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Hobby – Questions and Answers; Day: 91

Hobbies are a hot topic anytime. Similar to favorite things, hobbies are favorite things that you do. This is a small section so let’s get started.

āĻļāĻ– āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ˛ā§‹āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤āĻ‡, āĻļāĻ– āĻšāĻ˛ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›ā§‹āĻŸ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻ— āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•.


Questions you can ask:

“What are your hobbies?”
“What do you do in your spare time?”
“What do you like to do?”
“What do you like to do for fun?”
“If you had extra time, what would you do with it?”

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨:

“āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ– āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨?”

“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻœāĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹?”

“āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨?”


There is not much else you can say. Remember that we can create many different sentences, but we want to use what is most common in spoken English. So we need to stay with the most common words.

āĻ†āĻ° āĻŦā§‡āĻļāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ°āĻžāĻ–āĻŦā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ•āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ•āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ‡āĻ‚āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻšā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

Answering questions:
“My hobbies consist of golfing, reading novels, and watching movies.”
“I like to play computer games in my free time.”
“If I’m not working, then I’m busy chatting with people on the Internet.”
“During my spare time, I like to cook.”
“I like to read magazines.”
“In the summer I play golf, and in the winter, I go skiing.”
“I love every type of sports.”

āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋ:

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ–ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ‰āĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻ—ā§‡āĻŽ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§€āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻļā§€āĻ¤āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‡āĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤”

Making statements:
“I need to find a hobby. I have nothing to do all day.”
“Maybe you wouldn’t be so lonely if you had a hobby.”
“Hobbies are great because it allows you to do what you enjoy.”
“Although I have many hobbies, I wish I had more time to do more.”
“I love to go snowboarding. It’s exhilarating.”
“I would go skiing more often, but it takes such a long time to go up to the mountains.”
“I wish golfing wasn’t so expensive. I would golf almost everyday if I could afford it.”

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§ˆāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž:

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻļāĻ– āĻ–ā§āĻāĻœā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ– āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻ•ā§€ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‡āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”

“āĻļāĻ–āĻ—ā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”

“āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻļāĻ– āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§‹āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ†āĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ•āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‡āĻ‚ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ‡, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āĻ˜ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—ā§‡āĨ¤”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ—āĻ˛āĻĢ āĻ–ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ‡ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”