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THEME 3 MOVIES

FUNCTIONS
F1 Talking about likes/dislikes, hobbies and free time activities
F2 Expressing opinions
9 GRADE F3 Making preferences
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Asking about and telling the time and the date
F4
F5 Inviting and refusing accepting an invitation
3 Prizes, Prizes
This activity aims to revise and consolidate words/phrases related to hobbies/leisure activities and
have students talk about their hobbies.

Materials and Preparation
Copy and cut up the hobby cards on page 62 and the prize cards on page 63. Make sure the prizes
match the hobbies you have selected.

Procedure
1 Give each student one hobby card and ask them to read it. Then tell students that they have won a
prize. Hand out the prize cards and make sure that everybody gets a prize which has nothing to do
with their hobby.
2 Ask students if they are happy with their prize. When they say no, tell them that there has been a
mistake and the prizes are all messed up. Tell them that they are supposed to give away the prize
card they have in hand and get one matching their hobby card. In order to do this, they should
ask about other people’s hobbies and tell them about their own hobbies while moving around the
classroom.
3 After the demonstration, ask students to get up and start the activity. Tell them that they can sit
down once they have found someone to give away their unwanted prizes and they have got a better
prize in exchange.
4 Go around the classroom and monitor. Stop the activity after an appropriate length of time even if
there are some students who have not been able to find/give away their prize cards.

4 Do We Think the Same?

This activity aims to have students express opinions about hobbies and free time activities.
Materials and Preparation
Copy and cut up the opinion cards on page 64 and make sure that two students in each group have
the same cards.

Procedure
1 Divide students into groups of sixteen (or twelve-fourteen if necessary) and give out the cards to
students. Make sure each card appears twice in a group.
2 Tell students that they need to ask for and give opinions about a variety of hobbies and free time
activities so that each student will find a group member whose opinions are precisely the same as
his/hers.
3 Once students have found someone who agrees with them about everything, have them work in
pairs to exchange ideas in order to see if they really agree with what is written about the hobbies
and free time activities on their opinion cards. Stop the activity after an appropriate length of time.

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