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Séquence 3 : My hobbies / Sports and health

Talk about your favourite activities and how to stay healthy.

Grammar : like + ing, present continuous Vocabulary : sports, hobbies, health

📖 Reading

📜 My Favourite Sports

I love sports! My favourite sport is football. I play football every weekend with my friends. I also like swimming and cycling. Sports are good for health. They make us strong and happy. I think that everyone should do a sport. It is important to stay healthy. I also like reading books and watching films.

📚 Grammar

Like + -ing : Expressing likes and dislikes.

Examples :

  • I like playing football.
  • She likes reading books.
  • They don't like swimming.

Present Continuous : Express an action happening now.

Form : Subject + to be + verb-ing

Examples :

  • I am playing football now.
  • She is reading a book at the moment.
  • We are watching a film.

📝 Vocabulary

⚽ Sports

  • football (football)
  • basketball (basket-ball)
  • swimming (natation)
  • cycling (cyclisme)
  • running (course à pied)
  • tennis (tennis)
  • volleyball (volley-ball)

🎨 Hobbies

  • reading (lire)
  • drawing (dessiner)
  • painting (peindre)
  • singing (chanter)
  • dancing (danser)
  • travelling (voyager)
  • photography (photographie)

✏️ Spelling

Verb + -ing rules :

  • Add -ing → play → playing
  • Verbs ending in -e → drop the -e and add -ing → dance → dancing
  • Verbs ending in one vowel + one consonant → double the consonant + -ing → swim → swimming

📝 Exercises

Exercise 1 : Complete with like + -ing.

  • I ________ (like / swim) very much.
  • She ________ (not like / play) football.
  • They ________ (like / read) books.
👀 Check answers

Corrections :

  • 1. like swimming
  • 2. doesn't like playing
  • 3. like reading

Exercise 2 : Put the verbs in the present continuous.

  • I ________ (read) a book now.
  • She ________ (play) football at the moment.
  • We ________ (watch) TV.
👀 Check answers

Corrections :

  • 1. am reading
  • 2. is playing
  • 3. are watching