Finish the sentence so that both sentences mean the same. You can’t change the given word. Do you know what the homework is?
SUPPOSED
Do you know what we for homework?
I’m never allowed to do what I want.
CAN
I what I want.
She had to wash up before she could go out.
MADE
She wash up before she could go out.

1. We are friends because we have a lot in common.

2. Skateboarding is a popular pastime for teenagers in Kazakhstan.

3. Martial arts are really popular in our country.

4. My father does a lot of physical exercises to keep fit.

5. Sport is a great way to improve strength and balance.

6. Martial arts provide great workout for body and mind.

7. Many teenagers today take up such hobby as skateboarding.

8. Healthy lifestyle is a key to a long and happy life.

9. Skateboarding is an element of the latest street fashion.

10. Sport teaches us such values as discipline.

A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.

Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.

The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.

Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.

Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.

No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.