UNIT 1: FREE TIME

I. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form.

1. My mother says when she (retire) ___________, she (go) ___________ back to her
village to do the gardening.
2. She (take) ___________ a lot of photos when she (go) ___________ on holidays.
3. My father (like) ___________ collecting stamps so much.
4. My aunt (play) ___________ the guitar once a week.
5. I like drawing very much. My hobby is (paint) ___________.
6. _____________ (your parents/ watch) TV every night?
7. Children often _____________ (use) a computer for school work.
8. My brother _____________ (play) tennis, but he _____________ (not like) it.
II. Choose the correct verb form or tense.
1. ______ you ______ to school every morning?
a. Does ... walk b. Do ... walk c. Will... walk d. Are ... walking
2. Fire needs oxygen to burn. It ________ without oxygen.
a. burn b. burns c. don’t burn d. doesn’t burn
3. Sam and I ________ the same hobby. We both like playing computer games.
a. share b. play c. do d. work
4. Be careful not to drop it; it’s very ________.
a. unique b. fragile c. difficult d. unusual
5. I hope he’ll teach me ________ to do eggshell carving.
a. what b. where c. how d. when
6. Nowsadays people ________ hours sitting in front of computers
a. spend b. last c. set d. take
7. I join in a photography club, and all members love ________ a lot of beautiful photos.
a. take b. taking c. make d. making
8. What does your father do ________ his free time?
a. in b. at c. On d. while
9. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three ________ a week.
a. time b. a time c. timing d. times
10. She finds ________ flowers interesting because it helps her relax.
 a. arrange b. arranges c. to arrange d. arranging

III. Choose the correct answer in each sentence

1. Are you interesred for/ in cooking?
2. This is my best/ favourite book. It’s David Copperfield, by Dickens.
3. Linda is a member/ team of the drama club.
4. John’s hobby is collecting stamps. He is a stamp collect/ collector.
5. Kate usually passes/ spends most of her time reading.

IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets

1. The most popular after - school ……………... in Viet Nam are football and badminton.
(act)
2. The city library have over 60 ………..…….. (employ)
3. English is an …………..….. and important subject. (interest)
4. Science books are very …….……….. for our study of the world. (use)
5. Ba is famous stamp ………….….. (collect)
6. They learnt to play a ………….….. instrument. (music)

V. Read the passage and choose the best option to answer each of the following
questions.
Having a hobby that we enjoy brings us joy and enriches our lives. It gives us something
fun to do during our leisure time and affords us the opportunity to learn new skills. We are
very fortunate to have so many different options out there today. In fact, there are entire
websites devoted to hobbies and interests.
The best way to cultivate a new hobby is to try something new. The world is full of
wonderful, exciting activities that we can explore and adopt as our own. Of course, all of
us are unique and, therefore, our interests and hobbies vary. But once we find a hobby that
we truly enjoy and are passionate about, we become hooked. It becomes part of our lives
and captivates us in a very personal way.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The importance of hobbies B. The definition of hobbies
C. Time to start a hobby D. Hobbies and interests
2. What can a hobby give you?
A. Leaisure time B. Chance to afford new things
 C. More free time D. Something fun to do
3. What shoud we do if we want to cultivate a new hobby?
A. refer to websites B. check the options
C. try something new D. participate in activities
4. Our interests and hobbies vary because________.
A. the world is wonderful B. there are many exciting things to explore
C. each of us enjoys many things D. all of us are unique
5. What does the word “It” refer to?
A.An activity B. A hobby C. A part D. A personal way

VI. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
1. It took me three hours to make this pottery jug.
=> I spent ____________________________________________________________
2. My father likes to do gardening at the weekend.
=> My father enjoys ____________________________________________________
3. Her hobby is collecting dollhouses.
=> She collects ________________________________________________________
4. When did you start your hobby?
=> How long __________________________________________________________
5. Why don’t we taking photos this afternoon?
=> What about ________________________________________________________

UNIT 1: FREE TIME

I. Match the words with the verb list.
stamps, judo, camping, the guitar, basketball, jogging, swimming, yoga, old books, coins
Collect
Do
Go
Play

II. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from the box.
1. He enjoys sitting on the sofa in the living room and ____________ at the weekend.
2. My father likes ____________ . He says that it is a simple way to get more fresh fruits
and vegetables.
3. Victor’s favourite hobby is ____________ . He plays football when he is free. He
started to play football when he was seven.
4. Kelly’s hobby is ____________ . She likes many kinds of music, especially she is
interested in US-UK songs.
5. My grandpa has followed ____________ as a hobby for over 30 years. He used wood
and tissue paper to make his models.
6. Lots of kids love ____________ . But playing computer games too much may lead to
health problems.
7. A great hobby to start is ____________ . You need to buy a canvas, some basic paint
colours and some paintbrushes.
8. My personal favourite is ____________ . I love it more than anything else. I always
want to be in a pool, a sea or a lake.
9. Albert’s hobby is ____________ . He has thirty postcards and ten different countries’
stamps.
10. I love ____________ . Photography is the best of my all possible hobbies. I sat for a
handful of minutes, taking a couple of pictures.

III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. We sometimes play _________ at school.
A. stamps B. photos C. glasses D. chess
2. When did you start _________ postcards?
A. playing B. cooking C. collecting D. listening
3. My brother wants to _________ roses and orchids in the garden.
A. watch B. make C. take D. plant
4. What kind of music do you like _________ to?
A. listening B. watching C. playing D. hearing
5. Paul thinks _________ coins is an interesting hobby.
A. picking B. collecting C. playing D. having
6. Mr. Kelvin likes to do a bit of _________ in his spare time.
A. gardening B. fishing C. camping D. skiing
7. He won’t _________ the wall in contrasting colours.
A. make B. take C. paint D. watch
8. She is going to play the _________ to a big audience.
A. dolls B. bottles C. piano D. garden
9. Jimmy loves taking _________ and posting them on websites.
A. paintings B. photos C. videos D. music
10. _________ fish is the most interesting part of fishing.
A. Going B. Catching C. Doing D. Making

IV. Put the verbs into the correct form of the Present Simple.
1. She ______________ (want) to put all of her dolls in her dollhouse.
2. This ____________ (be) the first horse riding programme in our city.
3. Water ____________ (boil) at 100 degree Celsius under normal pressure.
4. ________________ (Stacy, practise) playing the guitar three times a week?
5. Our neighbour ________________ (not have) a very healthy hobby.
6. Some of her friends _________________ (dislike) doing Maths homework.
7. We like to go to the stadium, but the tickets ________________ (not be) cheap.
8. The school bus _________________ (leave) at six sharp and won’t wait for us.
9. They ________________ (not do) much in the evenings but watch television.
10. John _______________ (play) football with his friends every weekend.

V. Complete the sentences using the -ing form of the verbs from the box.
Read collect watch ride go do take play paint listen
1. Jessica enjoys ____________ to music after doing her homework.
2. Mum doesn’t like yoga, but she loves ____________ aerobics.
3. Dad likes ____________ fishing whenever he has free time.
4. Lucy’s favourite hobby is ____________ comic books in spare time.
5. You need to buy paintbrushes before you can start ____________ .
6. Joe likes ____________ photos, but he dislikes having bad photos.
7. Do you love ____________ the guitar or the piano? – The guitar.
8. They don’t like ____________ both TV channels and YouTube.
9. Robert really enjoys ____________ a bike in the early morning.
10. He and I have a common interest: we both like ____________ stamps.

VI. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.

1. Doing yoga _________ one of her hobbies.
A. is B. are C. being D. be
2. Building dollhouses is difficult, but Charlie _________ it a lot.
A. love doing B. loves doing C. loves do D. love to do
3. Hannah and Sara _________ badminton twice a week.
A. are playing B. doesn’t play C. plays D. play
4. Many groups _________ models of their house or their school.
A. making B. doesn’t makes C. make D. makes
5. Every year they _________ to Singapore for two weeks.
A. travels B. doesn’t travel C. travel D. not travel
6. My younger sister _________ with dolls very much.
A. is liking to play B. likes play
C. likes to playing D. likes playing
7. Emily _________ every day at seven, regular as clockwork.
A. arrived B. arrives C. is arriving D. will arrive
8. _________ she _________ the English exams with high marks?
A. Do … often pass B. Does … often pass
C. Does … pass often D. Do … pass often
9. When the weather is good, he _________ camping in the mountain.
A. usually goes B. goes usually C. usually go D. go usually
10. I think horse-riding _________ to learn, and it’s not popular here.
A. be easy B. easy C. is not easy D. not easy

UNIT 1 : FREE TIME

I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line.
1. A. heard B. pearl C. heart D. earth
2. A. button B. circus C. suggest D. future
3. A. sofa B. away C. banana D. occasion
4. A. burst B. curtain C. furniture D. cure
5. A. better B. prefer C. teacher D. worker
6. A. concert B. concern C. collect D. combine
7. A. picture B. culture C. neighbour D. tourist
8. A. dependent B. enjoy C. absent D. government
9. A. future B. return C. picture D. culture
10. A. first B. girl C. bird D. sister
II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
1. You need to be ______ to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to
complete one shell.
A. fit B. patient C. careful D. interested
2. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three ______ a week.
A. time B. a time C. times D. timings
3. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will ______ your own clothes.
A. make B. get C. do D. take
4. Do you think that hobby is______ and boring?
A. danger B. difficult C. interesting D. easy
5. What does your father do ______ his free time?
A. in B. at C. while D. on
6. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is ______ .
A. dangerous B. danger C. in danger D. endangered
7. I think a hobby will always give you ______ and help you ______ .
A. pleased – relaxing C. pleasure – relaxed
B. pleased – relax D. pleasure – relax
8. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the __
magazines.
A. fashion B. sports C. science D. cooking
9. Nowadays people ______ hours sitting in front of the computers.
A. set B. spend C. take D. last
10. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your __to your friends as presents.
 A. money B. hobby C. products D. greetings
11. I think you should take up swimming ______ it is suitable for your health condition.
A. because B. but C. although D. So
12. I join a photography club and all the members love ______ a lot of beautiful photos.
A. make B. take C. making D. taking
13. Will you ______ making models in the future.
A. find B. take up C. look for D. pick up
14. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very ______ in using colours.
A. care B. careless C. creative D. imagine
15. Do you like ______ ?
A. fish B. to fish C. fishing D. fished

III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form

1. My brother usually (go)___________ fishing in his free time,
2. We (not like) ___________ skating because it's dangerous.
3. I think 20 years from now more people (take up) ______________ outdoor activities.
4. Jane's hobby is (cook) __________ . She enjoys (prepare) __________ food for her
family and friends.
5. What your mother (do) ______________ at weekends?
6. In my opinion, in the future people (not play) ______________ individual games.
7. We find (arrange) ______________ flowers interesting because it (help)
______________ us relax.
8. My father (start) ______________ the hobby ten years ago after a trip to Ha Long Bay.
9. (you / be) ______________ free next Sunday?
10. I (collect) ______________ a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.
11. My brother hates (do) ______________ the same things day after day.
12. My parents like (live) ______________ in the countryside. I think they (move)to our
hometown next year.
13. They (give) ______________ a party next week. They have arranged everything for it.
14. I (see) ____________ a film this Sunday evening. (you/ go) ____________ with me?
15. I enjoy (fish) ______________ because it (be) ______________ relaxing.
 IV. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentence.
1. Nick's hobby is collecting stamps. He is a stamp___________ COLLECT
2. Hoa is very___________ and she paints very well. CREATE
3. She loves flowers and is very good at___________ flowers. ARRANGE
4. I think collecting old bowls is a very___________ hobby. BORE
5. You can use carved eggshells as___________ in your house. DECORATE
6. I like reading books because it___________ my knowledge. WIDE
7. Model making is a___________ way of spending time. WONDER
8. Reading books can also develop our___________ . IMAGINE
9. That girl can use leaves to make___________ sounds. MUSIC
10. You should choose a hobby because it will give you__________ PLEASE
and help you relax.
V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Minh's hobby is singing. She (1)_____ singing very much. When her brother (2) _____ a
karaoke set last month, Minh was so glad that she could (3) _____ every day after dinner.
She likes to sing only English songs. In fact, she has already sung all the songs found (4)
_____ the karaoke discs. Minh is singing in the karaoke (5) _____ organized by the RC
Center this Saturday. Her family is going there to support her.
1. A. wants B. enjoys C. thinks D. hates
2. A. invented B. discovered C. bought D. made
3. A. sings B. sing C. sung D. singing
4. A. of B. about C. under D. on
5. A. competition B. battle C. company D. institution

VI. Fill in the blank with one missing word

Almost everybody has some kinds (1)_____ hobby. My hobbies (2) _____ listening
to music and watching television.
I am very fond (3) _____ music. When I am free, I often listen to (4) _____ favourite
songs from an old cassette recorder. (5) _____ weekends, I usually go to music shops in
the downtown areas (6)______ buy good CDs. Of the famous pop singers, I prefer Frank
Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Madonna and Paul McCartney.
I also (7) _____ an hour after dinner watching news and documentary programmes. I
particularly enjoy the programme "The World Here and There" (8) _____ it broadens my
knowledge of nature and human civilizations.
I think that my hobbies are (9) _____ useful. They widen my knowledge, relax my
mind, and make me (10) better about myself.
 VII. Using the word given and other words, complete the second sentence so that it
has similar meaning to the first. Do not change the word given.
1. I find collecting glass bottles interesting. HOBBY
=> ________________________________________________________________
2. My sister enjoys arranging flowers. FINDS
=> ________________________________________________________________
3. What hobby do you like best, Elina? FAVOURITE
=> ________________________________________________________________
4. Linh finds playing board games boring. . LIKE
=> ________________________________________________________________
5. I find watching film interesting. ENJOY
=> ________________________________________________________________

UNIT 1: FREE TIME

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. game B. arrange C. skate D. cake
2. A. hobby B. doll C. collect D. ox
3. A. difficult B. unusual C. uncle D. result
4. A. piano B. fish C. like D. badminton
5. A. rest B. help C. garden D. identify
6. A. blanket B. calorie C. donate D. allergy
7. A. knocked B. needed C. founded D. wanted
8. A. cough B. laugh C. enough D. high
II. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense form
1. You (think) ………………………..collecting stamps costs much money?
2. My father thinks mountain climbing (be) ………………..more dangerous than skating.
3. Every year, my mother (give) ……………………..me a nice doll on my birthday.
4. My brother (not like) ………………..collecting stamps, he likes collecting glass bottles.
5. My sister likes (cook) ……………………..very much. She can cook many good foods.
6. Does your brother like (listen) …………………………..to music in his free time?
7. I think in the future, more people (enjoy) ……………………..going out by bicycles.
8. My father says when he’s retired, he (go) …………………………..back to his village
to do the gardening.
9. We are planting trees around our school now. Our school (be) ……………..surrounded
by a lot of green trees.
10. Lan says she loves collecting pens but she (not / continue) ……………………..this
hobby from next year.
11. Don’t worry. I (go) ………………………….. swimming with you tomorrow.
12. You ever (do) ………………………….. volunteer work?
– Yes, I ………………………….. volunteer work last month.

III. Fill each blank with a word / phrase in the box

Bottles, photos, horse-riding, gymnastics, the guitar,
camping, dolls, fishing, gardening, painting
1. I always take a lot of………………when I go on holidays.
2. A: Can you play ……………………..?
B: No, I can’t, but I can play the piano.
3. My brother’s hobby is watching ……………………….., he likes horses very much.
4. Her brother likes collecting ………………………….., especially glasses.
5. I like drawing very much. My hobby is……………………………….
6. My sister likes collecting……………………………..Now she has more than 100.
7. Her hobby is ………………….. She plants many beautiful flower trees in her garden.
8. My father likes… …………He often goes to the lakes or rivers when he has free time.
9. When we have some days off, my close friends and I often go…………………….
10. My sister likes doing……………………………. She looks very fit.

IV. Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the following passage.

Have, read, go, cook, like/enjoy, listen, collect.

My family has six people. We (1)………………….different hobbies. My grandfather likes

reading newspapers. He (2)…………….. newspapers every morning after breakfast. My
grandmother doesn’t like reading them. She (3) ………… to the market near my house
every morning. She buys a lot of food. She (4) …………very well. Oh, I love all her food.
My father likes (5) ………………. . He gets up early and cycles around the West Lake all
year round. My mother doesn’t like this sport. She (6) ………….walking. She walks about
four or five kilometers every morning. My brother doesn’t like any sports. He likes (7)
………… to music and playing drums. He is a member of the Green band. It is a well-
known band in the country. I don’t like reading, cooking or playing sports. I love (8)
…………. things, such as stamps and coins.

V. Read the conversation and answer the questions

Hoa: What’s your hobby, Minh?
Minh: Well. It’s drawing.
Hoa: How many paintings do you draw?
Minh: Er…I don’t remember. It’s around 100.
Hoa: Is your painting on the wall?
Minh: Yes, it is. It’s one of my favourite ones.
Hoa: How nice it is! I love the colours in your picture.
Minh: Thanks. And what’s your hobby, Hoa?
Hoa: Er,…..I can’t draw. But my hobby is collecting pictures and paintings.
Minh: Really? I will give you one.
Hoa: Thank you.
Questions:
1. Does Minh like drawing?
………………………………………………………………………………
2. How many paintings does he paint?
………………………………………………………………………………
3. Is there any painting on the wall?
………………………………………………………………………………
4. What is the painting like?
………………………………………………………………………………
5. What’s Hoa’s hobby?
………………………………………………………………………………
VI. Choose the correct word A, B, C or D for each gap to complete the following
passage.
Hi. My name’s Mai. I am a student (1)……a secondary school in Lang Son. My
friends often say I have an unusual hobby.
 I have a little notebook. I always have it (2)…….me. I try to fill (3)………one page a
day. Can you guess (4).….I fill in each page of my notebook? Well, it is English (5)……
Sometimes I put words in (6)………, like fruit – all kind of fruits, you know? Or colour,
or clothes, or things and the shops where you (7)……..them. I have (8)………. grammar
pages where I write irregular verbs, or a page (9)………prepositions. I think prepositions
are difficult, you know – on Sunday, in the morning, listen to a concert – but you say
phone someone. In Vietnamese, we say phone to someone. Do you think my hobby is
unusual? Do you have any favourite hobby? Please (10)………..it with me!
1. A. in B. at C. on D. of
2. A. with B. of C. along D. for
3. A. in B. with C. x D. on
4. A. which B. what C. when D. where
5. A. letters B. words C. lines D. rows
6. A. groups B. pairs C. meanings D. teams
7. A. buying B. buy C. classroom D. home
8. A. any B. some C. a D. an
9. A. of B. for C. in D. at
10. A. tell B. talk C. share D. speak
VII. Make up sentences using the words and phrases given
1. I/ not / know / why / she / collect / pens / .
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. In / future / I / travel / around / Viet Nam / .
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Minh / think / skating / more / interesting / playing / board games / .
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Listen / music / in / free / time / is / my / favourite / hobby / .
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. My / sister / and / I / share / same / hobby/ . / We/ often / go / fish / weekends/ .
……………………………………………………………………………………………
VIII. Choose A, B, C or D for each gap in the following sentences
1. Lan often uses her headphones when she listens to music…………her parents don’t like
loud noise.
A. so B. but C. because D. and
2. Ngoc loves…………outdoors with trees and flowers
A. will be B. be C. is D. being
3. I think 10 years from now more people…………going to work by bicycles.
A. to enjoy B. enjoy C. enjoying D. will enjoy
4. He ate a lot of fried food so he…………fat quickly.
A. get B. got C. gets D. will get
5. The Japanese eat a lot of fish and healthy food, …………they live for a long time
A. so B. because C. or D. but
6. Mai…………English for more than a year but she speaks it very well.
A. learns B. learn C. learned D. has learned
7. You should watch less T.V because looking at the screen for too long…………your
eyes.
A. hurt B. hurts C. is hurting D. to hurt
IX. Put the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
1. Nam often (go) ……………………to the movies on Sundays.
2. I (travel ) ……………………to Vung Tau tomorrow.
3. Nga (watch) ……………………TV every evening.
4. They (play)…………………..soccer at the moment.
5. We (go)…………………..to the cinema tonight.
6. He usually (jog) ………………..in the morning.
7. Mai (be)…………..tired now.
8. Lan (play ) ………………….the piano now.
9. Nga (listen)…………………to music at the moment.
10. Where (be)………………your father now ? – He (read)…………….a newspaper.
11. Look ! The birds (fly)………………………
12. Listen ! Tuan (sing)………………………..
13. Our friends (come)……………………here soon.
14. He (visit)……………………his grandparents next week.
15. I usually (go) ……… to school by bike , but tomorrow I (go)………..to school by bus.
16. Jane (play )………………..the piano at present.
17. My father (buy)……………….a new car two months ago.
18. I (be)……………busy last night , so I (miss)…………..a good film on TV.
19. He (teach)………………….Math at this school in 1986.
20. There (be)…………….nobody there where I (arrive)…………….yesterday.
21. Yesterday Lan (not go ) ………………to school because she was sick.
22. How often ………….your father (go) ………….to work ? – six days a week.
23. What …………you (do) …………tomorrow evening ?
– I ( visit) …………….Hoi An ancient town.
24. They first (meet)…………….each other last week.
25. Her brother (talk )…………………to his pen pal on the phone at the moment .

X. Rewrite the words to make the right sentence

1. do / What / you / for / fun / do?
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2. Hobby / It / is / a / for / her / not.
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3. do / like / it? / Why / you?
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4. start / did / When / you / hobby / your?
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5. hobby / intend / to / continue / you / in / future / the / Do / your
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6. It / I / can’t help doing / from time to time
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7. collecting / Sarah / tea / covers / bag / enjoys.
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8. much / It / sound / that / fun / doesn’t.
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9. I / my / love / in / spare time / nothing / doing.
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10. Do / collecting / find / interesting / seashells / you
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