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.
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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¨ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨:
“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋ?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¨?”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨?”
“āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§?”
“āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§ āĻāĻ°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.
āĻāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŦā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻŦā§ āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ¤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° āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋ:
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŽ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻŦāĻ¸āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ, āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻļā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻā§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§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž:
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨ā§āĻāĨ¤”
“āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻļāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤”
“āĻļāĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤”
“āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻļāĻ āĻāĻā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻž āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋāĻāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻ¯ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĨ¤”
“āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻĢ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž āĻāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧāĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻĢ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĨ¤”