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Theme 1 Coursework – My Favourite Leisure Activity

Approximately 100 words for Foundation or 170 for Higher

You need to cover the following points:

• A description of a hobby or leisure activity, for example shopping, sport, or films
• How you came to start the activity
• When, where and with whom you practise the activity
• Requirements, for example equipment, training, costs, travel
• Why you enjoy the activity
• Whether you would recommend it to other young people, with reasons
• Whether you expect to continue the activity in the future, why, why not

You need to use as many tenses as you can. For example:

• I usually play (Present) at weekends
• Last year I played (Perfect) every day
• Last year I used to play (Imperfect) very often
• Next year I will play (Future) far less
• I would play (Conditional) every day if I could

Useful Words and Phrases

A description of a hobby

• Play/practise jouer/practiquer
• Swimming/basketball natación/baloncesto
• Disco/cinema discoteca/cine
• Sport/activity/hobby deporte/actividad/
• pasatiempo
• go/go out/visit ir/salir/visitar
• favourite/best favorito/mejor

How you came to start the activity

• start empezar/comenzar
• first time la primera vez
• see on TV ver en la tele
• get fit ponerse en forma
• be .... years of age tener ... anos
• After watching/trying Despues de ver/intentar
• seem to be Parecer ser
• Encourage animar

When, where and with whom you practise the activity

• at the moment/now de momento/ahora
• last week/last year la semana pasada/ el ano pasado
• on Wednesdays los miercoles
• at the weekend el fin de semana

Requirements

• train/cost entrenar/costar
• journey viaje
• equipment equipo

Why you enjoy the activity (and for how long you have been practising it)

• I've been .... for .. months/years Hace ...meses/anos que
• Begin Empezar
• interesting/enjoyable interesante/divertido
• have a good time pasarlo bien/divertirse
• in the open air al aire libre
• be with friends estar con amigos
• healthy saludable
• learn aprender

Whether you would recommend

• recommend recomendar
• For example, last time Por ejemplo la última vez
• cheap barato

Whether you expect to continue in the future

• continue Seguir
• have enough time tener tiempo suficiente
• without a doubt sin duda
• probably probablemente
• hope so/not esperar que sí/no
• no longer ya no
• next year el ano que viene