In my free time, I often hang out with my friends. I am an outgoing person, I love meeting and having relaxing times with my friends at the weekend. We usually sit at a coffee shop to talk about our daily life, or we sometimes go shopping to buy some foods and then cook them at one of our houses. Those times help me to reduce the pressure from the works of the entire week. A week for me is so long, but thinking of the free and good time to do whatever I like on Saturday and Sunday give me more strength and energy to finish it.

Dịch : Trong thời gian rảnh của tôi, tôi thường đi chơi với bạn bè của tôi. Tôi là một người hướng ngoại, tôi thích gặp gỡ và có thời gian thư giãn với bạn bè vào cuối tuần. Chúng tôi thường ngồi ở quán cà phê để nói về cuộc sống hàng ngày của chúng tôi, hoặc đôi khi chúng tôi đi chợ để mua một số thực phẩm và sau đó nấu ăn tại nhà của chúng tôi. Những khoảng thời gian đó giúp tôi giảm bớt áp lực từ công việc của cả tuần. Một tuần đối với tôi là quá dài, nhưng nghĩ đến khoảng thời gian rảnh rỗi và tốt đẹp để làm bất cứ điều gì mình thích vào thứ bảy và chủ nhật, tôi lại có thêm sức mạnh và năng lượng để hoàn thành nó.

1. I have about an hour per day spending on my favorite hobbies and other things. In these time, I usually listening to music, play games...

2. I think those activities such as playing sport, praticing piano or some kind of instrument, learn how to bake cakes,... Because teenagers really need to grow their physical condition and other skills too.

3. I don't think that parents should decide that for teenagers. At these ages, teenagers need to feel free to do things they like. But parents can give advice for their children.

4. The advantages of using technology in leisure activities are like they can help us to get more information on the internet that could be useful for our activities, technology may bring a comfortable feeling when we work… But the disadvantage that if we use computer or mobile phone too much, it would be harmful for our health.

5. To me, the Vietnamese student would usually do activities such as going to a football match that is an activity that boys really love, or going shopping, hanging out at the café’s or just simply go to a place and do the homework together.

6. Option 1: I mostly like to live in the city because of course it is more modern, comfortable and convenient. I can go to many interesting places and do things that is not possible in the countryside.(Ex: Go to the shopping mall, play games at the arcade…)

Option 2: I always love to be in the countryside. Because it’s really a peaceful place with no noisy sounds of the city at all. And the countryside is beautiful, of course I can do some activities that is not possible in the city too. (Ex: go fishing, feed animals,…)

7. Well, the “nomadic life” to me it’s really interesting. You can go to anywhere you like, travel and see lots of different things. But the fact is, you can’t see your family very often. That cause a little homesick.

8. Option 1: Yes. I do feel that the countryside is boring. There is no wi-fi, no shopping mall, and the other interesting places in the city too. It’s really inconvenient when you’ll have to go very far to buy things and you just can’t do anything fun.

Option 2: I don’t really on it. I think the countryside is quite nice place to live. Although it’s a bit inconvenient but there are still lots of things to do. I’m quite a nature person, I love to do activities such as going fishing, picking mushrooms in the forest, feed the cows,… Lots of interesting things that you can do when you are close to the nature.

9. Well, the world is growing everyday and of course there are changes in the country life too. Things are not being so rustic as we used to know. Now there are different things such as new and more modern schools, they built a bigger and nicer street, the people’s farming work is getting easier because there are more equipment, they built more shops… in the residential…

10. In Viet Nam, terraced fields often appear at mountainous places such as Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Son La, Sa Pa – Lao Cai,…

11. I think most ethnic people in Vietnam live on farming.

12. The ethnic people in SaPa are mostly H’Mong people. They wear they traditional costumes and work for their life. Usually, women make brocades and sell them to tourists or customers, when people here do farming, they wear a weaving basket on their back...

1) After dinner

2) Listen to music, watching news and documentary programmes.

3) Beacause they widen my knowlege, relax my mind and make me feel better about my self.

Choose the correct answers

1. What / you / enjoy / do / free time ?

A. What do you enjoy to do in your free time?

B. What do you enjoy doing in free time?

C. What do you enjoy doing in your free time?

D. What are you enjoy doing in your free time?

2. How much time / week / you / spend / these activities?

A. How much time a week do you spend for these activities?

B. How much time a week do you spend to these activities?

C. How much time week do you spend on these activities?

D. How much time a week do you spend on these activities?

3. It / custom / family / visit / relatives / friends / Tet

A. It is a custom for my family to visit our relatives and friends at Tet.

B. It is a custom for my family to visit our relatives and friends on Tet

C. It is a custom for my family visiting our relatives and friends at Tet

D. It is a custom that my family visiting our relatives and friends on Tet

Exercise 4:

1.

A: What leisure activities do you usually do with your family?

(Những hoạt động rảnh rỗi nào bạn thường làm với gia đình.?)

B: I usually play badminton with my family at the weekends. We also go to a nearby beach to relax.

(Mình thường chơi cầu lông với gia đình vào cuối tuần. Chúng tôi cũng đi đến một bãi biển gần đó để thư giãn.)

2.

A: Which one do you like the most? Why?

(Cái nào mà bạn thích nhất? Tại sao?)

B: I like going to the beach the most. Because it helps me relax and it reduces stress.

(Mình thích đi ra biển nhất. Vì nó giúp mình thư giãn và nó giảm stress.)

3.

A: How do you feel when you spend time with your family members?

(Bạn cảm thấy như thế nào khi dành thời gian với gia đình?)

B: I feel very happy when I spend time with my family members.

(Mình thấy vui khi dành thời gian với gia đình.)

Exercise 5:

After discussing with members in our group, we see that riding bike is the most popular activity in our group. Furthemore, almost members in our group are into doing the crosswords, too.)

(Sau khi thảo luận với các thành viên trong nhóm, tụi mình nhận thấy rằng đạp xe là hoạt động phổ biến nhất. Thêm vào đó, hầu hết các thành viên cũng đều thích giải ô chữ.)

1. I have about an hour per day spending on my favorite hobbies and other things. In these time, I usually listening to music, play games...

2. I think those activities such as playing sport, praticing piano or some kind of instrument, learn how to bake cakes,... Because teenagers really need to grow their physical condition and other skills too.

3. I don't think that parents should decide that for teenagers. At these ages, teenagers need to feel free to do things they like. But parents can give advice for their children.

4. The advantages of using technology in leisure activities are like they can help us to get more information on the internet that could be useful for our activities, technology may bring a comfortable feeling when we work… But the disadvantage that if we use computer or mobile phone too much, it would be harmful for our health.

5. To me, the Vietnamese student would usually do activities such as going to a football match that is an activity that boys really love, or going shopping, hanging out at the café’s or just simply go to a place and do the homework together.

6. Option 1: I mostly like to live in the city because of course it is more modern, comfortable and convenient. I can go to many interesting places and do things that is not possible in the countryside.(Ex: Go to the shopping mall, play games at the arcade…)

Option 2: I always love to be in the countryside. Because it’s really a peaceful place with no noisy sounds of the city at all. And the countryside is beautiful, of course I can do some activities that is not possible in the city too. (Ex: go fishing, feed animals,…)

7. Well, the “nomadic life” to me it’s really interesting. You can go to anywhere you like, travel and see lots of different things. But the fact is, you can’t see your family very often. That cause a little homesick.

8. Option 1: Yes. I do feel that the countryside is boring. There is no wi-fi, no shopping mall, and the other interesting places in the city too. It’s really inconvenient when you’ll have to go very far to buy things and you just can’t do anything fun.

Option 2: I don’t really on it. I think the countryside is quite nice place to live. Although it’s a bit inconvenient but there are still lots of things to do. I’m quite a nature person, I love to do activities such as going fishing, picking mushrooms in the forest, feed the cows,… Lots of interesting things that you can do when you are close to the nature.

9. Well, the world is growing everyday and of course there are changes in the country life too. Things are not being so rustic as we used to know. Now there are different things such as new and more modern schools, they built a bigger and nicer street, the people’s farming work is getting easier because there are more equipment, they built more shops… in the residential…

10. In Viet Nam, terraced fields often appear at mountainous places such as Yen Bai, Lai Chau, Son La, Sa Pa – Lao Cai,…

11. I think most ethnic people in Vietnam live on farming.

12. The ethnic people in SaPa are mostly H’Mong people. They wear they traditional costumes and work for their life. Usually, women make brocades and sell them to tourists or customers, when people here do farming, they wear a weaving basket on their back...

Sorry bạn, mình chỉ trả lời được đến câu 12.

13. I think Tet is the most important festival in Vietnam because it is the day when the people in the family is gather to do something.

Ex28:Fill each blank with a word / phrase in the box :

melodies, leisure time, making crafts, games, doing, skateboarding, leisure activities, the most, comics, reading

1. Nick has just bought a CD of Vietnamese folk songs and he thinks he’ll enjoy listening to the ______melodies______

2. My friends gave me some interesting short stories on my birthday because they know that I like reading _______comics_______

3. While Nick was learning Japanese, he liked _____reading_____ Doraemon.

4. Hobbies such as collecting stamps or ______making crafts_____ are very interesting.

5. Tam lives near the coast of Da Nang so he likes playing beach ______games_______ with his friends after school.

6. How much ______leisure time_____ do people in the US have on average day ?

7. Which activity do you like best, football, badminton or_______skateboarding_____ ?

8. What are the three activities that pupils in Viet Nam do ______the most______in their free time ?

9. Minh hates _______doing_______ the same thing every day.

10. How much time a day do you spend on _______leisure activities_______, Phuc ?

1.melodies

2.comics

3.reading

4.making crafts

5.games

6.leisure time

7.skateboarding

8.the most

9.doing

10.leisure activities

THAM KHẢO  !!

I often have free time on the weekend. I often spend the morning sleeping. It’s so interesting. It helps me re- charge. In the afternoon, I hung out with my close friend to get around Hanoi. Then, we have some street food, have some coffee and talk about everything. Sometimes, we go traveling together and take a lot of pictures. I appreciate free time, it helps me relax after a busy weekend with work.