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Unit 1: MY HOBBIES

A. PHONETICS

I. Put the word into the correct column according to the underlined part.

II. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underline.

1. A. prefer B. better C. teacher D. worker

2. A. bear B. hear C. dear D. near

3. A. collect B. concern C. concert D. combine

4. A. absent B. government C. dependent D. enjoy

5. A. future B. return C. picture D. culture

B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR

I. Match the noun from the box with the correct.

1. go:_____________________________________________________________________

2. do:_____________________________________________________________________

3. collect:___________________________________________________________________

4. play:____________________________________________________________________

5. take:____________________________________________________________________

6. watch:___________________________________________________________________

II. Put one of the verbs from the box in each blank with the correct form.

1. The children are           a play at the end of term.

2. When did you start              antique glass?

3. What kind of music do you             to?

4. Irene won’t be able              in the match on Saturday.

5. I’ve never               skiing.

6. He spent a pleasant afternoon            the book.

III. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

1. I really like                  - especially in the sea.

2. I’m interested in              . My favourite band is T-ara from Korea.

3. I love            . I go to the cinema every weekend.

4. I really like             . I don’t play it, but I watch matches on TV.

5. My hobby is            . I have a new camera.

6. I love            . My favourite writer is To Hoai.

7. I really love                  in the park with my friends.

8. I like            . I play against my dad. I also play against other people on the Internet.

IV. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct verb form.

1. Nam’s friends often (give)             him stamps from other countries.

2. My sister (practise)         the guitar twice a week.

3. I (see)        a film this Sunday evening. (you/ go)             with me?

4. They (give)         a party next week.

5. The members of the stamp collectors’ club (meet)             at the library next Friday.

6. (you/ be)          free next Sunday.

7. We (live)          near Nam’s house, but we (not see)          him very often.

8. Don’t worry. I (go)         fishing with you next Saturday morning.

V. Write the name of the hobbies from the box into each blank according to the description.

1. ____________

 At first, people preferred to collect by country. They chose one topic in their own country. Nowadays, people enjoy collecting in topics from several countries. The most favourite themes are sports, art and music, birds and flowers, etc.

2. ____________   

 Many people enjoy this hobby because they have a close contact with outdoors, exercise, and nature. They also gain a knowledge of insects.

3. ____________

 Today this hobby becomes very popular in the world. For many people, it is a form of exercise and an enjoyable leisure activity. With a little soil, some seeds, and a few basic tools, people can enjoy creating a beautiful thing and watching it grow.

VI. Complete the text with the verbs in the box in the correct form. Maybe some verbs can be used more than once.

 John has a lot of hobbies. He (1)          chess at school and he also (2)         skating. After dinner, he (3)                                          for a walk and he (4)                                          to music every evening in his room. John loves sports. He (5)                                          athletics at school, and he (6)                                          football after school. On Saturdays, John and his friends (7)                                          swimming. On Sundays, they (8)                            basketball in the park. On Sunday evenings, they sometimes (9)                                          a film.

VII. Complete the questions, using the verbs from the box in the correct form.

1.             your father like         rock music?

2.             your parents like        on holiday?

3.             you enjoy        ice-cream?

4.             your friends hate            their homework?

VIII. Read Mike’s profile and complete the sentences.

1. Mike _____________ football.

2. He _______________ to the mountains.

3. _________________ to school.

4. _________________ to music.

5. _________________ his room.

6. _________________ homework.

IX. Write questions for the answers.

1. A: Where               on holiday?

 B: I like going to the mountains on holiday.

2. A: Who               at school?

 B: I like sitting next to my friend Jack at school.

3. A: What kind            to?

 B: My friends like listening to rap music.

4. A: What               on Sunday evenings?

 B: I enjoy going to the cinema.

C. SPEAKING

I. Rearrange the sentences to make a suitable conversation by writing the correct number in the box.

  Those are posters of my favourite singers.

  Singers? They’re very nice. Thank you.

  They’re my favourite T-shirts.

  Hi. Tell me about your collections. What are these?

  Oh, they’re interesting. And what are those?

II. Complete the conversation.

 A: What is your hobby?

 B: I enjoy collecting stamps.

 A: When did you start the hobby?

 B: I started my hobby when (1)__________________________________________________.

 A: How can you find stamps?

 B: I (2)__________________________________________________________________.                           

 A: Why do you enjoy this hobby?

 B: I (3)__________________________________________________________________.

  How about you? What (4)____________________________________________________.

 A: I don’t like collecting stamps. I love (5)___________________________________________

D. READING

I. Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

 Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)      enjoy trying to have a complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure; (2)                            collect coins in order to sell them later. From coins, we can also (3)              something about certain famous people and events in a country’s (4)______. Many beginning collector go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)                            coins for their collection.

1. A. collectors B. collecting C. collected D. collections

2. A. another B. other C. others D. the other

3. A. teach B. learn C. give D. offer

4. A. history B. nature C. science D. geography

5. A. look B. see C. watch D. find

II. Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

 After school Susan goes home to do her model-making. She loves making models. She started about a year ago. She needs about two weeks to make a model. Then she puts it on the shelf in her bedroom. She has about twenty models now. She thinks she will need to get another shelf soon. Last term she tried to start a club for model-making at school but the teachers and other children weren’t interested. She thinks she has a lot of fun anyway.

  True  False

1. Susan makes models when she stays at school.  

2. She has made her models for about one year.  

3. It takes her two weeks to make two models.  

4. She will need another shelf for her models soon.  

5. Susan tried to start a club for model making and the teachers and other   

 children were interested in it very much.

III. Read the passage, and then choose the best answer.

 Along with jogging and swimming, cycling is the best all-round forms of exercise. It can help to increase your strength and energy, giving you a stronger heart. You don’t carry the weight of your body on your feet when cycling. It is also a good form for people with a pain in your feet or your back. You should start your hobby slowly. Doing too quickly can have bad effects.

 You should cycle twice or three times a week. If you find you are in pain, you will stop and take a rest.

1. Why is cycling a good form of exercise?

 ________________________________________________________________________

2. Why might people with a pain in the back go cycling?

 ________________________________________________________________________

3. What will happen if you do too quickly?

 ________________________________________________________________________

4. How often should you go cycling?

 ________________________________________________________________________

5. What will you do if you find you are in pain?

 ________________________________________________________________________

E. WRITING

I. Use the words or phrases given to write meaningful sentences. Then, write a paragraph about your hobby or your classmate’s hobby.

1. Name of the hobby:

 I/ unusual hobby/ collect/ buttons.

 ________________________________________________________________________

2. When I started the hobby:

 When/ I/ ten/ I/ lose/ a cute button/ shirt.

 ________________________________________________________________________

 I/ have to/ find/ another/ to replace.

 ________________________________________________________________________

3. Why I like it:

 Buttons/ long history.

 ________________________________________________________________________

 Buttons/ be made/ different materials.

 ________________________________________________________________________

 They/ various sizes/ shapes/ designs/ colours.

 ________________________________________________________________________

4. Feelings about the hobby:

 Button collecting/ not expensive/ it/ useful/ many ways

 ________________________________________________________________________

5.  Future:

 I/ collect/ rare buttons/ other countries.

 ________________________________________________________________________

II. Write about your book collection. Complete the gaps of the paragraph, using the cue given to you.

1. Name of your collection: - books

  - books about animals and plants; story books; books about school subjects

  - books about English-speaking countries

2. How you collect them: - buy from bookshops or second-hand book stalls

  - get from friends or family members

3. Why you collect them: - get information and facts

  - broaden knowledge and understanding

4. Your plan in the future:  - make the collection larger

 - open library

Your answer:

 My hobby is (1)         . I collect books whenever I have money and I need some books. I collect many kinds of books such as (2)                                          ; story books or (3)_____________ I am learning at school, you know, English, Maths, History, Geography, Biology; and books about (4)                                          .

 I buy books from (5)            near my house, and some others from (5)                    . I also get books from (6)                                          .

 I collect books because I would like to (7)                 from books. They help me broaden (8)                                                        .

 In the future, I try to make my collection (9)      . I would like to open (10)       of my own.

TEST (UNIT 1)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. bird B. girl C. first D. sister

2. A. burn B. sun C. hurt D. turn

3. A. nurse B. picture C. surf D. return

4. A. neighbour B. favourite C. culture D. tourist

5. A. hobby B. hour C. hotel D. hot

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

6. A. reporter B. collector C. gardener D. newspaper

7. A. stamps B. album C. collector D. mountain

8. A. skating B. climbing C. gardening D. horse-riding

9. A. hate B. enjoy C. love D. like

10. A. unusual B. favourite C. popular D. common

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

11. There are many       why it is important to have a hobby.

 A. answers B. reasons C. details D. facts

12. Will you       making models in the future?

 A. pick up B. look for C. take up D. find

13. Do you think that hobby is          and boring?

 A. easy B. difficult C. danger D. interesting

14. I love my sister’s paintings because she is very       in using colours.

 A. careless B. care C. creative D. imagine

15. A hobby helps you to connect with         people.

 A. other B. others C. another D. the other

16. I join a photography club, and all the members love        a lot of beautiful photos.

 A. take B. taking C. make D. making

17. What does your father do       his free time?

 A. in B. at C. on D. while

18. I think a hobby will always give you        and help you      .

 A. pleased - relax B. pleasure - relaxed  C. pleased - relaxing D. pleasure - relax

19. You can share your stamps         other collectors         a stamp club.

 A. with - at B. to - at C. with - in D. to - in

20. I think this hobby does not cost you much, and       you need is time.

 A. most B. all C. some D. all of

21. Nowadays people       hours sitting in front of computers.

 A. take B. last C. set D. spend

22. I think you should take up swimming       it is suitable for your health condition.

 A. so B. because C. although D. but

23. My family enjoys      because we can sell vegetables and flowers       money.

 A. garden - to  B. gardening - for  C. gardening - with D. garden - of

24. If your hobby is greeting card making, you can give your         to your friends as presents.

 A. hobby B. money C. greetings D. products

25. My sister’s hobby is sewing, and she can get the sewing patterns from the        magazines.

 A. fashion B. cooking C. sports D. science

26. My brother doesn’t like ice-skating because he thinks it is        .

 A. danger B. in danger C. dangerous D. endangered

27. My sister is very keen on swimming, and she goes swimming three        a week.

 A. time B. a time  C. times D. timings

28. We often read the instructions carefully in order to make          of the things we like best.

 A. meanings B. models C. copies D. uses

29. You need to be       to follow eggshell carving because it may take two weeks to complete one shell.

 A. careful B. interested C. fit D. patient

30. If you choose sewing as your hobby, you will       your own clothes.

 A. do B. make C. take D. get

IV. Fill in each blank with a suitable hobby.

31. ____________: a game played by two people on a square board, in which each player has 16 pieces thay can be moved on the board in different ways.

32. ____________: the job or activity of working in a garden, growing and taking care of the plants, and keeping it attractive.

33. ____________: a game played by two teams of five men or six women who score points by throwing a large ball through an open net hanging from a metal ring.

34. ____________: the sport or activity of riding a bicycle.

35. ____________: the art of moving your body to music.

36. ____________: moving across ice using special shoes with a thin metal bar fixed to the bottom that you wear to move quickly on ice.

37. ____________: the activity of running at a slow regular speed, especially as a form of exercise.

38. ____________: the hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment.

39. ____________: the hobby of studying wild birds in their natural environment, physical exercises and activities performed inside, often using equipment such as bars and ropes which are intended to increase the body’s strength and the ability to move and bend easily.

40. ____________: the activity or job of taking photographs or films.

V. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word.

41. We      playing table-tennis very interesting because we can meet and make friends with interesting people.

42. My brother and I          the same hobby.

43. I love             outdoors in my garden to plant flowers and vegetables.

44. My father likes           his bike in the park at the weekend.

45. Tom and Peter like water             , and they go swimming, play water polo and surf together a lot.

46. My hobby is collecting           because I love reading whenever I have time.

47. Why don’t you           jogging because it can help you keep fit?

48. I really enjoy going round the shops in my town to             for rare and old teacups.

49. My parents have just bought a new             of roller skates.

50. It is very               to collect motorcycles because it costs you a lot of money to buy them and get them repaired.

VI. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

51. I enjoy (collect)          dolls and it becomes my pleasure.

52. We love (watch)          new films, and we (go)             to watch a new Hollywood film next weekend.

53. My brother hates (do)           the same things day after day.

54. Our uncle (play)          badminton once a week.

55. I (collect)          a lot of stamps from foreign countries so far.

VII. Complete the conversation, using the words or phrases given.

 A: What is your hobby?

 B: Well, I like collecting stamps.

 A: How can you collect your stamps?

 B: 56.___________________________________________________________________

  (I/ buy/ post office. I/ also/ ask/ members of family/ relatives)

  57.___________________________________________________________________

  (Sometimes/ I/ exchange/ stamps/ other people)

 A: How do you organize your collection?

 B: 58.___________________________________________________________________

  (I/ divide/ different groups/ animals/ plants/ birds/ so on

 A: Why do you collect stamps?

 B: 59.___________________________________________________________________

  (I/ know more/ people/ animals/ plants)

 A: What will you do next?

 B: 60.___________________________________________________________________

  (I/ collect/ more stamps)

VIII. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

 I have a very interesting and (61)      hobby. I make short video clips with my digital camera. It was my birthday present from my parents last year. Since then, I have (62)                            three short films. It’s great fun! I started asking my friends and relatives to take (63)                            in the films. I have tried to write the story for my video clips. When I have finished the script, 1 make copies for the “actors”. Each scene is small and they can look at the words just (64)              we start filming. We film at the weekend in my neighbourhood, (65)              no one has to travel far. When the video clip is finished, I invite all the “actors” and we watch the film at my house.

61. A. enjoy B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoyable

62. A. done B. played C. made D. watched

63. A. part B. role C. scene D. film

64. A. before B. after C. only D. until

65. A. although B. because C. but D. so

IX. Read the passage carefully, and decide whether the sentences are True or False.

 Our school has a model club. The members of the club try to make water rockets. The students taking part in the club love discovering new things and learning science subjects. A water rocket doesn’t cost you much. You can use the things you have used such as empty bottles, old tyres of bicycles. The model has two main parts: the base and the rocket. The pump in the base is made up of water pipes and it can increase the pressure of water. The rocket made from empty bottles should have blades in its tail and a pointed head. These parts help the water go in the correct path as the members have planned. When we use the pump to increase the pressure of water, the rocket will take off and fly into the air. Our school club has just won the first prize on making water rockets.

66. The members of the model club have a love of science. _________

67. You can use old things to make water rockets. _________

68. It is expensive to make water rockets. _________

69. The high pressure of water can make the models fly. _________

70. We cannot control the water rockets at all. _________

X. Read the passage, and then choose the correct answer.

 Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby. You can learn many things, such as the geography of a country from stamps. Postal stamps are a source of interesting facts and important dates about every country in the world. It makes stamp collecting become very popular.

 As you look at the pages of a stamp album, you can learn interesting details of foreign customs, arts, literature, history and culture. Their colours can make you feel relaxed and happy.

 Collecting stamps can become a business. If you are lucky in finding a special stamp, it will bring you some money besides knowledge and pleasure.

71. Stamp collecting is an interesting hobby because         .

 A. you can learn many things such as the geography of a country from stamps

 B. stamps give you interesting facts and important dates about a country

 C. it is very important to collect stamps

 D. A and B are correct

72. All of the following are true EXCEPT      .

 A. stamps can make you relaxed and happy

 B. stamps can make you know more

 C. stamp collecting can make you famous

 D. you can earn money from your collection if you are lucky

73. According to the passage, it is true to say that      .

 A. stamp collecting helps you become rich and famous

 B. stamp collecting is a very popular hobby

 C. stamp collectors can earn a lot of money from stamp collecting

 D. stamp collecting is a hobby that costs you a lot of money

74. The word “business” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to       .

 A. the activity of collecting stamps

 B. the activity of selling stamps from other countries

 C. the activity of buying stamps from other countries

 D. the activity of buying or selling something

75. The main idea of the passage is      .

 A. the history of stamp collecting B. good things from stamp collecting

 C. the ways of stamp collecting D. famous stamp collectors

XI. Make correct sentences from the words and phrases given.

76. When/ you/ start/ hobby?

 ________________________________________________________________________

77. We/ find/ make/ models/ very interesting/ because/ we/ should/ creative.

 ________________________________________________________________________

78. I/ think/ future/ people/ take up/ more/ outdoor activities.

 ________________________________________________________________________

79. My best friend/ not/ like/ mountain climbing/ because/ he/ afraid/ heights.

 ________________________________________________________________________

80. My sister/ enjoy/ cook/ and/ make/ new dishes/ her own.

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