What I like to do in my free time

What I like to do in my free time
1 Video: What I like to do in my free time
A girl called Jennifer Sims made a video in which she shows all kinds of
activities she likes to do in her free time. You don’t hear her talking, but
you can see her doing things. Subtitles help you to understand what she
actually means.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XokAIcPUJPM
a) Watch the video and tick all the things she likes to do according to the
video in the first column.
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play with dogs
read Thai novels
go out for lunch or dinner
take polaroid pictures
work in the garden
collect seashells
eat desserts like cake or ice-cream
use the internet
play the guitar and sing along
go geocaching
play games
take care of oneself
go shopping for cosmetics
go bowling
go skateboarding
clean one’s room and wash one’s clothes
watch movies
take dancing lessons
study in a café
have late night snacks
play tennis or badminton
explore Bangkok at nighttime
b) What do you like to do in your free time? Tick everything you like to do in the second column and add as
many items to the list as you want.
c) Now make your own slideshow showing all the things you like to do in your free time. Just follow the stepby-step instructions below.
1. Take photos of yourself doing your favourite things or photos of items that symbolise your favourite
hobbies (e.g. a guitar, a football or a book).
2. Transfer your photos from the digital camera to the computer.
3. Go to http://slide.ly/ and register a user account or log on. You can open an account anonymously if
you use a throw-away e-mail address instead of your real one: e.g. http://mailinator.com/.
4. Click on “Create Slidely”.
5. Add photos to the editor. Either upload them from your computer or connect Slidely to any of the
following online communities: Flickr, Picasa, Facebook or Instagram.
6. After you have chosen the photos you want to use click on “sort photos” at the bottom of the page.
You can now arrange the photos the way you want.
7. You can also add descriptions by clicking on the speech bubble. Add a description for each photo,
just as Jennifer has done.
8. Click on “next” in the top right corner of the site and pick your favourite song to be played in the
background of your slideshow.
9. You can now view the preview of your slideshow and change some options before saving it to your
account. From there you can share it by e-mail, on Facebook or in your learning management system.
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2 Crossword puzzle: Fun facts about sports
There are all kinds of things about sports that you might never
have heard of or that you might never need in your lives. Still
it’s fun to know a few weird facts that you can use to impress
your friends at a party.
Complete the crossword puzzle below with suitable sports or
words related to sports. Use the internet to find out answers you
don’t know.
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2. Major League ... referees are required to wear
black underwear in case they split their trousers.
3. About 42,000 ... balls are used in the 650
matches in the Wimbledon championship.
5. The ... started out as a weapon in the Philippines
during the 16th century before being introduced
as a toy in 1929.
7. The national sport in Japan is sumo ... .
10. Four men in the history of ... have been knocked
out in the first eleven seconds of the first round.
12. ... is the most attended or watched sport in the
world.
13. Wild Bill Hickok was killed playing ... . He was
holding two pairs – aces and eights – which has
become known as “Dead Man’s Hand”.
1. Left-handed people are ... at sports that require
fast reaction than right-handed people.
2. Olympic ... rules say that the birdie has to have
exactly fourteen feathers.
4. Three consecutive strikes in ... is called a turkey.
6. Track athletes are most likely to break ... late in
the day, with body temperatures at their
highest.
8. ... is used as a centre for golf balls and in
antifreeze mixtures.
9. ... racing is one of the most dangerous sports.
Between two and three jockeys are killed each
year.
11. ... balls can reach speeds of 273 kilometres per
hour.
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1 Video: What I like to do in my free time
a) Watch the video and tick all the things she likes to do according to the video in the first column.
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play with dogs
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read Thai novels
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go out for lunch or dinner
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take polaroid pictures
work in the garden
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collect seashells
✔
eat desserts like cake or ice-cream
use the internet
play the guitar and sing along
✔
play games
✔
go shopping for cosmetics
go geocaching
✔
take care of oneself
go bowling
✔
go skateboarding
clean one’s room and wash one’s clothes
watch movies
take dancing lessons
✔
study in a café
✔
have late night snacks
✔
play tennis or badminton
✔
explore Bangkok at nighttime
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© Österreichischer Bundesverlag Schulbuch GmbH & Co. KG, Wien 2013 | www.oebv.at | Prime Time 5 Transition | ISBN 978-3-209-08063-9
Alle Rechte vorbehalten. Von dieser Druckvorlage ist die Vervielfältigung für den eigenen Unterrichtsgebrauch gestattet.
Autor: Stephan Waba | Bildnachweis: 1 cynoclub (Fotolia.com); 2 contrastwerkstatt (Fotolia.com)
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