Hello my amazing student!
Today you are going to learn all the vocabulary and grammar
you need to talk about your hobbies and you'll also learn
how to ask other people about their hobbies as well.
Welcome back to JForrest English, of course I'm Jennifer
now let's get started!
first let's review the most common verbs a preference that you need to talk about hobbies
like enjoy love and adore adore sounds even stronger than
love now remember with your verb a preference
the next verb needs to be in the gerrand form the verb with ing I like and now we need a
hobby I like reading reading fiction
so like plus Jaron Verp now although native speakers don't always follow
this rule for certain verbs a preference
native speakers always use the geran so this is only flexible with certain verbs
because of that to make it easier for you always use the geran verb with a verb a preference
so let's practice this what do you like doing like jaren verb I like and then put it in
the comments you need an activity so share a hobby
use that jaren verb I like what I can't wait to find out
now of course you can use other verbs a preference I enjoy taking pictures of nature
taking pictures our Gerrand I love playing piano I adore playing basketball
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now with your verb a preference you can also use a noun I like photography
I like taking photos with the jaran verb or a noun
I like photography I enjoy sports I love music I adore languages
all of these were the noun form now of course those are very simple statements
so let's add on to that to make it more complex I like reading fiction in my free time
I enjoy taking pictures of nature in my leisure time
so you can use free time or leisure time both are acceptable
I would say free time is slightly more common playing piano is my favorite pastime
so using pastime is an alternative to say hobby
playing piano is my favorite hobby activity pastime
and notice here I'm using a Gerrand statement playing piano that's a Jarren statement
playing piano is my favorite pastime instead of using the word pastime
you could say playing piano is my favorite way to pass the
time past time to past the time
they're the same meaning just different structures now let me share some more advanced
C1 phrases that you can add to your vocabulary you will sound very advanced and professional
if you say I'm an avid cyclist the structure is to be an avid
and then you need a noun cyclist that is someone who cycles
so that's the noun form and if you're an avid cyclist
it means you really really really really love cycling
you could say I'm passionate about photography as the noun
or about taking photos with the jaron verb and don't forget
you need that verb to be to be passionate about noun
or jirrent you could say I spend every chance I get in my garden or
gardening so here to spend time in a location or the
activity which is in the jarren verb
you could say I recently took up cooking and now I spend all my free time trying new
recipes the phrasal verb here is to take up
when you take up an activity is simply means you start that activity
but using the phrasal verb will make you sound very natural
advanced and professional now let's review some natural phrases
to help you sound just like a native speaker I'm really into meditation
I'm really into doing yoga to be into plas noun meditation or Gerrand
doing yoga this simply means you really enjoy I'm really
into art I'm really into painting
you really enjoy these activities I'm a huge fan of puzzles and playing word
games to be a fan of plus noun or jarrant
and you can say I'm a huge fan a big fan
so you can modify fan to make it sound stronger here's a fun one I live to surf
I live to go surfing this sounds very strong you spend your entire life thinking about
or doing the activity and in this case you don't use the Jaron
to live plus infinitive I live to surf but don't get confused with I live to go surfing
let's talk about that structure we use the structure to go plus Gerrand
for verbs of movement like surfing you could say whenever I have free time
I always go so here the verb is go this is the verb you're conjugating
so it might be she always goes because you need to conjugate it
but then the next verb if it's a verb of movement will be in the Jarren form
I always go hiking biking skiing dancing walking jogging
running and many other verbs of movement are possible
another way to sound more advanced when talking about your hobbies
is to add an adjective so let's review some common adjectives
I love reading because I find it very relaxing or calming
painting is a great way to be creative so creative is my adjective
and notice this is a Gerrant expression painting is a great way to be creative
I'm into sports because I love being active or I love being social I'm passionate about
puzzles because I find them very challenging
spending the afternoon in nature is very enjoyable so instead of saying I enjoy spending time
in nature you're using enjoyable as the adjective
and your sentence is a Jarren statement so that sounds quite advanced
simply by changing the structure traveling
and learning about the world is very fulfilling now you have a lot of vocabulary
and grammar to talk about your hobbies but what about
if you wanna ask someone about their hobbies do you have any hobbies what are your favorite
hobbies what hobbies do you enjoy
those are the three most common questions but let's look at some more advanced C1 questions
what do you enjoy doing in your free time how do you usually spend your free time
usually is a adverb of frequency so that's why we have the present simple here
what's your favorite way to pass the time and notice that all these questions use vocabulary
you previously Learned to talk about your hobbies
so you're really using the same vocabulary but you're forming it in a question
now let's review some natural ways you can ask someone about their hobbies
what are you into remember you already Learned this I'm into
I'm really into now you're just asking what are you into what do you do for fun
so instead of saying as a hobby or in your free time is just for
fun what do you do for fun do you like sports
this is a really great way because let's say you like sports
that's your passion that's what you live for you can just ask the other person
do you like sports and then even if they say no
I don't I prefer and then they'll tell you what they like instead
so you'll learn about their hobby simply by asking that question
how do you like to unwind to unwind this means to relax
to distress because that's why we enjoy hobbies right
to answer this one you can use a Geron statement to sound quite
advanced drawing is my favorite way to unwind
right now you might be thinking but Jennifer I'm too busy for hobbies
don't worry let's talk about some phrases you can use for hypothetical
or future hobbies if I had if I had more free time I'd love to take up
drawing and now you already know what take up an activity
means I love to take up drawing
so this is a hypothetical because you don't have free time
so if someone asks you what are you into what do you do for fun what are your hobbies
you could say I wish I had time to play basketball so the person understands that you love basketball
but it's not currently your hobby because you said
I wish I had which means you don't have it right now
if I weren't so busy at work I do yoga every day because I live for yoga
but again it's hypothetical if I weren't so busy but you are busy
or you could say once I and then present simple once I graduate
once I finish once I complete once I graduate I'll definitely learn how
to salsa so again
you're sharing that you're passionate about salsa
or dance but right now you're focused on graduating so this isn't currently your hobby
but it's a hypothetical future hobby so these are great phrases to have in your
vocabulary so now you have all the vocabulary and grammar
you need to talk about your hobbies did you enjoy this lesson
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