UNIT 1. HOBBIES

A. PHONETICS

I. Put the words into the correct column.

bird

cinema

surfing

neighbour

world

collect

arrange

prefer

badminton

turn

common

first

favourite

learn

occasion

/ə/

/ɜ:/

II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently

from the others.

1. A. burn

B. hurt

C. birth

D. singer

2. A. love

B. colour

C. opinion

D. above

3. A. mother

B. badminton

C. learn

D. picture

4. A. hobby

B. about

C. collect

D. player

5. A. surfing

B. future

C. person

D. girl

B. VOCABULARY

I. Match the words with the verb list.

stamps, judo, camping, the guitar, basketball, jogging, swimming, yoga, old

books, coins

collect

do

go

play

II. Fill in each blank with a word or phrase from the box.

making models

playing computer games

watching TV

collecting postcards and stamps

painting

playing football

swimming

taking photos

listening to music

gardening

1. He enjoys sitting on the sofa in the living room and ______________ at the

weekend.

2. My father likes ______________. He says that it is a simple way to get more fresh

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