What do you actually enjoy? — Workbook

Complete each sentence with a word or phrase from the box: be into, take up, kill time, gig, pastime, spend quality time.

1. I'm really ___ board games at the moment — we play every Thursday.Show answer
2. We went to a tiny ___ in a basement bar; forty people, brilliant band.Show answer
3. I ___ scrolling on my phone while I wait for the bus.Show answer
4. Baking is an old-fashioned ___ , but it's the only hour I don't think about work.Show answer
5. I want to ___ climbing this autumn.Show answer
6. Sunday lunch is when we ___ with the whole family.Show answer

Correct, rewrite or complete each item. Focus on the target grammar of this lesson.

1. I enjoy to cook at the weekend.Show answer
2. She decided taking up yoga.Show answer
3. I'm looking forward to see the band.Show answer
4. We can't afford going to every concert.Show answer
5. Write TWO true sentences: one with 'I don't mind + -ing' and one with 'I'd like + to'.Show answer

Look back at the class-book reading. Answer briefly in your own words.

1. What hobby did the writer 'stop lying about'?Show answer
2. What test does the text give for a real hobby?Show answer
3. Which of your hobbies passes that test?Show answer

Nuno and Carla talk about free time. Listen for verbs followed by -ing or to + infinitive.

1. What does Carla admit about running?Show answer
2. What does Nuno want to take up?Show answer
3. Which verb patterns can you hear?Show answer

Write 70–100 words about how you really spend your free time. Use at least THREE gerunds and TWO infinitives after verbs.

Look back at your notes from class. Answer briefly.

1. Which part of this lesson do you already use naturally in English?Show answer
2. Which language point still feels difficult? Write ONE sentence you will practise this week.Show answer