Hobbies and Interests
FoundationUse like/love/enjoy + -ing for hobbies, learn play the piano vs play football, and say how often you do it.
- like / love / enjoy + -ing: I enjoy taking photos. She loves collecting stamps.
- play the piano (the for instruments) · play football (no the for sports)
- Frequency: once / twice a week · every day · at the weekend
文體小知識：Talk about what you love doing.
§Text Passage
1Every student in my class has an interesting hobby. My hobby is photography, and I enjoy taking pictures of birds in the park every weekend. My brother likes playing the guitar, and he practises the instrument for an hour every day. My sister loves collecting stamps from different countries, and she keeps them in a thick blue album. My friend Ryan rides his skateboard in the skate park near the library twice a week.
2Hobbies are different from school subjects because we choose them ourselves. Ryan says playing football keeps him fit, but he hates getting up early for matches. My deskmate enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles with her grandmother at the weekend. In the evening, I like listening to Cantonese pop songs while I do my homework. On Sundays, my family sometimes watches a football match together at home, and Dad cooks popcorn for us.
3Last month, our school held a Hobby Fair, and I joined the Photography Club. The teacher taught us how to hold the camera still and catch the light. Now I take better photos, and my album is full of birds, sunsets and smiling faces. My brother wants to join the guitar club next term. Hobbies make our free time fun, and they help us learn new skills and make new friends too.
§Sentence-by-sentence translation Sentence-by-sentence translation
Every student in my class has an interesting hobby.
我們班每個同學都有個有趣的嗜好。
My hobby is photography, and I enjoy taking pictures of birds in the park every weekend.
我的嗜好是攝影，每個週末我都很喜歡去公園拍雀鳥。
My brother likes playing the guitar, and he practises the instrument for an hour every day.
我哥哥喜歡彈結他，每日都會練一小時。
My sister loves collecting stamps from different countries, and she keeps them in a thick blue album.
我姐姐喜歡收集不同國家的郵票，還會收藏在一本厚厚的藍色簿裡面。
My friend Ryan rides his skateboard in the skate park near the library twice a week.
我朋友 Ryan 每個星期會去圖書館附近的滑板場踩兩次滑板。
Hobbies are different from school subjects because we choose them ourselves.
嗜好同學校科目不同，因為是我們自己選的。
Ryan says playing football keeps him fit, but he hates getting up early for matches.
Ryan 說踢足球令他身體好，但他最討厭為了比賽早起。
My deskmate enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles with her grandmother at the weekend.
我同桌週末很喜歡同她奶奶一起砌拼圖。
In the evening, I like listening to Cantonese pop songs while I do my homework.
晚上我做功課的時候，喜歡聽廣東流行曲。
On Sundays, my family sometimes watches a football match together at home, and Dad cooks popcorn for us.
逢星期日，我們一家人有時會在家一起看足球比賽，爸爸會整爆谷給我們吃。
Last month, our school held a Hobby Fair, and I joined the Photography Club.
上個月學校舉辦了興趣嘉年華，我參加了攝影學會。
The teacher taught us how to hold the camera still and catch the light.
老師教我們怎樣握穩相機同捕捉光線。
Now I take better photos, and my album is full of birds, sunsets and smiling faces.
現在我拍的照片漂亮了很多，相簿裡面有雀鳥、日落同笑臉。
My brother wants to join the guitar club next term.
我哥哥下個學期想參加結他班。
Hobbies make our free time fun, and they help us learn new skills and make new friends too.
嗜好令我們的空閒時間更有趣，還幫我們學到新技能同結識新朋友。
1Summary 重點摘要
Use like/love/enjoy + -ing for hobbies, learn play the piano vs play football, and say how often you do it.
2Vocabulary cards Vocabulary
What you do for fun.
Gather things.
Do a sport or game.
Use your ears.
Look at.
Riding a skateboard.
Taking photos.
Piano, guitar etc.
3Step by step Steps
- VerbsMatch them right: play the guitar, collect stamps, take photos, ride a skateboard. Example: I enjoy taking pictures of birds.
- Nounshobby, photography, instrument, album. The sister keeps her stamps in a thick blue album.
- Talk about hobbieslike / love / enjoy + verb-ing: I enjoy taking pictures. My sister loves collecting stamps. My brother likes playing the guitar.
- Frequencyevery day, twice a week, every weekend, at the weekend: Ryan rides his skateboard twice a week; the brother practises for an hour every day.
- The -ing trapAfter like, the verb takes -ing: I like swimming (not I like swim). And it is interested in, never interesting: He is interested in music.
- Instrument vs sportplay the piano (instruments take the) but play football (no the for sports). One little word — a favourite exam question.
- From the passageThe writer joined the Photography Club at the Hobby Fair and learned to hold the camera still and catch the light: my album is full of birds, sunsets and smiling faces.
4Diagrams Diagrams
5Worked example Example
Based on the passage, use like / love / enjoy + -ing to write five sentences about your hobbies and your family's hobbies, with frequency.
- Step 1: Start with yourself — My hobby is photography, and I enjoy taking pictures of birds.
- Step 2: Family members with likes / loves + -ing — My brother likes playing the guitar.
- Step 3: Add frequency and place — He practises for an hour every day. Ryan rides his skateboard twice a week.
- Step 4: Say why you love it — Hobbies help us learn new skills and make new friends.
- Step 5: Check play the guitar (the for instruments) and play football (no the for sports).
- Answer: Every student in my class has an interesting hobby. My hobby is photography, and I enjoy taking pictures of birds in the park every weekend. My brother likes playing the guitar, and he practises the instrument for an hour every day. My sister loves collecting stamps, and she keeps them in a thick blue album. My friend Ryan rides his skateboard in the skate park twice a week. Hobbies make our free time fun, and they help us learn new skills and make new friends too.
6Common mistakes Mistakes
7Quick check Quick check
Q1What do you call an activity you do for fun?
Q2What do you call taking photos?
Q3What is a piano?
Q4What do you do with stamps?
Q5What do you use your ears for?
8Recap Recap
- like / love / enjoy + -ing: I enjoy taking photos. She loves collecting stamps.
- play the piano (the for instruments) · play football (no the for sports)
- Frequency: once / twice a week · every day · at the weekend
- Words from the passage: collect stamps · do jigsaw puzzles · hold the camera still
- From the passage: the writer joined the Photography Club at the Hobby Fair and learned to catch the light