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.
He asked me not to forget his book.
“Make sure you arrive at six!”
She told me to arrive at six.
“Remember to study hard!”
I was told to study hard.
“Where do you want to eat tonight?”
He asked me where I wanted to eat that night.
“I usually drink coffee in the mornings”
She said she usually drank coffee in the mornings.
“Do you like studying English?”
I was asked whether I liked studying English.
“I’ll come and help you on Saturday”
She said she wold come and help me on Saturday.
“Please buy some bread on your way home”
He asked me to by some bread on my way home.
“Please give this to John”
He asked me to give that to John.
“Could you give me the glass on the table, please?”
She asked me to give her the glass on the table.