Страница 39 - гдз по английскому языку 7 класс (spotlight) тренировочные упражнения в формате огэ (гиа) Ваулина, Подоляко

5. a) Read the text and match statements 1-5 to paragraphs A-D. One statement is extra.

1. Children's hobbies often grow into life-long ones.

2. Creativity makes life happy.

3. We can learn by playing

4. There used to be another meaning of the word.

5. So many people, so many hobbies.

The History of the Word "Hobby"

A. The word owes its origin to a small horse called 'hobby'. A hobby-horse was a wooden toy which children rode like a real horse, hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow your favorite pastime", and in turn, hobby in the modern sense means activity for enjoyment.

B. There are hobbies for every personality, lifestyle and budget. Popular hobbies often involve collecting items like coins, stamps, baseball cards, working with your hands like sewing, embroidery or performing an outdoor activity like clowning, hiking or bird watching.

C. Creating something useful or making things for decoration can be both practical and fun. Acting, play writing, poetry, playing an instrument, collecting music CDs, or writing song lyrics are all good ways to spend a quality time. Radio controlled model cars, airplanes, helicopters or boats have opened up a wide spread, interesting activity.

D. Board and card games like chess, checkers are a great way to stimulate your mind and meet new people. Just remember that the most important thing is that you have fun with whatever hobby you choose!

b) Match the titles to the paragraphs of the text. One title is extra.

1. DIFFERENT TYPES

2. HAVE FUN

3. OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

4. HOW THE WORD APPEARED

5. THE BEST LEISURE ACTIVITY