| LESSON OVERVIEW
This lesson combines a topic of hobbies and Present Perfect Continuous. Students learn new phrases related to hobbies, watch a video and discuss it. There is also a grammar section that lets students discover rules and put them into practice.
B2 / Upper Intermediate90 minStandard LessonUnlimited Plan
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES & VOCABULARY
The lesson starts with an exercise that offers students a chance to expand their vocabulary by guessing three phrasal verbs related to hobbies (take up, pick up, give up). After that, students discuss questions about the same topic. Then, they move on to another vocabulary activity. Students look at the number of sentences and find phrases (e.g. in the comfort of your home, go over the basics, tackle) to match them to their meanings. Then, students are asked to discuss the sentences by saying whether they agree with them.
VIDEO & DISCUSSION
In this part of the lesson students watch a video about a person who tries different hobbies. Students do comprehension tasks such as complete a sentence and match sentences to hobbies. After that, students talk about what they think regarding the video, whether they would like to try any of the activities and discuss learning new things. The video also contains examples of Present Perfect Continuous and serves as a lead-in to the grammar part.
GRAMMAR
The last part of the lesson focuses on grammar practice. At first, students explore the rules and elicit the main difference between Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous. Then, they move on to practice. Students need to choose correct endings for sentences and make sentences using prompts. Also, there are two activities that enable more speaking practice using the Present Perfect Continuous structures. Students work in pairs and make each other guess a hobby from a card. For freer practice, there’s also a discussion at the end that encourages students to talk about their hobbies. There’s a list of questions to facilitate a discussion.
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Very interesting subject. However, ths video doesn’t seem to be working.
Hi there! We’ve just checked the video and it works fine on our site. If it still doesn’t work for you, you can contact us at [email protected] and we’ll try to help you 🙂
Hi Justa
Love the subject too but the video does not work for me either, I am based in France, and it says it is not available.
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Hi, I live in France.
Unfortunately, we confirmed what you discovered. For some reason, this particular video is not available in France. Funnily, other videos from this YouTube channel and even from the series with Lucy are available but not this one. I’m sorry but I can’t do much here – you’d have to connect from a different country to watch this video.
Hi,
Thanks for your swift reply. I understand.
Hello, I’m from France. You can find the video here.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x618l4d
The only way is to change the IP with a VPN.
Hi Mahdiyeh
Thank you so much for sharing this!
B
Doesn’t work for me, either. I’m in France and the message says (in French) that the video is not available and has been blocked in my country by the user who put it online…
I have just seen the comment “the video has been blocked in your country”
Perhaps, that may be the reason…
cool
Hello, Yes the video isn’t available on YouTube in France. But Lida posted the link for the video on Daily Motion.
This works!
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Lida Poghosyan Nov 24, 2022
Hello, I’m from France. You can find the video here.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x618l4d
Very nice and useful
Awesome, thanks!
Sorry but If it’s an unlimited plan, why can’t I see the worksheets? Do I have to subscribe?
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Oops! SHould have read the other comments first. More haste, less speed.
Is addicting used as an adjective in the US? In the UK we use addictive.
I’m not entirely sure if it’s strictly tied to geography, but rather the formality of context (‘addicting’ being more informal). I agree that ‘addictive’ is more common, but ‘addicting’ is used by many people too. Case in point, the person in the video uses it 🙂
Yes, it’s American English.
Thanks to Lida Poghosyan for her tip!!!
In the slide 32,36 ”Let’s work in pairs!” if I open card one ”blogging” The Sts shouldn’t revela the topic? The partner has to find it out alone or maybe reveal it at the end? I didn’t understand It well.
Yes! As the teacher, you should share the link to the separate hobby cards with students. They describe their hobby using the info on the card and try to convince their partner to take it up – without revealing what it is. If they succeed, they can reveal it at the end. Others might also try to guess the hobby based on the description 🙂
Thank you for the lesson plan and the material! I liked the idea with the hobby cards, however, I found some of the chosen hobbies and the descriptions not very relevant / suitable for students younger than 18 (–> buying a house, high fuel prices). This can be modified easily, of course, I just wanted to leave that feedback here anyways.
Thanks for the feedback! Our content is designed with adult learners in mind, but we appreciate your input 🙂
Few times in my life I have taught a class about present perfect that learners enjoyed and engaged so well. Thank you so much!
That’s wonderful to hear, thank you!