hello I'm Ali welcome to Oxford online
English in this lesson you can learn
about how to talk about your free time
and hobbies in English what do you like
doing in your free time do you have any
interesting hobbies talking about your
free time is a great way to start a
conversation in English or to find
things in common when you're speaking to
somebody by the end of this lesson
you'll be able to speak clearly and
naturally about your free time and your
hobbies in English part 1 free time and
hobbies vocabulary what words do you
know for free time activities in English
some people prefer things you can do at
home like watching TV reading or cooking
other people like sports like playing
football playing basketball playing
tennis going swimming going jogging or
going climbing or maybe doing boxing
doing judo or doing yoga of course many
people prefer more social activities for
example hanging out with your friends
relaxing with your family or going
shopping
well maybe you like to do something more
creative like taking photos painting or
writing stories or writing a blog what
about you
what kind of free time activities do you
prefer let's look at how you can talk
about free time activities and hobbies
which you like part 2 what do you like
doing in my free time I like
what could you say here in my free time
I like playing basketball in my free
time I like relaxing with my family in
my free time I like reading books can
you see a pattern here in every sentence
after like we use of verb + ing can you
make a sentence what do you like doing
in your free time
but just using like can be repetitive
and boring
so what other verbs can you use well you
could use verbs like love enjoy or hate
for example I love going swimming I
enjoy watching TV I hate going shopping
can you see the same pattern after all
of these verbs you need to use a verb
with IMG you can also add words like
really sometimes or absolutely to make
your meaning stronger or weaker for
example I really like taking photos
sometimes I enjoy going jogging I
absolutely hate playing football now
it's your turn what can you say can you
make your own sentences ok so now you
can say something about what you like or
don't like doing let's look at how you
can add more details to your ideas first
let's say how often you do your free
time activity for example I like playing
sport I play football every Tuesday
evening I absolutely hate going shopping
I only go shopping once or twice a year
I really like taking photos but I don't
get the chance to do it often
what about you how often do you do your
hobbies you can use these phrases to
help you talk every mmm for example
every weekend every Saturday afternoon
every day
once or twice uh-hmm for example once a
week twice a month three times a year
and so on can you make some sentences
like this about your free time and
hobbies how often do you do your hobbies
next let's add some details about where
you do your hobby or free time activity
for example I like playing sport I play
football every Tuesday evening at the
park near my house I enjoy having coffee
with my friends we go to a cafe in the
city center once or twice a week I
really like taking wildlife photos in
the forest but I don't get the chance to
do it often you can see that our answers
are getting more detailed when you speak
you should always try to add some
details to your ideas like this will
make your English sound more interesting
and more natural what about you can you
add some details like these to your
sentences pause the video practice try
to make some sentences say them out loud
practice a little bit
okay next let's look at giving
background information especially if you
have an interesting or an unusual hobby
you could talk about when and why you
started doing it for example I started
playing tennis when I was ten I've been
learning to paint the six months now I
decided to do yoga because I wanted to
be healthy my French friend got me into
climbing in the last sentence the phrase
my friend got me into something means
that your friend introduced this
activity to you and now you like it what
can you say about your hobby can you use
some of these phrases to talk about
yourself for example I started climbing
when I was living in Russia I've been
climbing for about eight years I also
recently decided to do yoga because I
wanted to be more flexible when I was
younger my dad got me into photography
what about you what are your examples
finally let's look at how you can add
some descriptive words to say why you do
or don't enjoy something for example I
like climbing because it's really
exciting I love doing yoga because it's
so relaxing I really like writing
stories because it's creative and I like
using my imagination you can also use
negative adjectives to talk about things
you don't like for example I don't like
going jogging because it's tiring I hate
watching TV because I find it boring
I've been trying to learn to paint but
it's too hard why do you like your
hobbies what are some activities you
don't like doing can you say why you
don't like them try to make some
sentences and practice using this
language okay now it's your turn to
speak let's try using everything we've
looked at and make a longer answer for
example I really like playing tennis I
play every weekend at the park near my
house sometimes I play with my brother
or sometimes with a friend my brother
got me into it because he loves sports
and he needed someone to play with I
didn't like it at first because it was
hard and I lost all the time but now I
enjoy it especially when I beat my
brother okay let's do one more sample
answer
I love taking photos once or twice a
month I go to different areas of the
city and look for interesting pictures
to take I've been interested in
photography since I was young when my
dad got me a camera for my birthday
I like it because it's creative and I
can express myself through my pictures
anyone can use a camera but you need to
use your imagination to find good
pictures now can you talk about your
free time what do you like doing where
do you go and how often when did you
start doing this hobby and why and why
do you like or perhaps dislike this
activity
try to talk for at least 30 seconds give
lots of details and details to make your
answer more interesting okay that's the
end of the lesson thanks very much for
watching I hope you learned something
about how to talk about your free time
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