Module 1: Leisure and lifestyle

Leisure activities

What do you do in your leisure time?

I often surf the Internet. I sometimes play sports. I like playing chess in the evening.

Match the phrase/word with the correct picture

Picture 2

Picture 4

a. Surfing the Internet

b. Playing the guitar

c. Skateboarding

d. Playing football

e. Skiing

g. Jumping

i. Rollerblading

h. Swimming

i. Running/ Going for a run

Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.

- Which of these things do you enjoy? - Which of these don’t you enjoy? - What else do you do in your free time?

Listening Playing video games 11% Going for a run/to the gym 28% Going to the cinema 46% Renting a video/DVD 40% Reading a newspaper/ magazine 100% Going for a walk 93% Going to a restaurant 64% Listening to the radio 71% Playing a musical instrument 8%

Listen to the results of a survey of leisure activities among people aged sixteen to thirty and complete the missing information on page 7.

Speaking

According to the survey, which activities are the most/least popular?

Which results are surprising/different from your country?

Complete the diagram with the words/phrases below

the cinema, run, a restaurant, volleyball, a yoga class, walk, clubbing, a football match, skiing, the guitar, yoga, football, snowboarding, exercise

Go to

Go for a

Play

Do

Go + -ing

the gym swimming

video games

the cinema

a restaurant

a yoga class

a football match

clubbing

skiing

snowboardingvolleyball

the guitar

footballyoga

exercise

run

walk

Homework: write a short paragraph (about 120 words) about your leisure activities and submit it via thuhuonganha42tue@gmail.com

Use the Present simple tense Use correct phrases of leisure activities (go for a

walk, go to the park, play the piano, …) Use adverbs of frequency (often, usually, …) Use phrases of time (in the morning, at the

weekend, …)