UNIT 1: LEISURE ACTIVITIES

A. PHONETICS
I. Fill in each blank with /br/ or /pr/ to complete the word.
1. ____ice 6. ____ead 11. um ____ella
2. ____ush 7. a ____icot 12. ____ince
3. ____acelet 8. ____oblem 13. li ____ary
4. ____idge 9. ____esent 14. ____occoli
5. ____esident 10. ____other 15. ____oject
II. Choose a /br/ or /pr/ word from part I to complete each sentence.
1. The ________ range of their computers is from $300 to $700.
2. She doesn’t like jewellery, but she is wearing a gold ________ .
3. I must go to the shop to buy some milk and a loaf of ________ .
4. You should always ________ your teeth after every meal.
5. My uncle gave me theatre tickets as a ________ on my birthday.
6. They will build a ________ over this stream, so we can go to school safely.
7. Last week, Beck was chosen as a ________ of our football club.
8. ________ blossoms always bloom during the spring months.
9. I’ve read every book in the ________ , but I’ve not read that one yet.
10. It was a team effort - everyone contributed something to the success of the ________ .

B. VOCABULARY
I. Write the verbs for the activities
Activities Verbs
1. Making origami, collecting stamps ____________, ____________
2. Watching TV, reading comics ____________, ____________
3. Playing sports, listening to music ____________, ____________
4. Learning something, visiting museums ____________, ____________
5. Having hobbies, relaxing at home ____________, ____________
6. Hanging out, using computer for leisure ____________, ____________
7. Socialising with friends, texting ____________, ____________
8. Going shopping, training pets ____________,____________
9. Doing DIY, spending time with family ____________,____________
10. $kateboarding, surfing the websites ____________,____________

II. Write the full forms of the following abbreviations.

1. EZ _______________ 11. NUFF _______________
2. J4F _______________ 12. <3 _______________
3. ur _______________ 13. w/ _______________
4. bro _______________ 14.WBU _______________
5. DYLI _______________ 15. n’ _______________
6. 4 _______________ 16.2moro _______________

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 7. r _______________ 17. F2F _______________
8. ASAP _______________ 18. CUL _______________
9. WF _______________ 19. MSG _______________
10. goin’ _______________ 20. W8 _______________
III. Fill in each blank with a correct preposition.
1. He usually plays a sport ________ his free time.
2. One of my friends is hooked ________ online racing games.
3. Levis wasn’t sure ________ changing his hobbies.
4. This origami folding art is right ________ my street.
5. Julia has found a craft kit to make postcards ________ herself.
6. We shouldn’t be addicted ________ both computer and mobile games.
7. Robert has some CDs ________ pop and folk music.
8. You should spend more time ________ your family.
IV. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. ________ DIY means you do yourself without the help of experts.
A. Playing B. Doing C. Making D. Taking
2. She loves making ________, such as pottery and carving wood.
A. crafts B. origami C. stamps D. bracelets
3. Melinda ________ hanging out because she is a sociable person.
A. detests B. hates C. dislikes D. fancies
4. Many people like ________ the Internet with their mobile phones.
A. surfing B. blogging C. emailing D. communicating
5. It’s helpful to learn life ________ or a foreign language in free time.
A. tricks B. skills C. kits D. tools
6. Video chatting is among dozens of ways to virtually visit friends and ________.
A. neighbours B. acquaintance C. relatives D. members
7. He doesn’t mind going window ________ in the mall with his friends.
A. having B. selling C. buying D. shopping
8. Samuel is sociable so he can ________ a lot of friends at school.
A. made B. take C. do D. work
9. I usually make a phone call to friends instead of ________.
A. listening B. texting C. reading D. typing
10. This might sound ________, but I enjoy watching rain.
A. satisfied B. exciting C. weird D. reasonable
V. Write the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. My parents don’t like to watch ________ shows on television. (real)
2. Do you feel ________ with your current hobbies? (satisfy)
3. Reading, playing sports, and ________ are popular leisure activities. (socialise)
4. Playing online games may be ________ to both your mind and the body. (harm)
5. My brother often has ________ time when he plays football. (enjoy)
6. Spending much time in front of the screen can ________ cause eye-tiredness. (easy)

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7. Do exercise and you’ll see a continuous ________ in your health. (improve)
8. You should never give your ________ information to strangers. (person)
9. Sometimes they go to local ________ or cultural places for pleasure. (perform)
10. He has never joined any programme in an animal protection ________. (organise)

C. GRAMMAR
I. Fill in the blanks with the -ing form of the verbs from the box.
work learn see do ride help practise lie chat sit

1. They spend hours ________ on the phone to their friends.

2. My brother is interested in ________ a second foreign language.
3. Mr Henderson hates ________ on weekends or holidays.
4. Thank you for signing up to our event and we look forward to ________ you.
5. It’s noisy outside, but I detest ________ in my room all day.
6. Jimmy adores ________ a bike to the countryside and going fishing.
7. He doesn’t mind ________ me to improve my English speaking skills.
8. Every Sunday morning, my father enjoys ________ on the beach and relaxing.
9. Do you like going out with us after ________ your homework?
10. David prefers ________ judo to hanging out with friends.
II. Choose the correct answer.
1. Don’t spend/ spending too much time in front of TV or computer screen.
2. Many people prefer surfing/ surf the Internet to reading books.
3. Doing exercise regularly makes your body become/ to become healthy and fit.
4. They fancy dancing, but they rarely going/go to a discotheque.
5. Will you be able stopping/ to stop checking social media for a month?
6. My uncle doesn’t need to buy/buy modern tools for the gardening.
7. Let’s go to the beach and play/ to play some volleyball games.
8. She enjoys to make/ making crafts, especially birthday and greeting cards.
9. I really want travelling/ to travel to peaceful places and breathe the fresh air.
10. Would you mind help/ helping me with the computer settings?
III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences.
1. It’s good for you ________ out and play a sport.
A. to going B. to go C. go D. going
2. My parents never let me ________ with strangers.
A. hang out B. hung out C. hanging out D. to hang out
3. Mrs Cohen tried ________ all the housework before going to bed.
A. finishing B. finish C. finishes D. to finish
4. She adores ________ ancient coins and foreign banknotes.
A. to collect B. to collecting C. collecting D. collect
5. The cartoon is funny and it makes me ________ a lot.
A. laughing B. to laugh C. laugh D. laughs
6. He dislikes ________ disturbed while he is thinking.

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 A. being B. is C. to be D. be
7. My friend doesn’t mind ________ me whenever I am in need.
A. to help B. helping C. help D. to helping
8. If you want to pass your exams, you’d better ________ your attitude towards studies!
A. to change B. changing C. to changing D. change
9. Susan loves going window shopping and ________ in the street.
A. walking B. walks C. to walk D. walk
10. Johnson used to stay up late and ________ video games.
A. plays B. play C. playing D. to play

IV. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.

1. Please let me to know what you usually do in your leisure time.
A B C D
2. When the sun is still behind the hill, I adore to cycle in the early mornings.
A B C D
3. Daniel is in good shape because he plays sports and do morning exercise regularly.
A B C D
4. Michael is hook on pop music, so he will go to the concert this Sunday.
A B C D
5. My mother enjoys cooking delicious meals for the whole family in weekends.
A B C D
6. Kelvin must be addicted on the Net - he holds his phone all the time.
A B C D
7. Watching TV too much can make us to feel tired and have a headache.
A B C D
8. Emily don’t mind working as a volunteer for an environmental organisation.
A B C D
9. Don’t be disappointed because you can give up your bad habits and live happy.
A B C D
10. On my opinion, playing computer games is boring and wastes time.
A B C D

D. SPEAKING
I. Put the expressions into the correct column.
How do you feel about that? In my opinion... I agree with you.
Yes, of course. I think that... Not at all.
How about you? That’s so true. No, I’m sorry.
I don’t think so. And you? From my point of view…
Exactly. What do you think? I’m afraid I don’t agree
I believe that...
Giving an opinion Asking for an opinion Agreeing Disagreeing

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II. Put the sentences in the correct order to make a conversation.
I learnt it from my cousin. This type of paper folding is called origami.
Okay.
Are you kidding?
Exactly. Origami means the art of paper folding, which is often associated with Japanese culture.
A Japanese friend teaches my cousin this art, then she teaches me.
1 Wow! Look at this bird. It’s beautiful.
Now can you teach me to make this?
Yes, I do. The folding lines are very smooth and this paper bird looks quite real. Where did you
learn to fold it?
Thank you, Eric. Do you like it?
Origami? It sounds like a Japanese word.
No, I’m not. I really want to learn. I’ll fold something and give it to my sister as a present.

E. READING
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The most interesting hobby that I have is playing the guitar. I have played guitar for three and a
half years now and I am getting better at it every time I decide to play. Playing guitar keeps me doing
something interesting at home instead of staring at the ceiling all the time. Actually it is a very relaxing
activity. It gives person some time to think and dream.
Guitar or guitars also give my room some personality. When it hangs on my wall it seems like a
piece of art. I have two guitars - one is black acoustic one and the second is a yellow Spanish guitar.
The last one was my first guitar and both of them are Yamaha products. I bought the classical one
because it was required to learn guitar in my school. Since I am interested in blues, jazz and rock
music I felt that I needed a change in my guitar play and that is why I bought the black acoustic one.
I can play many different songs and after 3 years of experience I have learned how to learn the
songs to play them. My favourite songs that I have learned are Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven and
Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. I can also play a bit Sting, Nirvana, Metallica and the Animals.
In the future I want to improve my guitar playing skills and maybe use them in some small band
or I would just like to play with my friends. I would certainly recommend learning guitar. If interest in
it comes, it cannot be put away.
1. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.
A. why playing the guitar is the author’s most interesting hobby
B. the author’s good feelings about playing the guitar
C. how the author chose to play the guitar and the benefits of playing it
D. the author’s hobby of playing the guitar and some of its benefits
2. According to the second paragraph, the author’s first guitar is ________.
A. not a Spanish one B. black

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 C. not an acoustic one D. not a classical one
3. Why did the author buy the acoustic guitar?
A. Because the author likes to play blues, jazz and rock music
B. Because the author was required to learn guitar in school
C. Because the other guitar can’t play classical music
D. Because the author wanted to change his current one
4. What does the phrase “the Animals” in the third paragraph possibly refer to?
A. a song B. a music band
C. some kinds of animals D. none of above
5. We learn from the passage that ________.
A. the author plays the guitar because he usually does nothing in his free time
B. the author has totally four guitars
C. the author can play different songs of different types of music
D. the author will continue to play the guitar in the future
II. Fill in each blank with a word from the box.

practice hands professional carving others arts both enjoyed

Arts and crafts describes a wide variety of activities involving making things with one’s own (1)
________. Arts and crafts is usually a hobby. Some crafts, or art skills, have been practised for
centuries, (2) ________ are more recent inventions. A quote by Apoorva Rathore: Art cannot be
taught, it comes from thinking. But it can be improved by (3) ________.
(4) ________ children and adults enjoy arts and crafts. Children in schools may learn skills such
as woodworking, wood (5) ________, sewing, or making things with all sorts of material. Many
community centres and schools have evening or day classes and workshops where one can learn (6)
________ and craft skills.
Although “crafts” today are usually hobbies (7) ________ by amateurs, the word was used many
centuries ago by (8) ________ people who had a guild system. Young people were learned from a
master-craftsman, i.e. they were “apprenticed”, and they often took many years to learn their skills to
perfection.

F. WRITING
I. Write complete sentences using the cues given.
1. Elizabeth/ enjoy/ listen to/ Vietnamese folk songs’ melodies
____________________________________________________________________________
2. He/ need/ buy/ some tools/ fix/ dog house/ this weekend
____________________________________________________________________________
3. Play/ online games/ have/ both/ positive/ negative effects
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Calvin/ like/ read/ books,/ and/ he/ not/ often/ surf/ Internet
____________________________________________________________________________
5. Why/ not/ you/ turn off/ TV/ go out/ some fresh air?
____________________________________________________________________________
6. Hobbies/ such as/ play/ sports/ or/ do/ exercise/ be/ good

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7. I/ not/ mind/ do/ homework,/ but/ I/ not/ like/ have/ lots of it
____________________________________________________________________________
8. Make/ crafts/ help/ me/ improve/ my patience/ carefulness
____________________________________________________________________________
II. Complete the second sentences so that it means the same as the first one.
1. I find collecting birthday cards interesting.
I’m interested in________________________________________________________________
2. She likes socialising with friends more than watching TV.
She prefers socialising___________________________________________________________
3. Playing video games can affect both your mind and body.
Both your mind and body can_____________________________________________________
4. Please help me with this exercise!
Would you mind________________________________________________________________?
5. If you get too attached to your smartphone, you won’t have time for your family.
Don’t get______________________________________________________________________
6. Going fishing in the rural areas is really enjoyable.
I really enjoy___________________________________________________________________
7. He was kind of addicted to the Net, but now he isn’t.
He used to_____________________________________________________________________
8. Why don’t we take a break and relax for a while?
Let’s_________________________________________________________________________