Exercise: Choose the word or phrase( A, B, C or D ) that best fits the blank space in the text:
Camping is a (0)....A.........way to spend a holiday. You can spend time (1)............ qnd enjoying nature. If you go camping far from the city, you(2)............ remember to bring everything you need with you.
First, you need a tent(3)............. a sleeping bag You should bring all(4)........... food too, unless you are plannning to fish or find food.(5)............ very careful if you are eating wild berries or plants. Don't eat(6)........... if you don't know what it is!
There are many fun things to do when you are camping. You can go for a(7)............., look for birds and animals, or take photos. Always remember to clean(8)........... after yourshelf and don't leave any rubbish behind
1.A.relaxed B.realx C.relaxing D.relaxes
2.A.must B.do C.have D.can
3.A.for B.but C.and D.in
4.A.its B.his C.your D.their
5.A.do B.be C.have D.make
6.A.anything B.everything C.nothing D.many
7.A.fight B.walk C.kid D.run
8.A.out B.down C.up D.in
Exercise: Match the hobbies in the box to their descriptions.
Playing Sudoku; Knitting; Blogging; Painting; Dancing; Photography. |
0.ex: Blogging
It is the hobby that I really enjoy and have been doing it very passionately for the last 2-3 years. It is basically the shirt form of ' weblog' and it lets people write on topics they like. It is very similar to a website which is open for anyone to read using them Internet.
1. .......................
This is the craft in which we can prepare a nice fabric with the help of wool thread. My mother likes doing it when she has free time. She often makes a scarf, a pair of glove or shoes for me.
2. ........................
It is a challenging online number puzzle game desined for players of all ages. We have to fill all blank cells with a number between 1 and 9. Every 3x3 block must contain each of these numbers once. Thus hobby often brings us a lot of fun.
3. .......................
It is something so simple that most people do some forms of it everyday, sometimes without even knowing it! Dance, simply but, is movement. It doesn't necessatilly have any music, sometimes there are words, drum beats, or even silence.
4. ........................
Like most moms, she takes quickly everything and records every little embarrassing memorable moment. Is is like a diary foe her. She shows us her albums with many beautiful that she has taken for a long time.
5. ...................
I have finished art school and now I paint aand draw in my free time. I describe things that have impressed me deeply: beautiful flowers, poetic landscapes, and anicent monuments. I work in oil qnd water colour, pencil, and pastel. This hobby helps me understand the beauty and harmony of the surrounding world.
Exercise: Read the text and decide whether each statement below is true ( T) or( F ) about hobbies in the 19th century. Circle T or F
HOBBIES IN THE PAST
Like fashion, hobbies change with the times. In our days, a lot of hobbies use techonology: we take dugital photos and post them online and children play computer games . But what did people use to do before this technology? Let's take a look at some hobbies that were popular more than 100 years ago.
Many of the sports that we play today were popular in the past, too. Football became popular and had rules for the first time in the 19th century. Many football clubs were started by enployers, so that workers could play and stay fit. Football was a man sports but both men and woman played other sports, like tennis and croquet. Unfortunately, the long skirts worn at the time didn't help woman with their games at all.
Many girls and woman spent their spare times doing sewing and embroidery. They used a needle and thread to make tiny stitches on a piece of fabric. They made clothes and accessories such as scarves and gloves. They also made home decorations. They created beautiful pictures of flowers, birds and other patterns. They also used to embroider cushions, tablecloths and rugs.
Girls in the 19th centuey used to play with dolls and doll's houses. At the time, toys were handmade. The doll's heads were often made of china and the bodies were made of wood. Rocking horses were also very popular. They were made of wood and their tails were made of real horsehair. Boys used to play with toys trains and railways.
Finally, people in the 19th century loved nature, so one popular hobby was colllecting and drawing butterflies. People used to catch butterflies in nets and fix them on special boards with pins. They used to draw pictures that showed all the details and colours of the beautiful insects.
Past or present, hobbies are a great way to pass the time. They help us show our creativity and used our imagination.
1.Football had rules for the first time. T/ F
2.Only men played tennis T/ F
3.Woman and girls used to make toys. T/ F
4. Dolls were made of plastic. T/ F
5. People used to take photos of butterflies. T/ F
Exercise: Read the text and choosevthe best answer( A,B,C or D) that best fits each gap.
John Fynn was(1)........... in Australia in 1880. He studied hard and became a doctor. In 1911 he left the city of Melbourne to worj in South Australia for a church. The church wanted to help the sheep farmers who lived in the(2)............ . They built msny small hospitals and found nurses to work in them. But at the time there were only two(3)............ in all South Australia .One day, a farmer was to ill, but the doctor lived far and he had to(4)........... by car, horse and on foot to help the farmer.When the doctor arrived , the farmer was already dead because it took the doctor several daysto come to cure the patient. Flynn saw that(5)........... could really help people in the countryside. He wrote about his idea for a 'Flying Doctor' in 1917. By 1930s, there was a Flying Doctor in every part of Australia.
1.A.live B.born C.stay D.arrive
2.A.city B.town C.countryside D.sea
3.A policeman B.farmers C.patients D.doctors
4.A.swim B.travel C.ride D.walk
Exercise: Write the sentence using the cues given below:
Ex:0.Not go to bed/ late/ computer games/ hours.
-Do not go to bed late and play computer games for hours.
1.You have to/ water/ exercises/ thirty minutes everyday.
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2.Stay outdoors/ physical activities/ you/ fit and more active.
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3.Fresh fruits and vegetables/ vitamin A/ good/ our eyes.
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4.Wash/ hand before eating/ you/ less chance/ catching flu.
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5.Eating/ junk food/ you/ fat and ubhealthy.
Reoder the words to make questions. Then ask and answer in pairs.
1.activities/Are/interested/you/in/?
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2.clean-up/ local/ a/ join/ to/ like/ you/ Would/ group/?
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3.to/ for/ What/ do/ money/ you / get/ charity/do/?
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4.collecting/ about/ How/ books/ used/?
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5.What/ get/ part/ activities/ you/ taking/ community/ do/ from/ in/?
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Write about a volunteer service you have done. Answer these questions.
1.What was yoyr volunteer service?
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2 When did you do it?
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3.Who organise it?
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4.Where did you do it?
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5. How long did you do it?
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6.What interesting things happened?
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7.Will you do it again?
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8.Are you going to join other volunteer service?
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Exercise: Read the mark the sentences True or False.
A YOUNG VOLUNTEER'S STORY.
It has been q pleasure to do voluntary work as my hobby. Also, I find it easy to do. I decided to work with patients at home. They need to live normally again. They feel lonely and want to have a chat with someone . They also want to go out with someone, perhaps to do some shopping or just to get some fresh air It's been geat meeting new people in this way. However, it can be difficult to say gooodbye to them when it all comes to an end.
I am glad to do voluntary work in this way; and there is something for everyone. I think more people of all ages should do voluntary work if they have free time. Younger people will fund volunteering satisfying and fun.
Sentences:
1.Voluntary work is the writer's hobby. T/F
2.He finds voluntary work unpleasant. T/F
3.He volunteered to look after patients in hospital. T/F
4.Patients at home feel lonely because no one talks to them. T/F
5.They don't want to go anywhere. T/F
6.They want to go out with someone to enjoy fresh air. T/F
7. The writer can't meet new people when he works with patients at home. T/F
8.He thinks young and old people should do voluntary work.
Exercise: Read the text again.Circle A,B,C or D
2.The writer of the text finds voluntary work........
A.pleasant and difficult to do.
B. Pleasant and easy to do.
C.unplesant and easy to do.
2.He thinks patients at home need to ...........
A. Live a usual life bacj again.
B.be alone
C. Feel lonely
3.......... , so the patients feel lonely.
A.Nobody listens to them
B.Nobody works at home.
C.Nobody has a chat with them.
4. The patients want to........
A. Stay at home all the time
B. Go out sometimes
C. Go shopping every weekend
5.He finds......... to leave the patients at the end of his voluntary work.
A.hard work
B.easy
C. Hars
6.Some words describing good things about voluntary work are.......
A. Satisfying, fun, glad
B. Lonely, difficult, great
C. Easy, normally,free
7. We understand from the text that the writer will .........
A. Never work with patients at home.
B. Never let people off all ages do voluntary work.
C. Definitely do voluntary work again because he enjoys it.
8.His advice is that .........
A. Old and young people volunteer to do something in their free time.
B. Only young people should do voluntary work
C. Only old people should do voluntary work.
Exercise:Read the text and choose the correct answer:
HOW YOUNG PEOPLE VOLUNTEER
-Generally, fundraising is the number one way young people volunteer. Nearly half of young people in the US have fundraised for charity. They can ask adults for charity by texting them.
- Religious youth groups organise volunteering activities for young people. When they have volunteered with a religious group, they have worked with old or sick people and with homless or poor people.
-As members of a sports team, young people volunteer with kids in sports or recreation programmes.
-Boy usually take part in envieonmental cleanups. Girls mainly volunteer to fundraise for charities. A higher percentage of girls volunteer than boys.
-High school students spend more time fundraising and playing sport with kids.College students give blood.
1."They can ask adults fir charity' means...........
A. They can ask adults a question about charity.
B. They can ask adults to work for charity.
C . They can request adults to give money to charity.
D. They can ask for charity.
2. The word' organise' is closest in meaning to.........
A.held
B.hold
C.give
D.tell
3.'Homeless people' are people.........
A.with no homes
B.with many homes
C.living in homes
D.with homeless children.
4.Which sentence is TRUE?
A.Young people volunteer with adults in sports programmes.
B.Adults volunteer with young people in recreation programmes.
C. Kids volunteer with adults in sports activities.
D. Yong people volunteer with kids in sports programmes.
5. ........... are enviromental cleanups.
A. Cleaning the beach and collecting rubbish
B.Recycling
C.Littering
D.Planting trees and picking up flowers
6.Who spend more hours or days rasing funds?
A.College students
B. Adults
C. High school children
D. Elementary school children.
7. ........... spend less time playing sport with kids.
A. Adults
B. College students
C. High school children
D. Elenentary school children.
Exercise: Read the text and answer the questions:
HOW YOUNG PEOPLE VOLUNTEER
-Generally, fundraising is the number one way young people volunteer. Nearly half of young people in the US have fundraised for charity . They can ask adults for charity by texting them.
- Religious youth groups organise volunteering activities for young people. When they have volunteered with a religous group, they have worked with old or sick people as with homeless or poor people.
-As members of a sports team, young people volunteer with kids in sports or recreation programmes.
-Boys usually take part in environmental cleanups. Girls mainly volunteer to fundraise for charities. A higher percentage of girls volunteer than boys
-Higher school students send more time fundraising and playing sport with kids . College students give blood.
1.What is the number one way young people volunteer?
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2.How many young people hve fundraised?
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3.In the sentence"They can ask adults for charity...", what does the word 'they' refer to?
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4.What group organizes volunteering activities for young people?
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5.Who have young people helped?
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6.Do girls take part in environmental cleanups?-
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7 . What is the girls' main volunteering activity?
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8.What do college students volunteer to do?
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