Do you know how the British in the UK spend their leisure time?
Let’s watch the video and check your ideas.
I. Watch the video. Tick the activities you see.
Sailing
Parashooting
Surfing
Skateboarding
Horseracing
Rally driving
Rock climbing
Canoeing
Rollerblading
Snowboarding
II. Watch the video again and cross out one piece of incorrect information for each person as in the example. Be careful one person’s information is all correct.
1. Watch television Listen to music Play football Go on the Internet
2. Skateboard Play rugby Rollerblade
3. Play rugby Play tennis Listen to music
4. Play football Play tennis go swimming
5. Play rugby Go swimming Play tennis Play football
6. Play football Play tennis go swimming
7. Play rugby Play cricket Go windsurfing
Go sailing
8. Play sport Go into town Listen to music See my friends
9. Go to a drama group Go to a dance group Go to the cinema
III. Put in the right order. Top 10 leisure activities in Britain:
a. going to the library
b. visiting historic places
c. watching sports
d. going to a restaurant
e. going to art galleries and museums
f. going to discos and night clubs
g. going to amusement parks
h. going out for fast food
i. going to the cinema
j. going to the pub
IV. Write next to the sentence “true” if the sentence is right and “false” if it is wrong.
1. A pub is a place where the most British people spend their time.
2. Most pubs serve only drinks.
3. The British don’t like fast food because it’s unhealthy.
4. Watching TV is more popular than going to the library.
5. Visiting historic buildings is one of the popular leisure activities.
6. Favorite sports include football, boating, cycling.
7. One of the most popular and famous museums is Ashmolean in Liverpool.
8. Young people in Britain fond of going to amusement parks.
9. The British don’t spend their free time at home, they prefer hang out with friends.
V. Fill in the missing words.
1. British people spend their free time in a lot of ______________________
2. See my friends in my free time; I go to a ______________ and a dance group.
3. Nowadays, and many pubs have __________ karaoke competitions and quiz nights.
4. The number of fast — food restaurants in Britain ______ about 10 times __________ 1982 and after fast food.
5. The _____________ most popular activity is going to the library.
6. Short break ________________ both _____________________.
7. Watching sport is a big free time activity, favorite sports include football _____________ — __________ and cricket, a traditional English sport.
8. They have a ________________ here, including these beautiful sculptures, 200,000 people visit this museum.