Collins English for Exams Speaking for ielts

Science and technology 
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7 Hobbies
Aims: 
E xpressing lik e s and d is lik e s I Talking about hobbies I E xpressing fre q u e n cy 
Using the present p e rfe ct (sim ple and continuous) I P ronunciation: The schwa 
Exam technique: Sounding polite
Vocabulary: Likes and dislikes
Look at statem ents a-g and decide if they express positive or negative feelings or 
indifference about each activity.
a 
I'm keen on photography______
e 
I'm fanatical about playing cards___
b 
I can't stand board games______
f 
Going to the theatre? I can take it or
c I'm crazy about com puter gam es______ leave it--------------------
d 
I don't mind cooking______
9 
Going to gigs is not my kind of thing.
Use each of the phrases in Exercise 1 to ta lk about how you feel about various pastimes. 
There are some more pastimes you could ta lk about below. Practise saying your 
sentences, paying attention to your pronunciation.
camping 
crafts 
eating out 
fishing
entertaining 
going clubbing 
going fo r walks 
listening to music
watching TV 
woodwork 
w orking on cars
Speaking for IELTS

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Unit 7
Vocabulary: Hobbies
1 
Complete each text with the words below. Words that form collocations are in italics.
1 
Reading
about character opening 
page-turner set
The novel I’m reading at the moment is a 
real
(1)_____________I just can’t put it
down. It’s (2)____________
in
Renaissance Italy and 
is
(3 )_____________ young
women who are forced to become nuns because they’ve brought shame on th e ir
fam ilies fo r various reasons. In 
the
(4)____________
chapters,
fo r example, a
(5)____________ falls in love w ith her music teacher and the fam ily don’t approve.
2 A rt
abstract exhibition 
hype 
original representational w ork
I’m sorry to say the student 
a rt 
(1)____________ was rather dull. I had expected
it to be really thought-provoking after 
a ll the 
(2)____________ but none of the art
was very (3)_____________ It was mostly sculpture, though there were a couple of
installations and quite a few paintings. Most of the painters seemed to think they
needed to be 
s tric tly  
(4)