A hobby is a favourite pastime of a person. Hobbies differ like tastes. If you have chosen a hobby to your liking, lucky you are: you have made your life more interesting.
Numerous hobbies can be subdivided into four large classes: doing things, making things, collecting things, and learning things.
The most popular of all hobby groups is doing things. It includes a wide variety of activities, everything from gardening to travelling and from chess to volleyball. Gardening is one of the oldest man’s hobbies, especially in some countries (Britain, for example). A relatively new hobby which is becoming more popular is computer games.
Making things includes drawing, painting, making sculpture, designing costumes, and handicrafts. Some hobbyists write music. Two of the most famous hobby painters were President Eisenhower and Sir Winston Churchill.
Almost everyone collects something at some period in his life: stamps, coins, matchboxes, books, records, postcards,, toys, watches. Some collections have no real value. Others become so large and so valuable that they are housed in museums and galleries. Many world-famous collections started in a small way with one or two items. People with a good deal of money often collect paintings, rare books and other art objects. Often such private collections are given to museums, libraries and public galleries so that others might take pleasure in seeing them.
No matter what kind of hobby a person has, he always has the opportunity of learning from it. By reading about the things he is interested in, he is adding to what he knows. Learning things can be the most exciting aspect of a hobby.
1. If you pick up money, you will get more money.
2. I would buy a new car, if I had enough money.
3. They would be hungry, if they did not eat all their lunch.
4. If the train is delayed, Mr Brown will be late.
5. She would fail the test, if she cut her hair the day before.
3. Определи тип условного предложения, поставь глагол в скобке в правильное время
1. If Simon doesn't stop talking, we will be late.
2. They would travel around the world, if they had enough time and money.
3. If Joseph met Ronaldo, he would get his autograph.
4. The man will be tired, if he doesn't go to bed soon.
5. If the crocodile didn't swim in the river, the people would go swimming.
3. Определи тип условного предложения, закончи предложения
1. If I missed the bus, I wouldn't arrive on time.
2. You will be sick, if you eat too much fat food.
3. If the man hurts his hand, he will have to see the doctor.
4. They would buy a big house, if they had a lot of money.
5. If I had enough money, I would travel abroad.
6. I’ll stay at home if the weather is bad.
7. If I were a king, I would make all my people ride bicycles, not cars. (Если бы я был королем, я бы заставил всех своих людей ездить на велосипедах, а не на машинах.)
