Hobbies and Pastimes
1. Tell us about your hobbies
2. What do you often do in your free time?
3. What do you usually do at home?
4. Do you do any sports as a hobby?
5. What hobbies do you have with your close friends?
6. What hobbies did you have when you were younger?
7. How did you spend your time during the quarantine?
8. What hobbies do you want to have and why?
9. What subjects are you interested in and why?
Related Words: eat out, do fitness, do exercise, go to the gym, walk in the park, cooking, gardening, play the guitar, ride a bike, ride a horse, watch films, watch tv series, read, play cards, surf the internet, puzzle, play board games, play computer games, play online games, go camping, go dancing, fishing, play chess, play darts, cycling, work out, science, history, technology, model cars-boats-planes
EXAMPLE ANSWERS: Hello. I am Mehmet. I am one of the students of Spoken Cafe. Hobbies and pastimes
1. I like drawing, reading books, and playing computer games.
2. I listen to music or watch movies.
3. At home, I read, clean my room, and sleep a lot.
4. Yes, I like playing football with my friends.
5. We play video games and sometimes play board games together.
6. I liked colouring books and riding my bike.
7. I learned to cook, read more books and did some exercise at home.
8. I want to learn to play the guitar because I love music.
9. I like drawing, reading books, and playing games. I like science because I enjoy learning about the world and animals.
Watch the videos above and discuss what you learned from them during your Spoken Cafe session
Studies and experiments across years (2010, 2014, 2015 and more recently 2019) have given us more insight into a colour personality based on colour psychology.
Red: Bold, adventure-lover. Can be a little impulsive or intimidating
Orange: Fun and playful, cheerful, energetic, people admire them, social, perhaps an extrovert. You enjoy deep conversation. Love to play the host at parties or events. Regarding productivity, you like to dive right into work and get things done
Yellow: A positive spirit, optimistic, cheerful, adventurous, calming for those around them, infectious smiles and happiness that spreads to other people
Blue: Dependable, trustworthy, gentle, compassionate, peaceful, loyal, strong. About productivity, you like to strategise the best way to handle a task
Green: Practical, realistic, loves to give advice, loves to help others, enjoys the outdoors and finds balance in life. In regards to productivity, you like to analyse the situation before diving in, you’re a problem solver, and you can find ways to think outside the box
Purple: Smart, loves unique things and wants to stand out from the pack, dances to the music no one else can hear. You improve on creativity and inspiration, you tune out the world
Pink: Fun, playful, maybe a little naive. You aren’t afraid to express your emotions. Love and family are important to you
White: Calm, peaceful, innocent, perhaps a bit naive. You like things clean and orderly. You like the thought of a “fresh start” or a blank canvas
Black: Bold, risk-taker, perhaps a little impulsive at times, serious (maybe a little too serious). You’re strong, trustworthy, and perhaps a little scary
READ/SPEAK
What’s your favourite colour? What belongings do you have in that colour? Why do you like that colour?
used to say that you do not think that something is very difficult to do or to understand. It is synonymous with the idiom: “it isn’t brain surgery”
My coach always said, “Basketball is not rocket science. It’s about putting the ball in the basket.”
LEARN THE IDIOM AND SPEAK
Tell us about what is easy and what is difficult about learning English