31. Complete the following table.

Activities I want to do	Activities I can become absorbed in	Activities I find challenging and creative

32. Tell your partner about a hobby or something you like to do every day.

1. When and where do you do the activity?

2. Why did you choose this particularly hobby/activity?

3. What makes the activity fun for you?

4. Are other people interested in what you do?

5. How do you share your hobby with other people?

33. Tell someone else how to get started with a new hobby.

Grammar

The Past Simple Tense

34. Find the word that doesn’t belong to each list. Give the Present Tense form of the verbs.

a) said	visited	flew	sold	brought	cost
b) cooked	worked	listened	spent	showed	watched
c) phoned	bought	flew	thought	saw	drove
d) liked	closed	read	climbed	married	acted
e) drank	came	gave	moved	ran	swam

35. Complete the sentences using the words in the list. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past.

invite, stay, like, do, want, watch, happen

Example: Mike often asks questions. He asked a lot of questions in class yesterday.

1. After a hard day’s work Tom ___ to relax by going for a swim. But yesterday all he ___ to do was lie down and get some sleep.

2. Ann seldom ___ her homework before midnight. But yesterday she ___ her homework at 10 p.m.

3. I usually ___ a lot of people to my birthday party. But last year I ___ only my close friends.

4. Take care! This crossroads is extremely dangerous. Accidents are often here. A serious accident ___ at this crossroads only a few days ago.

5. In the evening my parents ___ at home and ___ TV. As usual they ___ at home and ___ TV last night.

36. Complete the sentences putting the verbs in the Past Simple Tense.

1. It’s a fascinating film – we ___ (enjoy) it immensely.

2. We ___ (return) home, tired but happy, at the close of the day.

3. As usual, she ___ (look) fresh and full of energy.

4. The concert ___ (finish) with a song by Schubert.

5. In his closing speech, he ___ (thank) the organizers of the conference.

6. I ___ (be) very tired, and ___ (sleep) until late morning.

7. We ___ (have) a lot of fun at the disco last night.

8. Gerry ___ (find) it difficult to sleep after all the excitements of the day.

9. The guitar ___ (cost) me a lot of money, but I do get a lot of pleasure out of it.

10. We needed money badly so we ___ (sell) our car.

11. Ann ___ (spend) a lot of money yesterday. She ___ (buy) a dress which ___ (cost) $70.

12. They ___ (drink) champagne to celebrate their wedding anniversary.

13. They ___ (fly) to Spain the day before yesterday.

14. He ___ (leave) New York at the end of December.

15. I ___ (try) to pass my driving test, but after six attempts I finally ___ (give up).