Hobbies and Interests

All levels50 minConversation StartersLesson 3 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: talk about a hobby so it starts a real conversation — introduce it, show your enthusiasm, and ask good questions about other people's interests.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: What do you do for fun?

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: The Importance of Hobbies

    Read a 194-word text about The Importance of Hobbies

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Hobby Vocabulary

    6 items

  3. Practice7 min

    Practice: Build Sentences About Hobbies

    Word-ordering exercise, 5 items

  4. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Talking About Your Hobbies

    Role-play: You meet someone new at a social event and the conversation turns to hobbies. (4 lines)

  5. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Hobbies Discussion

    5 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.

passionateamateurdedicatedpick upunwindtake up

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