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PART 2. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. VOCABULARY
Exercise 1. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks.
Nature competition cheap bird-watching wood
Carve decorate bug present photo
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
II. GRAMMAR
Exercise 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Sally and her family love (go) _________ to the park in the summer.
2. Her mum likes (lie) _________ on the blanket and loves (read) _________ her favourite
magazines.
3. Anna’s family (like) _________ the park because they love (be) _________ outdoors.
4. I enjoy (collect) _________ dolls and it becomes my pleasure.
5. We love (watch) _________ new films, and we (go) _________ to watch a new
Hollywood film next weekend.
6. My brother hates (do) _________ the same things day after day.
7. Our uncle (play) _________ badminton once a week.
8. I (collect) _________ a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.
9. In 2100, people (travel) _________ in flying cars.
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10. “I’m so hungry, Mum.” - “I (make) _________ you some sandwiches.”
Exercise 2. Choose the correct answer in each sentence.
1. Are you interested for/ in photography?
2. This is my best/ favourite book. It’s David Copperfield, by Dickens.
3. I’ve decided to make/ join the local swimming club.
4. Kate usual ly passes/ spends most of her time reading.
5. Tim has a very interesting fun/ hobby. He builds small boats.
6. What do you like doing in your empty/ spare time?
7. Wendy is a member/ team of the drama club.
8. Anna likes going to the cinema/ cinema.
9. John's hobby is collecting stamps. He is a stamp collect/ collector.
10. Hannah is very creative/ create and she paints very well.
Exercise 3. Complete the passages with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Peter
Peter is playing the piano. He (1. play) _________ the piano every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday. He (2. often, play) _________ the piano for his girlfriend. His
girlfriend’s name is Amanda. She loves (3. watch) _________ Peter play. He plays
classical music and sometimes he sings to her. He’s very romantic. Peter (4. be)
_________ a talented piano player. His dream (5. be) _________ to quit his job and make
a living by playing the piano while traveling around the world.
Samantha
Samantha is jogging. She (6. often, run) _________ in marathons. She (7.
usually, run) _________ in the morning, but she occasionally runs after work. She (8.
never, run) _________ outside in the winter. She (9. always, run) _________ inside
because she can’t stand cold weather and she’s afraid that she will slip and fall on the
ice. Samantha (10. want) _________ to run in marathons all over the world.
Exercise 4. Circle the best answers.
1. Nowadays people _________ hours sitting in front of computers.
A. spend B. last C. set D. take
2. My uncle usually _________ a lot of beautiful photos.
A. take B. takes C. to take D. taking
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3. My family enjoys _________ because we can sell vegetables and flowers _________
money.
A. garden – to B. gardening – for
C. gardening - with D. garden - of
4. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your _________ as to your friends
presents.
A. hobby B. money C. greetings D. products
5. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the _________
magazines.
A. fashion B. cooking C. sports D. science
6. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is _________.
A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. endangered
7. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three _________ a week.
A. time B. a time C. times D. timings
8. I think collecting old bowls _________ a very boring hobby.
A. am B. is C. are D. be
9. I like _________ books because it widens my knowledge.
A. read B. reads C. to reading D. reading
10. Model making is a _________ way of spending time.
A. wonder B. wonderful C. wondering D. wondered
11. There are many _________ why it is important to have a hobby.
A. answers B. reasons C. details D. facts
12. Will you _________ making models in the future?
A. pick up B. look for C. take up D. find
13. Do you think that hobby is and boring?
A. easy B. difficult C. danger D. interesting
14. My brother usually _________ fishing in his free time.
A. go B. to go C. goes D. going
15. We _________ roller skating because it's dangerous.
A. don't like B. not like C. don’t likes D. doesn’t like
16. I join a photography club, and all members love _________ a lot of beautiful photos.
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A. take B. taking C. make D. making
17. What does your father do _________ his free time?
A. in B. at C. on D. while
18. I think a hobby will always give you _________ and help you _________.
A. pleased - relax B. pleasure – relaxed
C. pleased - relaxing D. pleasure – relax
19. You can share your stamps _________ other collectors _________ a stamp club.
A. with-at B. to-at C. with-in D. to-in
20. She finds _________ flowers interesting because it helps her relax.
A. arrange B. arranges C. to arrange D. arranging
Exercise 5. Find and correct the mistakes.
III. READING
1. What does your mother does at weekends? ____________
2. When I am free, I often listens to my favourite songs from an old cassette ____________
recorder.
3. My best friend does not goes to class to learn how to sing. ____________
4. She loves music and she likes writting songs. ____________
5. My sister finds arrange flowers interesting. ____________
6. What does your favourite hobby, Anna? ____________
7. My brother have an unusual hobby, carving eggshells. ____________
8. Jim finds bird-watching interest because he can learn about nature. ____________
9. Amy likes makes pottery very much. ____________
10. My brother wants to goes to the amusement park. ____________
Exercise 1. Circle the correct answers.
What do you like doing best (1) ____________ your spare time? My cousin Paul likes
going (2) ____________ in the country and (3) ____________ photos. Sometimes he (4)
____________ with his friends, and they (5) ____________ at the park or at the beach.
They always (6) ____________ a good time. His brother Chris isn’t (7) ____________
on walking. He spends most of the (8) ____________ at home.
1. A. for B. when C. in D. at
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2. A. for walks B. walks C. a walk D. to walk
3. A. making B. having C. taking D. doing
4. A. travels B. gets up C. sees D. goes out
5. A. enjoy B. have fun C. hobby D. go
6. A. have B. make C. do D. like
7. A. interested B. out C. decided D. keen
8. A. other B. time C. people D. money
VI. WRITING
Exercise 1. Reorder the words to make correct sentences.
1. His / flowers. / is / painting / hobby I pictures / of
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2. television I your / favorite / What's / program?
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3. stamps, / of / my / is / collecting / old / One / hobbies
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4. to / my / often / spend / leisure / time / listening / I / the / radio.
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5. is / Tom / a / model /railroad / hobbyist.
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_6. Dave / doesn't / Mary. / enjoy / hanging / with / out
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7. getting / hates / up / Tom / in / the / morning. / early
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8. Making / model / planes / is/ his / only / hobby.
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9. playing / loves / Einstein / the / violin.
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10. hobbies. / spend / have / time / to / with / their / families / or / to / their / enjoy / They.
Exercise 5: Rewrite the sentences.
1. Mr. Ba rides his motorbike to work every day.
=> Mr. Ba gets ……………………………………………………….
2. My school has six hundred students.
=> There ………………………………………………………………….
3. Julia is Jack’s sister.
=> Jack ………………………………………………………………….
4. The supermarket is behind the bank.
=> The bank …………………………………………………………….
5. The children are walking to school now.
=> The children are going …………………………………………………
6. I can’t stand spiders. They frighten me. (afraid)
=>……………………………………………………………………………………………
7. Perhaps it will snow tomorrow. (may)
=> …………………………………………………..……………………………
8. Mr. Anderson is flying to New York.
=> Mr. Anderson is ……………………………………………………………………
9. There are ten packets of tea in this box. (has)
=> …………………………………………………..………………………………………
10. She enjoys collecting stamps. (keen)
=> …………………………………………………..…………………………………
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