How to Talk About Your Hobbies Basic English Grammar
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topic is talking about your hobbies so I
did choose kind of a key grammar point
for today today’s key grammar points I
want to talk about the present perfect
tense and the present simple tense like
simple present tense so we change
between these two tenses a lot when
we’re sharing our life experiences so I
do want to talk a little bit about doing
that naturally so for today’s sort of
flow our lesson flow for today we’ll
look at an introduction so how to ask
about your hobbies is one so I’ll give
you a few patterns you can use there
then we’ll talk about responses for that
how to share and then kind of some level
level of up ways to do that as well
so some review to start then second part
will be giving details there’s not a lot
here we’ll fill this in later and then
third I’m gonna talk about frequency
related expressions so frequency means
how often you do that thing so like
every day every week once twice those
kinds of expressions so let us begin let
us
did you see my dumb joke on the internet
about the word lettuce okay let’s get
started let’s get started first when
you’re asking a question about someone’s
hobbies I’ll slow down sorry when you
ask questions about someone’s hobbies I
do not recommend the question what is
your hobby so many of my students and
I’ve heard learners use what is your
hobby like there’s no communication
problem but that’s not a natural
question so instead of what is your
hobby try this one
what do you like to do in your free time
what do you like to do in your free time
okay see that what do you like to do in
your free time so the word hobby thank
you the word hobby is not here actually
there’s no hobby here but this question
is much more commonly used in in
everyday conversations especially in
like introductory conversations what do
you like to do in your free time a
couple points here first this you’ll see
this in a few patterns today I think
this do you we reduce the do and you
together
what do you it’s not what do you but
what do you do what do you or what do
you like to do or we can remove this
what do you do in your free time so we
can remove this like - what do you do in
your free time is another good question
to ask what are you doing your free time
or what do you like to do in your free
time both are nice okay I’ll come back
to these points in just a moment these
are a couple key grammar points I
mentioned but first let’s review to
answer this question what do you like to
do in your free time there are a couple
patterns two basic patterns I want to
begin with
today what do you like to do in your
free time I like followed by some verb
in the ing form I like something
something meaning I like hiking I like
skiing
I like scuba diving I like cooking I
like taking pictures for example so
these are all patterns that use this I
and G form here so you can send in your
your examples and I’ll try to check the
chat as well so what do you like to do
in your free time I like something
something in is one pattern you can use
to reply then you can use the infinitive
form of the verb I like to plus your
verb I like to ski I like to take photos
I like to cook so both are correct you
can use them I would say for like for
sports especially will often use the ing
form like I like playing basketball
I like playing a golf but generally you
can choose which of these two patterns
you prefer so I like yeah listening to
music I like studying languages maybe
for example so send a few examples
someone says I like wasting time is that
a hobby interesting grammatically
correct I like reading good okay
I like watching videos on YouTube
perfect I like listening to music
good I like to work is working your
hobby very interesting Alireza on
Facebook I like to work every day good I
like playing football I like sleeping me
too I am a professional sleeper
I like ah someone has written I like to
watching TV
careful I like to watch TV okay or I
like watching TV we can’t combine two
plus the ing form of the verb so be
careful there I like going to rock
concerts cool I love to surf the
Internet surf the Internet surf the
Internet
good ones guys okay so this is the basic
way to introduce your hobby now let’s
talk about something a little more like
I said level it up so let’s go to these
two questions I have these two points
here these are two the two grammar
points I want to focus on today they are
do you ever and have you ever do you
ever and have you ever what’s the
difference between these two I will
answer so do you ever is a simple
present tense question so that means do
you ever is a question about your
activities now do you ever cook do you
ever study do you ever listen to music
do you ever go to concerts for example
do you ever this is now your activities
in your life right now like recently
your recent activities miss one however
have you ever I think many of you have
studied this pattern have you ever is a
life experience question a life
experience question have you ever Plus
will use the past participle of the verb
here like have you ever I don’t know
cooked Italian food sorry my writing is
terrible
past part is simple past participial
past participle form have you ever been
to France for example that’s a classic
one I use but this is a current
activities question
do you ever this is a life experience
question so you can use both of these to
ask about your conversation partners
hobbies so for example do you ever cook
Italian food you find out here ah this
person likes cooking you can follow up
with do you like or sorry do you ever
cook Italian food do you ever cook Thai
food so follow up with this question
you can ask them about a life experience
point with this one have you ever cooked
Japanese food meaning at any point in
your life do you have this experience
have you ever good have you ever been to
the USA good have you ever seen the rain
okay I like to read yet okay so do you
ever is a current a current activities
question let’s keep keep this point in
your mind we’re going to come back to
this a little bit later okay so this is
our introduction for today I’ll come
back to a couple of these a bit later so
if you have questions send them along
all right but for now let us take a
break
today’s topic is about hobbies so I
chose a few things that you guys might
be interested in uh shopping let’s talk
about this so free stuff as always this
week you’re free stuff I chose this one
I know many people like shopping as kind
of a hot love it’s a hobby or something
you like to do anyway we’ll go over here
um as always the free stuff in the link
below the video on YouTube and above the
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this is one example I’ll get closer this
one is about shopping so I know many
people like shopping but this is a great
chance to find some vocabulary words
about topics you enjoy so this is some
verbs for shopping
not only for shopping but these could be
very useful as well as some other
helpful vocabulary points questions too
great so if you like shopping if
shopping is one of your hobbies you can
check out this PDF it is
the link below the video on YouTube and
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description the description below the
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to our topic for today talking about
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I’m going to go to the second part of
today’s lesson now part 2 for today is
about sharing details so this is very
open here we’re going to fill in some
information in this section so let’s
begin first question I want to introduce
this is asking for details so the idea
here is you started your conversation
you asked about the person’s hobbies you
learned like for example they like
cooking so how do you ask for more
information about that so let’s imagine
it’s about cooking in this case so what
kind of something
do you like what kind of something do
you like this is a follow up detailed
question about someone’s hobbies so what
kind of food do you like for example is
a good oh sorry a good detailed question
to ask if the person likes watching
movies what kind of movies do you like
so these are Chandra genre related
questions so right here
this is a good keyword maybe for this
section introduce a genre so genre the
spelling is GE n re genre the
pronunciation is genre not John knew but
genre so choose some like or some topic
or genre sorry maybe genre was the wrong
word here some kind of topic a larger
topic question so what kind of food what
kind of movies
what kind of like photos do you like
taking asking like a bigger question so
that they can give you some more
detailed information what kind of
something
do you like what kind of music do you
like is another good one another point
here is this kind of kind of so when
we’re speaking in like everyday
conversations we reduce this kind of to
kinda kinda what kind of what kind of so
that’s how it sounds not what kind of
movies do you like
but what kind of movies do you like what
kind of food do you like what kind of
movies do you like what kind of music do
you like good what kind of sports do you
like what kind of cuisine that’s kind of
a high level question what kind of food
is maybe more general what kind of songs
do you like nice music good good good
you guys get it nice so it’s kind of
like a category question categories may
be a better word
okay so let’s compare this now to this
question what something do you like
what’s something so this is a really
open question because there are so many
different hobbies really but what
something do you like
you’ll notice here there’s no kind of
there’s no kind of in this part so that
means this is not a like a category
question it could be you could say what
food do you like but this is better if
you’re gonna ask a big category question
here instead ask something specific to
the hobby ask something specific to the
hobby so for example if you are talking
with someone who likes music you could
ask what artists do you like with
artists plural artists do you like if
you’re talking with someone who likes
movies you can say what directors do you
like so you’re asking kind of a more
specific question sorry that’s about
that person’s hobby in particular so you
could ask about movies you could ask
about restaurants if the person likes
food so a point here is that we’re
looking at the plural forms of these
words what artists what directors what
restaurants do you like so when you’re
doing like when you’re having a
conversation like this and you’re
looking for these details these specific
points it’s kind of a good idea to start
with something really famous so for
example what artists do you like if it’s
about music it’s like oh I like Michael
Jackson I like David Bowie
and then if the other person says yeah
me too you
and kind of get more and more specific
as the conversation continues so what
kind of something is a bigger topic and
then what specific hobby related
question do you like can get a little
bit more detailed nice ones guys what
drinks do you like good okay what actors
do you like nice one okay other things
what lessons do you like that’s a good
question for you guys what lessons do
you like I’m a channel you can send you
can answer that so how do you respond
how do you respond just use I like you
could use that for an artist I like
someone apostrophe s is work or music or
food for example or just a simple
I like statement it’s good so these are
a couple of ways that you can answer
this question I like it’s good I like
Alicia’s teaching thanks okay all right
good so a couple of basic I think
patterns a little bit of review I think
okay uh what time is it
20 minutes past I shall take another
break I shall check the chat though -
what season do you like that’s an
interesting question I like autumn
bottom is clearly the best I will fight
you
all right ah other things I don’t see
any other ones what teachers do you like
yeah good good there are lots of
teachers on YouTube I think everybody
there are lots of good like kind of
different channels as well it’s really
interesting okay but let’s take a quick
break again here let’s go to a popular
hobby so let’s go to a popular hobby
food eating this is my one of my hobbies
actually I love food I love eating so
this is another one of the free things
you can find from the link in the
description this one’s about food so
there’s some vocabulary points about
food here a couple of sorry key
questions you can use at a restaurant
can I have for example and back here
some food related vocabulary words again
but down that’s hard to see sorry down
here there we go you have some comments
that you can use when you are at the
restaurant sorry it’s hard to show you
guys this it looks tasty for example or
in lieu it lacks salt that’s a problem
so these are some expressions that you
can use at restaurants if you are into
food into something means you like that
thing you’re interested in that thing
you can check this out as well as all of
this other stuff I showed you a little
earlier this is all free stuff you can
find from the link below the video if
you’re watching on YouTube above the
video if you’re watching on Facebook
check the description not the chat box
please so find that stuff and get it
download it it’s all for free but I’ll
finish up today if you’re just joining
today’s lesson is about hobbies we’re
talking about hobbies and kind of
reviewing some expressions
asking and answering hobby related
questions
let’s finish today with frequency points
frequency frequency means how often how
often do you do something frequency so I
want to go back to this point I
introduced at the beginning of today’s
lesson do you versus have you this
present tense and present perfect tense
question over here will see a present
perfect in this case present perfect
progressive question so the question the
pattern really is how long have you been
what’s your hobby and then the ing form
sorry it’s hard to see how long have you
been hobby ink for example how long have
you been cooking how long have you been
playing music how long have you been
hiking how long have you been making
videos on the Internet
Oh mommy have you been directing this
show so how long have you been plus some
kind of ing form you can use this for
topics other than hobbies you could use
this for work as well so how do you
respond to this question again hard to
see because my handwriting is bad but to
respond you can use an expression like a
few and then using the plural form you
can use a few weeks a few months a few
years so some of you have asked about
pronunciation of this word months
months a few months I’ve been cooking
for a few months or I’ve been cooking
for a few years for example you could
use many you could say many years we do
not use many with weeks or months really
we do use many with years so I would use
many here it sounds a little strange if
you say many weeks so don’t use that use
many years I’ve been cooking for many
years that’s a good one how long have
you been teaching good one other ones
okay how often uh someone has a
different style question how often do
you study English yeah I’ll come to that
in just a second so this is one way
another answer how long have you been
doing that thing we can use a number
like two days or two weeks or three
months for example so this is a number
pattern okay so here you can this is a
number just a number sign so two days
three weeks and so on you’ll notice also
this is not a complete sentence I’m not
using it like a complete sentence
I’m not saying I’ve been cooking for
three years you can answer that way if
you want to I’ve been cooking for three
years but just this part just the time
period is fine that’s totally fine it’s
very natural to use just the time period
okay finally one more example if it’s
something very recent so like yesterday
or last week you started you can use
this like how long have you been
studying French like you can say I just
started I just started so this point
here just gives like it emphasizes a
recent active
a very recently started activity I just
started studying so this is a great one
to use for a recent thing Carl oh nice
one I just started reading a book good
one good one other ones how long have I
been in face book
we’ve been on face book for 26 minutes
now that means I have to finish okay so
let’s go on to the last points for this
lesson someone in the chat already
mentioned this pattern how often do you
so I mentioned yeah I mentioned at this
point I mentioned this do you verses
have you point at the beginning of the
lesson I mentioned this point at the
beginning of the lesson how often do you
so this do you this is a present tense
question present the present sense our
previous question was how long have you
how long is this creepy how long have
you that’s creepy how long have you done
something this how often do you means
like everyday now in your life now how
often do you do that thing so for
example how often do you watch movies at
the movie theater for example once a
week once a month twice a week twice a
month for example or the same thing we
can use a number pattern like three
times a week or so your number of times
as an X
rushon three times a week or like four
times a year for example depending on
your hobby so this is a present tense
what do you do now how often do you do
that thing now there is let’s see
send your examples in the chat if you
like how often do you teach English in a
day depends on the day
so that’s another way to answer so
depends depends my answer just now it
depends on the day that means my answer
changes depending on the day so if it’s
like today it’s like oh well I teach
English once on this day because it’s a
live stream for example okay nice I play
football twice a day Wow nice how often
do you go to the movies is the question
how long have you been reading okay
sounds good how often do you cook okay a
couple points I see a couple of you in
the chat be careful if you’re using this
this pattern how long have you been the
present perfect pattern how long have
you been something something yes use
this ing form if you’re using the
present tense how long do you are sorry
how often do you this pattern uses the
simple present tense
so no ing form here simple present tense
how often do you cook how often do you
watch movies how often do you hike how
often do you scuba dive how often do you
present tense so know ing form they’re
simple present tense how often do you
play it football good good how often do
you teach English on YouTube like five
days a week live once a week live once a
week okay how often do you shower in a
day that is a very interesting question
I think the answer is once for each
person I think I think that’s the
standard reply I’m gonna go with that
all right let’s finish with a couple
more frequency expressions that native
speakers love to use and then we’ll be
done for today
so frequency again these are how often
these are answers to how often questions
so first one down here is this one every
now and then every now and then every
now and then at native speed so in this
situation how often do you cook every
now and then every now and then this
means sometimes sometimes same thing
here every once in a while is the second
one how often do you cook every once in
a while every once in a while the next
one is whenever I feel like it whenever
I feel like it how often do you cook
yeah whenever I feel like it so this
means whenever I feel like it where it
is the hobby whenever I feel like doing
the hobby is what this means so this
means according to my feelings if I want
to do that I’ll do it if I don’t want to
do that I won’t do it so whenever I feel
like it how often do you cook whenever I
feel like it finally four kind of rare
things maybe like travel if someone
likes traveling how often do you travel
this is a couple a couple so probably to
a couple times a year a couple times a
year so how often do you travel a couple
times a year this is another common
example couple or maybe a few times a
year so these are a couple of like
phrases that native speakers use to talk
about frequency so you can try these
yeah whenever sounds like when never
interesting yeah whenever good how often
do you visit your parents nice questions
guys how often do you watch TV
good how often do you give English
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will be talking about your education
talking about your education so what did
you study what was your major where did
you graduate from we’re going to use
some of these patterns we talked about
this week actually so it’ll be a little
grammar review next week so please join
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about your education your studies this
will be useful for of course meeting
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