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My Hobby.

I have a lot of hobbies because there are so many interesting things to do. Unfortunately I don't have much spare time as I'm going to be a student that's why I have to study a lot. I like doing different things, such as reading detective novels, listening to the music, playing tennis with my classmates. But my favourite hobby is solving crossword puzzles. It's not only interesting, but also useful. When you try to solve the puzzle, you find out and learn a lot of different facts. Because in puzzles there are questions about famous people, geographical places, countries, scientific achievements and so on. You also train your brain. There are different types of crossword puzzles. They are Scandinavian, English, Hungarian, Japanese, ordinary. The crosswords are published in newspapers and magazines and there are special newspapers that contain only crosswords. I sometimes try to make up my own puzzle and I can say that it is not less interesting. All the members of our family like to take part in solving puzzles, and this unites us very much.

XI.If you can’t choose any hobby ask your friend for advice. Make up a dialogue

  1. Use the guiding questions given below to write a composition about your hobby.

    1. What hobby ( hobbies ) have you got?

    2. How long have you had it?

    3. Who advised you to have this hobby or got you interested in it?

    4. What interests you in your hobby?

    5. How does it help you in your life, study, work?

    6. What equipment do you use for your hobby?

    7. How much time do you spare for your hobby?

    8. Do your friends or parents share your enthusiasm about your hobby?

    9. Is it a practical or unpractical hobby?

    10. What do you enjoy about your hobby most of all?

    11. Why would you recommend other people to take up your hobby?

Text for Supplementary Reading. Hobbies.

Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby according to your character and taste you are lucky because your life becomes more interesting.

Hobbies are divided 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 of man's hobbies. It is a well-known fact that the English are very fond of gardening and growing flowers, especially roses.

Both grown-ups and children are fond of playing different computer games. This is a relatively new hobby but it is becoming more and more popular.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, handicrafts. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill, Some hobbyists write music or play musical instruments. President Bill Clinton, for example, plays the saxophone.

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. Such private collections are sometimes 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.