3 What do you like doing in your free time?

Specific Objectives
CONTENTS
Functions
• Asking / giving information about favourite activities
Language content
• To like + verb-ing
• I like .., He / She likes .., What do you like
doing in your free time?
New vocabulary
• Reading (books, magazines), watching TV,
doing sports (swimming, jogging, playing
football), listening to music, dancing, chatting
with friends, surfing the internet, going out
with friends, travelling

RESOURCES
• pictures / magazine cuts illustrating various
free time activities, possibly photos of yourself
enjoying your favourite free time activities

TIME
• 2 hours

Activities
THINK!
· Start a brief discussion in Romanian about
free time: How much? When? What activities?
Write some of the students’ examples on the
left side of the board, in Romanian. Stick
illustrating pictures (or draw) on the board
next to the activity name, then write the
English word(s) for it on the other side of the
picture/drawing.
(e.g. joc fotbal <picture of a football or a
person playing football> playing football)
Make sure all the activities used in the text
are introduced at this stage.
When the complete list is on the board, ask
individual students to speak about what they
like doing. Give your own examples, first: I
like reading books. I like listening to music.
LET'S LEARN!
· Ask students to look at the pictures. Do they
recognize the people?. Can they describe
them briefly? Explain that Cosmin is
speaking about his/Simona’s/Anna’s favourite
free time activities. Ask students to name
the activities that are illustrated before you
start reading the text.
· Read the text. Ask students to repeat the key
sentences (I like..). Ask comprehension
questions: Who likes travelling? Who likes
swimming? Who likes jogging? Accept one-
word answers at this stage. Then ask about
each character: What does Cosmin / Anna /
Simona like doing? Encourage students to
answer in complete sentences this time, using
both names and pronouns as subjects. T:
What does Cosmin like doing? S1: Cosmin
likes jogging. T: He? S2: He likes jogging.
· Students practise reading in pairs. Then they
practise asking/answering questions (Who
likes…?) in full sentences.

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 F A M I L I E S U N I T 1

Each student picks one activity and asks all

the students in the group whether they like
doing it, always using the S’s name (e.g.,
Matei, do you like travelling in your free time?
Yes, I do/No, I don’t)
· Ex. 3: Using the information grid, each group
reports to the class about their findings. One
student speaks about one other S (e.g. Matei
likes travelling and reading books.) and so on,
until everybody in the class has spoken.
· Ex. 4: Ask students to do this exercise
individually. Check first whether they know
when to use like/likes.
· Ex. 5: students fill in their learning diary
individually.

CHECK THIS!
· Ask students to tick the statements based on
how they felt while doing the exercises.

TRY THIS!
Students will talk to their family members about
their free time activities and make a short
presentation next class.

YOUR TURN!
· Students do ex. 1 in pairs. After they have
ticked or crossed each activity, ask them to
make sentences about themselves (I like
..and..)
· Ex. 2: in groups of 4-5, students practise
asking the questions in exercise 1 to find out
what each group member likes doing.

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