A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.
Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.
The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.
Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.
Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.
No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.
- i hadn't seen my cousins since they were children.(я не видел моих двоюродных братьев, так как они были ещё детьми) (past perfect).
- i left my home town five years ago.(я оставил свой родной город пять лет назад) (past simple).
- while i was studying for my exams my sister was flying to paris.(в то время как я готовился к экзаменам моя сестра летала в париж). (past continuous)
- i was walking in the sunshine last sunday when i got caught in a shower.(я гулял в хорошую погоду в прошлом воскресенье, когда я попал под ливень). (past continuous)
- last winter i had the flu for three weeks.(прошлой зимой у меня был грипп в течение трех недель). (past simple)
- i went to america for my holidays last summer.(я издил в америку на моих каникулах летом прошлого года). (past simple)
- at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, i was doing my homework.(в пять часов вчера я делаю свою работу). (past continuous)
- i joined a new english class last january and by june i had taken my exam.(я перешёл в новый класс в январе прошлого года и в июне я сдал экзамен). (past perfect)
5 use the adverbs and time expressions below to make the sentences about yourself. use past tenses.
A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.
Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.
The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.
Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.
Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.
No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.
- i hadn't seen my cousins since they were children.(я не видел моих двоюродных братьев, так как они были ещё детьми) (past perfect).
- i left my home town five years ago.(я оставил свой родной город пять лет назад) (past simple).
- while i was studying for my exams my sister was flying to paris.(в то время как я готовился к экзаменам моя сестра летала в париж). (past continuous)
- i was walking in the sunshine last sunday when i got caught in a shower.(я гулял в хорошую погоду в прошлом воскресенье, когда я попал под ливень). (past continuous)
- last winter i had the flu for three weeks.(прошлой зимой у меня был грипп в течение трех недель). (past simple)
- i went to america for my holidays last summer.(я издил в америку на моих каникулах летом прошлого года). (past simple)
- at five o'clock yesterday afternoon, i was doing my homework.(в пять часов вчера я делаю свою работу). (past continuous)
- i joined a new english class last january and by june i had taken my exam.(я перешёл в новый класс в январе прошлого года и в июне я сдал экзамен). (past perfect)
5 use the adverbs and time expressions below to make the sentences about yourself. use past tenses.