Unit 1. Leisure activities – Bài tập bổ trợ và nâng cao Tiếng Anh 8 (Phần 2)
VI. Use the gerund of the verbs in the box to complete the sentences.
collect do eat listen play
ride take wash watch write
1. My sister enjoys____ aerobics in the morning.
2. Lucia fancies____ emails after dinner.
3. In his free time, Quang likes
4. Are you interested in_ handball, Peter?
5. Vinh’s brother loves__ foreign coins, doesn’t he?
6. David hates_____ a bike to school on rainy days.
7. I prefer_____ DVDs to going to the cinema.
8. Nam detests__________ the dishes every day.
9. We don’t mind _________ to classical music.
10. The Robinsons adore _______Vietnamese food.
VII. Put the verbs in the brackets into infinitive (V/to V) or gerund (V-ing).
1. John dislikes (work)________ in font of a Computer all day.
2. I’ d like (visit) ________the Viet Nam Museum of Ethnology this weekend.
3.I’d rather (make)_ crafts than listen to music.
4. Minh loves (help) _ her parents with DIY projects.
5. Quang hates (take)__ the dog for a Walk.
6. We all adored (do) ________ aerobics when we were young.
7. You should (play)__ sports to keep fit.
8. They don’t need (watch)_ that programme if they don’t like it.
9. Do you fancy (socialise) ________ with friends?
10. My brother prefers (surf)________ the Net.
VIII. Look at the pictures and write sentences saying whether Nam likes or doesn’t like the activity. Use the clues: 🙂 🙂 🙂 = adore; 🙂 🙂 = love; 🙂 = like, enjoy, fancy; 🙁 = not mind; 🙁 = dislike, not like; 🙁 🙁 = hate; 🙁 🙁 🙁 = detest
IX. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Leisure in Britain
The British spend their free time in different ways. People generally use it to relax, but many people also (1) _____ voluntary work, especially for charities.
People spend a lot of their free time in the home, where the (2)_____ popular leisure activity is watching television, the average viewing time being 25 hours a week. People often (3) _____ programs on video so that they can watch later, and video recorders are also used (4) _____ watching videos hired from a video rental shop.
Reading is also a favourite way of spending leisure time. The British spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. In the summer gardening is popular, and in winter it is often replaced by “do-it- yourself”, (5)_____ people spend their time improving or repairing their homes. Many people have pets to look after; taking the dog for a daily walk is a regular routine.
The extra leisure time (6) _____ at weekends means that some leisure activities, many of them to do with sport, normally (7) _____ place only then. Traditional spectator sports include football, cricket, horse racing, motor racing and motor cycle racing. Popular forms of (8) _____ are swimming, tennis, ice -skating or roller skating, cycling, climbing, and hill or country walking.
Families often have a “day out” at the weekend, especially in summer, with a to a local event such as a testival, fair or show. Young people especially go to clubs and discos, while people of all (10) _____ go to the theatre, the cinema, art exhibitions and concerts.
| 1. A. make | B. do | C. play | D. go |
| 2. A. many | B. more | C. much | D. most |
| 3. A. record | B. scan | C. print | D. power |
| 4. A. with | B. for | C. on | D. about |
| 5. A. what | B. why | C. when | D. while |
| 6. A. available | B. pnobable | C. abundant | D. exclusive |
| 7. A. drag | B. bring | C. carry | D. take |
| 8. A. strength | B. exercise | C. athletics | D. presentation |
| 9. A. voyage | B. journey | C. visit | D. road |
| 10. A. ages | B. numbers | C. years | D. groups |
X. Read the following passage and decide whether the statements are True (T), False (F) or No Information (NI).
Leisure Time
Hello! My name’s Johnny. I’m fourteen years old and I live in Sydney, Australia.
I just want to talk about how my friends and l spend our free time. My best friends are Tom and David. They are in the same class as me.
Teenagers often complain they’re bored and have nothing to do. I cant understand them. I’m never bored.
If the weather is nice, we go for a walk or we ride our bikes. All of us love rollerblading. We often play football, basketball or cricket in the park and when it is rainy, we go to the sports centre. Here we usually play table tennis or go swimming.
If you play a musical instrument it’s a good fun! i play the guitar and practise a ỉot.
At home I usually listen to music or read magazines and books. Of course, as other teenagers I often go on the Internet or play Computer games – but not always! It’s a pity that a lot of teenagers live their lives on severa! public sites like Facebook or Twitter! They had better make real friends!
In the evenings I sometimes watch TV. I often invite my friends over for dinner or a cup of tea and we play chess or cards.
At the weekend we go hiking, fishing or sometimes we go to the cinema. We !ike comedies.
___ 1 / Johnny has a lot of friends.
___ 2/ He is often bored.
___ 3/ He and his friends like doing sports.
___ 4/ He plays a musical instrument.
___ 5/ At home he helps a lot.
___ 6/ He likes listening to rock music.
___ 7/ He is addicted to the Internet
___ 8/ He has a Pacebook protile.
___ 9/ In the evenings he’s usually at home.
___ 10/ He never goes out at the weekend.
XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence.
1. Vinh really loves to hang out with ừiends.
Vinh really enjoys _______________________________
2. Playing beach games is very interesting.
It is__________________________________________________
3. It is not a good idea to spend too much time on Computer games.
It’s better to avoid______________________________
4. My parents insist me on learning something interesting.
My parents wants___________________________________
5. Jenny finds reading poetry boring.
jenny dislikes_____________________________________
XII. Use the suggestions below lo write a short paragraph of around 100 words about the benefits of playing sports for children.
– Topic sentence: Benefits of playing sports
– Supporting idea 1: Playing sports is fun and exciting
– Supporting idea 2: Playing sports keeps kids strong, fit and healthy
– Supporting idea 3: Sports help develop teamwork and leadership skills
– Concluding serìtence: Children should play sports
(FUN CORNER )
Find 9 leisure activities in the word search.
| G | O | p | I | S | H | I | N | G | A | C |
| B | C | I | C | Y | ỉ | N | K | R | E | O |
| E | O | V | 0 | B | K | P | R | C | M | O |
| P | L | A | Y | T | E | N | N | I | S | K |
| P | L | A | Y | C | H | E | S | S | N | W |
| L | E | H | A | V | E | A | R | E | S | T |
| A | C | E | N | L | R | U | N | T | P | S |
| D | T | W | A | T | C | H | D | V | D | S |
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