LANGUAGE
Talking about hobbies using the sentence pattern:
 
PREPARATION
Make a copy of the Hobbies Bingo Sheet for each student. 
 
PROCEDURE
Whole class
Students circulate around the classroom asking each other whether they often do the various activities illustrated. If they get a 'yes' answer, they write that student's name in the brackets or get him/her to sign. The first student to get four names in a row (horizontally, vertically, diagonally) is the winner.
 
VARIATIONS
(1) The sheet can be used to introduce or revise vocabulary and expressions.
(2) If more practice is required, the activity can continue until a student completes, say, 3 rows of the whole sheet.
(3) If the teacher whites out the words under the pictures, the pictures alone become the stimulus for asking questions. The sheet then becomes a multipurpose resource which can be used with a variety of patterns, such as:
 
  • 〜(こと)がすきですか (Do you like ~?)
  • 〜(こと)ができますか (Can you ~?)
  • 〜(し)たことがありますか (Have you ever ~?)
(In some cases, teaches may need to change some of the pictures.)
 
a) The picture sheet can be used to generate a simple pattern or a complex one, eg. おんがくがすきですかおんがくをきくことがすきですか, and the same picture can produce a variety of questions, eg. ラグビーをみることがすきですかラグビーをすることがすきですか
b) Several patterns can be used in the same activity. If it is indicated on the sheet, students can ask よく〜しますか about the hobbies in the first row of the sheet, 〜がすきですか about the second row, etc.
c) To add interest to the activity, はい or いいえ can be inserted under the pictures at random. Then when students are asking each other questions, the response can only be counted if it corresponds to はい or いいえ as indicated.
 
Hobbies Bingo Sheet
テニスをします
(           )
ゴルフをします
(           )
ラグビーをします
(           )
サーフィンをします
(           )
すいえいをします
(           )
さんぽをします
(           )
べんきょうをします
(           )
りょうりをします
(           )
コンサートにいきます
(           )
ディスコにいきます
(           )
キャンプにいきます
(           )
りょこうにいきます
(           )
ほんをよみます
(           )
テレビをみます
(           )
おんがくをききます
(           )
てがみをかきます
(           )
Hobbies Bingo Sheet (PDF:502kb)
 
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