Complete these sentences with a suitable verb: do, play, joined, collects, made, go , took up, gave it up.

1) How often do you....jogging?

2) She..... hiking because she wanted to get more exercise. Unfortunately, she didn't like it and she …it … about six months later.

3) She has always. her own clothes; it's much cheaper than buying them.

4) He..... old coins.

5) I...... quite a lot of rock climbing when I am on holiday.

6) I learnt to............. the piano when I was at school.

7) I wanted to improve my chess, so I…. a chess club.

8) I don't really.. anything in my spare time.

10. Read and dramatize the following dialogues:

-What is your hobby?

- My hobby is collecting old coins.

- How interesting! Have you got many in your collec­tion?

- There are almost eight hundred of them.

- Quite a number, I should say!

* * *

- Is painting your hobby?

- Why do you think so?

- Because there are a lot of pictures in this room

- It's my elder brother's hobby.

- I see, but what about you?

- I prefer stamps.

* * *

- Hello! Where are you going?

- To the stadium.

- What for?

- You know my hobby is football. Will you join me?

- I'm sorry, but I can't. I'm busy now.

- Good-bye, then.

- So long.

* * *

- What is your favourite pastime?

- Fishing, I enjoy fishing very much.

- Do you often go fishing?

- Well, yes. I make a point of spending a few hours on the river every week-end.

* * *

- I’m going to the cinema. Let's go together.

- No, I'm not much of a cinema-goer. I prefer staying at home and watching TV instead of going out anywhere.

- Do you watch TV every day?

- Well, yes. I can always choose a programme to my liking. And if I don’t like it I can always turn it off. So why bother to go out and pay for a cinema seat?

- That's just it! You're drugged by it. That's why I have no TV. And I have time to read, to go to the cinema or the theatre and sometimes invite friends in for a chat.

* * *

- What do you do with your spare time?

- I'm a great theatre-goer. I go to the theatre as often as I can. I don't much mind what play is on provided the production is good.

- And I'm very keen on sport. I spend a couple of evenings a week at the Central Stadium. I also enjoy sitting in ca­fes talking to my friends.

- I'm usually so tired when I come home that I just watch television — any kind of programme. At week-ends I do a lot of reading.

- I collect jazz records and often invite friends to bring theirs for a jazz session.

* * *

- I don't feel like working tonight. We might just as well take the evening off.

- Fine. I'll be glad to keep you company.

- That's a go then. What do we see? What's on at the Ukraina?

- Wecan find it out on our way down. By the way, have you seen the documentary «Is it Easy to be Young?» What do you think of it?

- The film has impressed me greatly.

- The same with me. No wonder the film is very popular with the youngsters. It's about teen-agers, their problems and conflicts.

* * *

- Where are you going for your vacation?

- To a sanatorium. The doctors said I needed some treat­ment. What are your plans?

- I'm going to a rest-house on the Black Sea coast. There's nothing like swimming and boating for me.

- I quite agree with you. Last year I spent my holiday at a health-resort in the Caucasus. It was provided with a sports ground, a boating station, a library, a billiard room and a dance floor. Various excursions, hikes, con­certs and lectures were arranged for the holiday-makers. How much have you paid for accommodation?

- Half the price of it. My trade union paid the rest of it.

* * *

- What kind of holiday-making do you prefer?

- I prefer a quiet country place with a river and a forest to any other place.

- Isn't it dull and lonely?

- No, not for me, at least. I like fishing, though I am a poor fisher, I'm fond of wandering in the forest picking up mushrooms and berries.

- It's quite different with me. I like to meet different people and make friends with them when on leave.

- Well, tastes differ.

* * *

- They say, a caravan holiday is very popular in Great Bri­tain, isn't it?

- It is, indeed.

- What's the idea behind it?

- Well, if you have a car you can hire a caravan for a few pounds a week. There's a caravan association that will give you information about places where you can stay.

- Travelling by car is rather popular in our country too. There're special camps for car-travellers where you can stay for a night or two and get all necessary things. You meet a lot of people there.

- And what do you think of a walking holiday?

- To my mind, this way of spending a holiday is good only when you are young and healthy and want to see much and don't care much for conveniences. Do you agree with me?

- Absolutely. Personally I don't like it.

11. Complete the following dialogues:

* * *

- I'm going to the cinema this evening. Keep me company.

- …

- We can find it out on our way down. Do you often go to the cinema?

-...

- What films do you like to see best of all?

-...

* * *

- Have you seen the film...?

-...

- I haven't seen it either. Everybody says one shouldn't fail to see the film. What about going to see it to-night?

-

- The film has already been on for a couple of weeks. I think we'll manage to buy tickets.

-...

- If we don't get tickets we'll just have a stroll in the open air after a day's work.

-...

* * *

- What do you think of TV? Which do you like better: watching TV or going to the cinema?

- …

- But in the cinema there’s a wide screen and the colour is better.

- …

- Do you prefer seeing a story as a TV film or reading it in a book? Why?

- …

- Well, I see you're drugged by TV. You've become too lazy to go out. Am I right?

- …

* * *

- What do you do with your spare time?

- …

- As for me, I'm very keen on sport. I spend evenings either at a stadium or in concerts or cinemas. Do you often go out in the evening?

- …

- And what is your favourite pastime?

- …

* * *

- I prefer a quiet little village with a river and a forest.

- …

- Oh no, not for me. I like fishing and wandering in the forest.

- …

- Then you'd better go to a health-resort on the Black or Baltic Sea cost. There're always crowds of people there.

- …

12. Communicative situations:

1) Give advice how to spend free time.

2) Tell your friends about your hobby.

3) Find out what is the difference between your hobbies and those of your friends.

GRAMMAR (FUTURE TIME)

13. Match each sentence with its description and its tense form or structure:

1) You will be happy in your future life. 2) Our sun will become a supernova, too. 3) Wait a bit! I’ll help you. 4) This time next week I shall be skiing. 5) Look at that fence! It is going to collapse. 6) We are going to study over a weekend. 7) They are staying at the Ritz next week. 8) She will have passed the driving test by June.

a) planned future arrangement b) an action in progress at a specific time in the future c) prediction based on the present situation d) an action that will go on up to or finish before a point in the future e) future fact f) intention g) decision made at the moment of speaking h) speculating about the future

D

A) Present Simple D) Future Simple

B) Present Continuous E) Future Continuous

C) 'Going to' F) Future Perfect

14. Сomplete the sentences putting the verbs in brackets into the correct tense forms:

1) Let's meet at the station. The train is leaving (leave) at 7 p.m.

2) You... (eat) the whole pie! You... (be) sick.

3) She won't be able to come in the afternoon. She... (see) her lawyer at 4 o'clock.

4) They... (date) for 5 years before he finally... (propose) to her.

5) What... (you/do) the whole evening while we... (look for) you?

6) When we... (go) to see him last night, he... (play) computer games; he ... (play) since lunch time.

7) By the end of last year they... (finished) three large projects, and by next year they... (finish) two more. I... (be) with them since last month, but I... (believe) they... (work) on presentations at present.

15. Open the brackets using the verbs in the Future Simple, the Future Continuous or the Future Perfect:

1) I (to do) my homework tomorrow.

2) I (to do) my homework at six o'clock tomorrow.

3) I (to do) my homework by six o'clock tomorrow.

4) Tomorrow I (to begin) doing my homework as soon as I come from school. I (to do) my homework from three till six. My father (to come) home at seven o'clock to­morrow. I (to do) all my homework by the time he comes, and we (to go) for a walk together.

5) When I come home tomorrow, my family (to have) supper.

6) When you come to my place tomorrow, I (to read) your book. I (to do) my homework by the time you come.

7) Don't come to my place tomorrow. I (to write) a composition the whole evening.

8) I (not to go) to the cinema tomorrow. I (to watch) TV the whole evening.

9) What you (to do) tomorrow?

10) What you (to do) at eight o'clock tomorrow?

11) You (to play) volleyball tomorrow?

12) You (to do) this work by next Sunday?

13) When you (to go) to see your friend next time?

14) How many pages you (to read) by five o'clock tomorrow?

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