MATCH THE WORDS TO THE

PICTURES

1. Gardening
2. Playing the trumpet
3. Playing volleyball
4. Playing basketball
5. Windsurfing
6. Playing the guitar
7. Running/jogging
8. Playing board games
9. Playing table tennis
10. Ice skating
11. Playing chess
12. Playing football
13. Walking my dog
14. Doing judo
15. Cooking/doing the
cooking
16. Playing rugby
17. Swimming
18. Roller skating
19. Playing badminton
20. Singing
21. Fishing
22. Skateboarding
23. Hiking
24. Painting
25. Knitting
26. Playing handball
27. Reading
28. Playing video games
29. Going to the cinema
30. Listening to music
31. Going shopping
32. Playing baseball
33. Skiing
34. Playing tennis
35. Riding a horse/ horse
riding
36. Rock climbing
37. Dancing
38. Cycling/ riding a bike
39. Sailing /boating
40. Playing the piano

2. Write the name of the hobby under

Mike's hobbies and interests
In the week, Mike likes to spend most of his free time at home. He is tired after work, and usually
relaxes in front of the TV for an hour. Sometimes, instead of watching TV, he likes to browse the
internet. He often reads the news on the internet, and about once or twice a week, he sends an email to
his family in Australia. Mike rarely sees his family because he lives in Ireland, which is too far away
from Australia to go very often.

Mike is also very musical. He enjoys playing the piano and the drums, but his favorite musical
instrument to play is the guitar. He plays the guitar in a band. They usually practice at weekends, at his
friend Paul's place. They used to practice in Paul's house, but his neighbors complained about the
noise, so now they always practice in the garage.

Angela's hobbies and interests

Angela is very active and loves the outdoors. Every morning, she goes jogging in the park near her
house. Then, she usually cycles to work. Occasionally, when the weather is bad, she takes the bus. She
does gymnastics once a week, on Thursday evenings. She really enjoys hiking, but she rarely does it,
because she works all week and is often too busy or tired at the weekends.

She likes to hike in the mountains. She always takes a backpack with her, with something to eat, and
some supplies inside. Sometimes she goes hiking with friends, and sometimes she goes alone. She
prefers to go with friends, but most of her friends don't like hiking as much as she does.

Occasionally : binh thuong

Do gymnastics: tap the duc dung cu

Supplies: cac dung cu

Rarely : hiem

Does it: go hiking.

Personality: tinh cach

Daniel's hobbies and interests

Daniel is very artistic. In his free time, he enjoys painting and drawing. He prefers to paint portraits,
and he is very good at it. His paintings are often displayed at exhibitions. He also writes short stories
from time to time, but he prefers painting to writing. He has recently bought a camera, and is hoping
that photography will become one of his new hobbies.

One of Daniel's other hobbies is playing chess, which has nothing to do with art. He sometimes plays
chess at competitions, but he never wins. His friends tell him that he should stick to painting portraits!
Judith's hobbies and interests

In her free time, Judith doesn't like to stay at home. She prefers to go out with her friends or family.
Most weekends, Judith and her friends go out drinking and dancing. Occasionally they eat out first, but
they don't do this very often because they don't like the same restaurants. Judith's friends often argue
about which restaurant to go to, but Judith doesn't mind where they go, as long as she is having fun.

Judith also likes going to the cinema, but her friends can't stand the kinds of films she likes, so they
never go with her. She sometimes goes with her sister, who doesn't mind the kinds of films Judith
likes.

Peter's hobbies and interests

Peter is quite sporty. He loves playing football, and he plays for a local team. He is very competitive,
and he can't stand losing a game. Luckily, his team play very well, so they hardly ever lose. Peter also
enjoys watching sport on TV, especially football.

Peter's other hobbies are fishing and gardening. He finds these relaxing, unlike football. Peter and his
wife, Sarah, often do the gardening together. They often listen to the radio as they plant flowers and
pull out the weeds. Peter would like Sarah to go fishing with him too, but she hates fishing, so she
hardly ever goes with him.

My Hobby Essay 1 (150 WORDS)

The hobby I like most is reading and it might be a storybook, newspaper, news or magazine etc. I feel
very interesting reading when I have free time.

At the first time, my father noticed my reading book and he encouraged me a lot saying that it’s a very
good habit, my son. He also advised me not to give up the habit. I was just a small kid and I was very
much interested in reading fairy tales and other stories that were given by my dad.

Now, I’m at the age of 10 years and read in class 5. At present, as a mature person, I understand the
benefits of reading. Actually, reading a book helps me to achieve all kinds of general knowledge. This
kind of habit really helps me to know the unknown, to see the unseen, to discover the undiscovered. I
can even know the history, culture, animals, space, human achievements, and other fascinating things
about the world.

My Hobby Essay 2 (200 WORDS)

In my free time, I love to read interesting and knowledgeable books. Coming from school, I love to
read this kind of book while finishing my homework. I’m 11 years old and study in class 7th standard.

Now, I understand that reading is a good habit that will make me a complete boy. Any of us can
develop this hobby. In fact, I achieved this naturally. Reading will always keep us busy and happy. It’s
a better source of knowledge, inspiration, enjoyment, and instruction.

Besides, this makes us a loyal, punctual, disciplined and successful person in our life. Books are my
best friend and I don’t feel alone. This habit is more special than gold or other stones in the world.
However, it gives us a high level of thoughts, experiences, ideas, and knowledge in different fields. I
swear if you get interesting and good books, you would take that as your best friend.

The people who don’t have any habit of reading books, they would always be poor due to the lack of
rich knowledge. This habit could be achieved by young people. The habit of reading books can be
acquired at a young age by anyone.

My Hobby Essay 3 (250 WORDS)

The hobby I like most is watching TV. When I have free time, I love to watch Television. It never
interferes with my study. First of all, I like to finish my school home task and then start watching TV.

I think it’s a good habit because watching TV brings a lot of knowledge in any field. Generally, I
watch the news and other channels such as discovery channel, animal planet or another informative
channel. Sometimes, I watch very good cartoons that provide me creative and new ideas to make
cartoons and arts.

My parents admire my hobby and also they are so happy when they just listen to the whole update
news through my voice. Now, I study in class three and eight years old boy. I develop my hobby since
my childhood.

Watching television in a proper way gives so important roles in one’s life. It helps us to make
something creative. It always keeps us an update about all kinds of news and views. It informs us
what’s happening across the world.

Getting knowledge about today’s incident is so important for modern society due to a great level of
competition. It gives a lot of benefits as it develops our knowledge and thoughts. It enriches our mind
of thoughts, ideas, and experiences.

There are different types of programs on TV that are so crucial to enhance our awareness about
worldwide matters. TV channels also hold different types of educative programs such as history,
economics, science, math, culture, and geography etc. to develop our knowledge.

My Hobby Essay 4 (300 WORDS)

When it comes to the hobby, it’s a very interesting and good habit for every person. A hobby should
have everyone else. Hobby makes everyone busy in free time.

It gets rid of loneliness and prevents from psychological problems. I just remember that when I was
three years old kid I used to like spending my free time in the garden. I like so much to be in my green
garden with my father every morning.

When I was so small, my parents often laughed at me when I used to pour water on the plants. But
now they are so happy and proud to see me in the same garden. I do now everything so perfectly and
understand the value of saving plants life. I also understand the importance of trees how they save our
lives.
Everyone should have hobbies for every day’s life. Gardening helps us to get a close connection with
nature. Hobby increases the pleasure of our mind, soul, and body. It increases our creativity and
develops our mind.

My favorite hobby is gardening and I love planting and pouring water every morning. I enjoy the
flowers’ blooming and plants growing. Trees grow as like as us. In my garden, I have different types
of trees in such as flower trees, mango trees, and some vegetables trees etc. I watch them as my best
friend and every day I take care of them. It grows very well.

I realize the great achievement and fact of life. It helps me to be healthy, fit and strong. It always
refreshes my mind and gives me a good mood. These types of extra-curricular activities always help us
to develop our motor skills. Finally, everyone should have a good hobby like gardening. Through the
hobby, anyone can get a great help for the long run.