1 Reading
a Every month, Sport and Hobby magazine does an interview with a reader about their hobby. Read the interview with Nick Foster and tick (✓) the best answer.
Nick likes taking photos …
1 when he goes on holiday with friends.
2 of different people and places.
3 when there is a competition he can enter.
Nick, tell us why you started your hobby.
Two years ago, a friend showed me some photos from his holiday in Latin America. His photos of Machu Picchu were really amazing, so I decided to start taking photos myself.
So, what did you do next?
I bought a cheap camera and carried it everywhere with me. I took photos of my family, my friends, and the countryside near my village. I joined a photography club and I slowly improved. However, I only had an old laptop and I couldn’t see the photos very well or show them to friends easily. So I decided to buy a computer with a really big screen. Now everyone can see the photos clearly and I can make changes to the colours quickly and easily.
Last month, I entered a photography competition and a photo of my grandfather won first prize. I was so happy! I won £250, so I bought a fantastic new camera.
What would you like to do with your hobby in the future?
I’d really like to be a professional photographer. However, there aren’t a lot of jobs for photographers, so at the moment it’s only a hobby.
b Read the interview again. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Nick became interested in photography when he saw his friend’s photos of Machu Picchu.
2 Nick’s first camera wasn’t very expensive.
3 Nick prefers to print his photos to show people.
4 Nick’s grandfather won a prize in the photography competition.
5 Nick wants to become a professional photographer.
Answer
a 2
b True: 1, 2, 5, False: 3, 4
2 Writing Skills – Adverbs of manner
Complete the sentences with adverbs formed from the adjectives in brackets.
1 The Tour de France riders cycled ___slowly___ (slow) up the mountain and then went down the other side really ___fast___ (fast).
2 My football team lost the match 8-0 because we played very ________ (bad).
3 If you listen ________ (careful), you can hear the sound of the sea in the distance.
4 When you travel, you can make new friends ________ (easy).
5 My mobile phone doesn’t work very ________ (good) here, so please speak ________ (clear).
6 You can fly to New York very ________ (cheap) these days.
Answer
2 badly 3 carefully 4 easily 5 well, clearly 6 cheaply
3 Writing
Think about the hobby/sport of a person in your family, or a famous person you like. Answer the interview questions about the person and the hobby/sport. Remember to:
• talk about when he/she started this hobby/sport, and why
• talk about what things he/she did (e.g. clubs, competitions, problems)
• talk about what he/she would like to do with this hobby/ sport next
• use adverbs in the answers.
Tell us about why he/she started their hobby/sport.
So, what did he/she do next?
What would he/she like to do with the hobby/sport in the future?
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