, go or do? We use these three verbs when talking about sports and activities, it depends on the type of sport.
Play is used with ball sports and competitive games when we play against another person: We usually play football at school.
Go is used with activities ending in -ing: I’m going skiing next month.
Do is used for a recreational activity or a non-team sport: She does judo.
4-Present Simple. We use this verb tense to talk about habits, routines and things in general. Let’s practise with this online test:
5-Time expressions. We usually use:
on + days (on Sunday)
in + parts of the days, months and seasons (in the morning, in July, in the summer)
at + holidays or the time (at Christmas, at 10 o’clock)
6-Let’s sing! After having studied the present simple tense, how about a song? Click on the link below and watch the video. Then, do the activities in the worksheet.
