Week 1
UNIT 1: MY HOBBIES
Exercise 1: Choose the word whose underlined part pronounced differently from the
others.
1. A. nights B. parks C. stops D. cars
2. A. days B. friends C. weeks D. walls
3. A. schools B. pencils C. students D. teachers
4. A. watches B. takes C. classes D. benches
5. A. faces B. roses C. houses D. makes
Exercise 2: Put the given words in the correct column.
away, bird, answer, burn, church, doctor, mother, woman, above, alarm, collect, shirt,
mountain, early, around
/ə/ /3:/
Exercise 3: Use the present simple form of the verbs to complete the sentences.
1. I usually (go) go to school by bike.
2. They often (visit) visit us at weekends.
3. He usually (play) plays badminton in the afternoon.
4. I (drink) am drink bubble tea three times a week.
5. She always (buy) buys flowers on Monday.
6. The students (not have) are don’t have English on Thursday.
7. They (not open) aren’t open the store at 7 a.m.
8. Lily (be) is a pretty girl.
9. He (live) lives in a big apartment.
10. Alex (go) goes to the library twice a week.
11. She (not speak) doesn’t speak English fluently.
12. My grandmother (have) has a beautiful garden.
13. Hanoi (be) is the capital of Vietnam.
14. My father always (watch) watches the news in the evening.
15. He (study) studies English every day.
16. What (you/ do) do you do in your free time?
17. Autumn (not be) isn’t the hottest season of the year.
18. (he/ do) Does he do morning exercise every day?
19. My teacher (teach) teaches me how to make models.
20. How (she/ go) does she go to school?
Exercise 4: Use the future simple form of the verbs to complete the sentences.
1. I (call) ________ you next week.
2. I think it (rain) ________ tomorrow.
3. My family (travel) ________ to Paris next month.
4. What (you/ do) ________ this Saturday?
5. (you/ play) ________ basketball for the school team next year?
6. I think she (be) ________ here soon.
7. Peter (not go) ________ to school tomorrow.
8. These watermelons look fresh. I (buy) ________ them.
9. I (do) ________ it for you tomorrow.
10. I think he (not come) ________ back his hometown this year.
11. She (return) ________ from the summer camp next Saturday.
12. Don’t worry. He (call) ________ you soon.
13. When (you/ finish) ________ your homework?
14. I think Alex (not move) ________ to a new apartment next week.
15. (you/ remember) ________ me when I’m not here?
Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with the correct verbs of the hobbies. Some hobbies may be
used with more than one verbs.
take do play go collect watch
1. I usually ________ homework after dinner.
2. He will ________ some photos of the forests for me.
3. My friends often ________ fishing in summer.
4. My favourite hobby is ________ the guitar.
5. Children ________ TV a lot these days.
6. She takes up ________ dolls as a hobby.
7. We will ________ camping next week.
8. Blaine ________ basketball very well.
9. I think ________ horse-riding is exciting.
10. Do you like ________ gymnastics?
Exercise 6: Choose the correct form of the verbs.
1. My father enjoys riding/ ride his motorcycle to work.
2. Her hobby is paint/ painting.
3. I go to the pool near my house and swim/ swimming there four times a week.
4. She loves being/ be outdoors with nature.
5. Cooking/ Cook is my mother’s hobby.
6. I will traveling/ travel around the world when I’m grown up.
7. I think bird-watching/ bird-watch is relaxing.
8. She has a cheap hobby. It is collecting/ collect used books.
9. Doing/ Do morning exercise is good for your health.
10. He likes watch/ watching the sunset.
Exercise 7: Rewrite the following sentences using the given cues.
1. I like reading books.
I love ___________________________________________________________________
2. My uncle likes having a cup of coffee every morning. (enjoy)
_________________________________________________________________________
3. Do you like collecting old coins?
Do you enjoy______________________________________________________________
4. He doesn’t like eating sushi. (hate)
_________________________________________________________________________
5. I enjoy making crafts.
I am interested ____________________________________________________________
6. She loves playing the violin. (interested)
_________________________________________________________________________
7. The children enjoy building snowmen.
The children are interested ___________________________________________________
8. Bill doesn’t like getting up early. (hate)
_________________________________________________________________________
9. My brother loves studying English. (keen)
_________________________________________________________________________
10. I like watching horror movies.
I am keen ________________________________________________________________
