Text# 1 “Mike's hobbies and interests”
In the week, Mike likes to spend most of his free time at home. He is tired after work, and usually relaxes in front of the TV for an hour. Sometimes, instead of watching TV, he likes to browse the internet. He often reads the news on the internet, and about once or twice a week, he sends an email to his family in Australia. Mike rarely sees his family because he lives in Ireland, which is too far away from Australia to go very often.
Mike is also very musical. He enjoys playing the piano and the drums, but his favourite musical instrument to play is the guitar. He plays the guitar in a band. They usually practise at weekends, at his friend Paul's place. They used to practise in Paul's house, but his neighbours complained about the noise, so now they always practise in the garage.
Text # 2 “Angela's hobbies and interests”
Angela is very active and loves the outdoors. Every morning, she goes jogging in the park near her house. Then, she usually cycles to work. Occasionally, when the weather is bad, she takes the bus. She does gymnastics once a week, on Thursday evenings. She really enjoys hiking, but she rarely does it, because she works all week and is often too busy or tired at the weekends.
She likes to hike in the mountains. She always takes a backpack with her, with something to eat, and some supplies inside. Sometimes she goes hiking with friends, and sometimes she goes alone. She prefers to go with friends, but most of her friends don't like hiking as much as she does.
Text # 3 “Daniel's hobbies and interests”
Daniel is very artistic. In his free time, he enjoys painting and drawing. He prefers to paint portraits, and he is very good at it. His paintings are often displayed at exhibitions. He also writes short stories from time to time, but he prefers painting to writing. He has recently bought a camera, and is hoping that photography will become one of his new hobbies.
One of Daniel's other hobbies is playing chess, which has nothing to do with art. He sometimes plays chess at competitions, but he never wins. His friends tell him that he should stick to painting portraits!