Did you enjoy yourselves during the winter holiday?

What have you done?

hobby hobby n.n. — (— (pl.)pl.) hobb hobbiesies

What’s your hobby?

Singing is my hobby.

Dancing is my hobby.

dancesing

n.

n.

subject

subject

Playing computer games is my hobby.

Using the –ing form as noun and as subject

Playing the guitar is my hobby.

Playing the piano is my hobby.

Playing basketball is my hobby.

Doing morning exercises is my hobby.

read

Reading is my hobby.

Writing is my hobby.

write

Painting is my hobby.

paint

Swimming is my hobby. swim

Sleeping is my hobby.

sleep

think

Thinking is my hobby.

Playing volleyball is my hobby.

play volleyball

play football

Playing football is my hobby.

1. play ---- do----sing----

2. dance----write----

3. run----swim----shop----

playingdoingsinging

dancingwriting

runningswimmingshopping

Find the –ing form of the verbs:

Part 2Part 2

1. I want to learn a foreign language.Learning a foreign language is useful.2. I love to visit relatives._____________ is fun.3. It’s not good to eat lots of chocolate

._____________________ is bad for you.

Visiting relatives

Eating lots of chocolate

Using Using the-ing formthe-ing form as noun and as subject as noun and as subject

4. It’s important to remember your friends.

____________________ is important.5. We all like to collect stamps.________________ is very interesting.

Remembering your friends

Collecting stamps

a stamp

collect stamps

Part 3Part 3 Look at the pictures and decide what

their hobbies are. Reading books about animals is

her hobby. Fishing is his hobby. Playing computer games is his

hobby. Playing the guitar is her hobby. Watching TV is his hobby.

Part 4Part 4 My favourite hobby is riding my bike. I learne

d to ride my bike when I was about 10 years old. My father taught me. I ride my bike every day after school for about half an hour. I ride to many beautiful places near my house. Sometimes I ride to a friend’s home and then we ride together. Sometimes we have bike races. I like riding because you do it outside and you can get to many interesting places quickly by bike. Riding a bike is also very good exercise.

Homework:

It’s very popular.它很受欢迎。

Valentine’s Day

情人节

Write these phrases in English:

1 集邮

2 来自世界各地的

3 有趣的爱好

4 学外语

5 修理他们的自行车

collect stamps

from all over the world

an interesting hobby

learn foreign languages

mend their bikes

Let’s make sentences:• strange/see them in Holland.

• safer/be on the ground.

• dangerous/put your hand out of a car window.

• difficult/walk on ice.

It is strange to see them in Holland.Seeing them in Holland is strange.

It is safer to be on the ground.Being on the ground is safer.

It is dangerous to put your hand out of a car window.Putting your hand out of a car window is dangerous.It is difficult to walk on ice.Walking on ice is difficult.

同义句转换同义句转换 :: Learning a foreign language is

useful. It is useful to learn a foreign

language.Collecting stamps is very

interesting.It is very interesting to collect

stamps.

Doing sth. is + adj. =It is +adj. + to do sth.

Who likes Who likes fishing?fishing?net

hook

string

stamp

collect stamps

stamp book

model plane

real adj. 　real plane

model

a kind of small machines

Listen and then fill in :Listen and then fill in :

People Hobbies

Wang Xin

Zhenhui

Yingtian

Collecting stamps

Fishing

Making small machines

True or false?True or false?1. Wang Xin has collected more than a thous

and stamps.2. He puts his sports stamps with other stam

ps from the same country.3. Fishing alone is best.4. Zhenhui has not met any new friends.5. Yingtian’s model planes always crash.6. Yingtian knows a lot about real planes.

TF

F

F

F

T

Translate the sentences:Translate the sentences:集邮是非常好玩有趣的。Collecting stamps is fun and very interestin

g.钓鱼也是有趣的事。Fishing is fun, too.捉鱼是非常有趣的事，但是吃鱼更加有趣！Catching fish is great fun, but eating them is

even better ！制作小机器是我最喜爱的爱好。Making small machines is my favourite hob

by.Using Using the -ing formthe -ing form as noun and as as noun and as subjectsubject(( 主语主语 ))

Can you recite them?Can you recite them?

Collecting stamps is fun and very interesting.

Fishing takes you to beautiful places.Catching fish is great fun, but eating th

em is even better.Making small machines is my favourite

hobby.

Ben has a sister.Ben’s mother is cooking in the kitchen.Ben and his sister like chocolate cakes.They made a cake yesterday.Their dog ate it.They all laughed. Learning a foreign language is useful.Collecting stamps is very interesting.

Find the subjects of the sentences:Find the subjects of the sentences:

Ben has a sister.Ben’s mother is cooking in the kitchen.Ben and his sister like chocolate cakes.They made a cake yesterday.Their dog ate it.They all laughed. Learning a foreign language is useful.Collecting stamps is very interesting.

Find the subjects of the sentences:Find the subjects of the sentences:

4A Part 4(P3). Write a short talk about your hobby or sport.

Recite the second paragraph

改为同义句：1. It’s important to learn a foreign language.2. Doing homework every day is useful.3. Practising reading is good for your study.4. It’s dangerous to play on the road.

Homework:

4B1. Listen to the sentences and fill in the missing words.

1.just, Holland

2. quietly, machines

3. even, interesting

4. made, moved5. real, fun 6. puts, together

2. Look at the pictures and write the answers to the questions you hear.

1.He is going to go fishing.2.It ends in the East China Sea.3.He is making a model ship.4.They crashed into each other.5.She is mending a shoe.6.She is taking photographs.

Bob

Fran

Pat

Liz

Meg

Jay

•cooking Chinese food

•playing the piano

•collecting model cars

•sailing

•keeping a diary

•keeping pets

Name Hobby

4C

1.He has collected a lot of stamps from all over the world.

2.He puts the British stamps on a special page.

3.Can you put the books about machine together?

4.Catching fish is great fun and very interesting.

5.He has made a few new friends there.