Учебно-методический комплекс по дисциплине иностранный язык (английский) для специальности (-ей) 1- 24-01-02 Правоведение (Курс 1,2) (стр. 35 )

Saying what you like

like + noun / ing form
I like tennis / I like playing tennis

love + noun / ing form
He loves football / He loves watching football

be keen on + noun / ing form
She's keen on the cinema / going to the cinema

enjoy + noun / ing form
We enjoy sports / playing sports

Remember: I like (+ ing / noun) is for general likes.
I like going to the cinema.

I'd like + verb is for a specific occasion:
I'd like to go to the cinema next weekend.

Adding emphasis

You can add "very much" at the end of the sentence.

I like tennis.
I like tennis very much.

You can add "at all" to a negative sentence if you don't like something.

I don't like cricket.
I don't like cricket at all.

Talking about your hobby

Use adverbs of frequency (always, sometimes, rarely etc) or another phrase to talk about how often or when you do your hobby.

I only watch football at the weekends.

I go to the gym four times a week.

I don't often have time to socialise with friends.

You can say why you like your hobby by describing it with an - ing adjective.

I like swimming because it's relaxing.

Watching football is exciting.

It's interesting to surf the net.

Example conversations

What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I spend a lot of time going to discos with my friends.

Are you keen on sports?
Yes, I love playing tennis in summer.

Are you a sports fan?
Not really. I prefer relaxing with friends in a restaurant.

Do you like going to restaurants?
Not much. I prefer cooking at home.

Typical hobbies

These hobbies are popular with British people.

Watching television
Visiting friends
Entertaining friends (when friends come to your house for dinner, etc)
Listening to music
Reading books
Going to the pub
Going to a restaurant
Gardening
Going for a drive
Going for a walk
DIY (doing DIY = doing home-improvement activities)
Photography / Taking photographs
Surfing the net

Typical sports

Ball games

Football
Rugby
Cricket
Tennis
Squash
Hockey
Baseball
Basketball
Volleyball

Martial arts

Judo
Karate
Kickboxing
Boxing

Extreme sports

Paragliding
Rock climbing
Caving
Mountaineering

Water sports

Swimming
Diving
Sailing
Canoeing
Windsurfing

Other activities

Jogging
Keeping fit
Horse-riding
Hiking
Skateboarding
Gymnastics
Athletics

Using play, do and go

When we talk about our hobbies, we can use the verbs play, do, or go.

My sister plays tennis every weekend.
My brother likes doing DIY.
I go swimming three times a week.

Play + sport / game
play football / play video games / play chess

Do + hobby / individual sport
do DIY, do judo

Go + activity

Free time

- free time; spare time; leisure time; pastime; favorite occupation;

- go to the cinema; go to the theater; go to the movies; go to a movie; go to a concert; go to a museum; go to an art gallery; go to the park; go to the zoo; go to a party;

- go on holiday; go on vacation; be on holiday; be on vacation; go on an excursion (a picnic, a trip); go for a walk (a picnic, a swim, a drive);

- take a walk (a trip, a swim, a holiday, a vacation); have a party (a picnic, a walk, a holiday); have a picnic by the river (in the park, on the beach);

- go to the summer house in summer; go to a summer camp; go to the seaside; spend summers at the seaside; spend a holiday by the sea; go to the beach; get some tan;

- go swimming; go bicycling; go hiking; go skiing; go skating; go horse riding; go boating; go sailing; go hunting; go fishing; go camping; I go bicycling with my friends every Sunday;

- listen to music; listen to the radio; watch TV; watch a new film; see a movie; read a book; read a magazine;

- play the piano; play the violin; play (the) guitar; play the drums; sing in a school choir; sing songs; sing a song; sing and dance; go dancing;

Hobbies

- I like reading; I like music; I like sports; I like basketball; I like swimming; I like parties;

- I like to read books; I like to read about dogs; I like to play with my dog; I'm a member of a kennel club; I like to draw pictures of flowers;

- I like to travel; I like to visit different countries; I went to Rome last year; I have been to Spain twice; go / travel by plane, by train, by car;

- I have a hobby; my hobby is swimming; my hobby is collecting stamps; my hobby is gardening;

- my hobby is animals (dogs; cats; butterflies; flowers; books; folk music; etc.); my hobby is taking pictures of animals;

- I collect seashells; she collects coins; she has a good collection of coins; he collects rock 'n' roll records;

Sports

- play sports; participate in sports; go in for sports; indoor sports; outdoor sports;

- play tennis; play basketball; play football; play badminton; play golf; play chess;

- play a game of tennis; play a game of chess; play a game of billiards;

- do gymnastics; do aerobics; do athletics; do weight lifting; do arm wrestling; do yoga, practice yoga;

- go to the swimming pool three times a week; go to the gym twice a week; go to the sports ground;

- to exercise, to run, to race, to jump, to swim, to ride, to shoot, to play; to compete, to win, to lose;

- sportsman, athlete, gymnast, swimmer, skier, skater, boxer, wrestler, -- player; contestant, participant, champion, winner;

- to take part in a competition (a contest, a championship, a tournament); to participate in a skiing competition;

- to win a contest (a competition, a game); to win a swimming competition; to win first prize in a tennis tournament; to win the first game; to lose the second game;

- to like sports; be interested in sports; he is interested in sports; go in for sports; go in for tennis;

- he is a sports fan; he is a football fan; to go to a football game; to go to a football match;

Vocabulary about the weather in English

Clear or Cloudy

Bright: (adjective) full of light; when the sun is shining strongly

Sunny: (adjective) the sun is shining and there are no clouds

Clear: (adjective) without clouds

Fine: (adjective) not raining, clear sky

Partially cloudy: (adjective) when there is a mixture of both blue sky and clouds

Cloudy: (adjective) with many clouds in the sky

Overcast: (adjective) covered with cloud; dull

Gloomy: (adjective) with dark clouds and dull light; some people consider this weather depressing

Sometimes the cloud lowers to ground level and it becomes harder to see…

Fog (noun)/ foggy (adjective): thick cloud close to land

Mist (noun) / misty (adjective): light fog, often on the sea or caused by drizzle

Haze (noun) / hazy (adjective): light mist, usually caused by heat

Types of Rain

Damp: (adjective) slightly wet (often after the rain has stopped)

Drizzle: (verb/noun) to rain lightly with very fine drops

Shower: (noun) a short period of rain

Rain: (verb/noun) water that falls from the clouds in drops

Downpour: (noun) heavy rain

Pour: (verb) to have heavy rain

It's raining cats and dogs: (Idiom) To rain heavily

Torrential rain: (noun) very heavy rain

Flood: (verb/noun) to become covered in water usually due to excessive rain

Cold stuff

Hail: (verb) when frozen rain falls as small balls of ice (hailstones).

Hailstones: (noun) the small hard balls of ice that fall from the sky

Snow: (noun/verb) frozen rain that falls from the sky as soft snowflakes

Snowflake: (noun) an individual piece of snow

Sleet: (noun/verb) snow or hail mixed with rain (often with some wind)

Blizzard: (noun) severe snowstorm with strong winds

Types of Wind

Breeze: a gentle wind (often nice or refreshing)

Blustery: blowing (strong) gusts of wind

Windy: continual wind.

Gale: a very strong wind

Hurricane/cyclone/typhoon: a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce winds and heavy rain.

What's the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone?

They are the same thing just with different names because of the region they are in.

Atlantic/Northeast Pacific = a hurricane

Northwest Pacific = a typhoon

Southern Hemisphere = a cyclone

Tornado: (noun) strong violent circular winds in a small area; a rapidly revolving column of air

In United States the word twister is often used instead of tornado.

More vocabulary about the weather

Drought: (noun) Long periods of time without rain causing a lack of water in the area

A lot of the crops dried up because of the drought.

Forecast: (noun) A prediction of how the weather will be on a certain day

The forecast says it's going to rain tomorrow.

Lightning: (noun) A flash of light in the sky during a storm.

Lightning lit the sky many times that night.

Puddle: (noun) a small pool of water on the ground, usually after rain.

The kids jumped in the puddles on the way home from school.

Rainbow: (noun) an arch of colors in the sky formed when the sun shines through rain

I took a photo of a beautiful rainbow that was just above the lake.

Smog: (noun) a cloud of pollution hanging over a city (a fog of smoke)

The view of the city wasn't very good because it was covered in thick smog.

Sunburn: (noun) painful red skin caused by spending too long in the hot sun.

If you don't put on your sunscreen, you'll get sunburn.

Sunshine: (noun) the light and heat of the sun

I could feel the warm sunshine on my back.

Thunder: (noun/verb) the rumbling sound in the clouds that happens after lightning

The cat hid inside because it was scared by the thunder.

Sentences using weather vocabulary

It is usually chilly and damp in autumn, sometimes with rain or drizzle.

I'm so glad there is a breeze right now otherwise it would be very hot.

It is so humid that I've had to change my shirt twice already.

It's a blustery day; make sure your umbrella doesn't blow away.

Take a sweatshirt because it's a little chilly outside.

Those large hailstones left dents in my car.