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2. WARMER
• Do you know anyone with a strange or
unusual hobby? If so, what is it?

3. UNUSUAL OR STRANGE HOBBIES
• Ant-keeping
• Mushroom hunting
• Aircraft spotting
• Bus spotting
• Samurai sword collection

4. C O N S U M I N G PA S S I O N S
1 A

5. CONSUMING PASSIONS
Theme Being passionate about a
hobby
Speaking Pairwork: discussing hobbies
Reading Article about what not to put
in CVs
Vocabulary Leisure interests
Grammar Verb forms review

6. WHAT DOES CONSUMING
PASSIONS MEAN TO YOU?
• Consuming – deeply felt
• Passion – a strong feeling of enthusiasm or excitement for
something or about doing something
• Consuming passion = Consuming interest
• Eg. He has developed a consuming passion for chess.

7. SPEAKING & VOCABULARY: LEISURE
INTERESTS
• Look at the photos A-D and discuss these
questions in pairs.
 What are the hobbies of the people in the
photos?
 Do you think these are strange or normal
hobbies?
 What do you think they do on a typical day
devoted to their hobby?

8. SPEAKING & VOCABULARY: LEISURE
INTERESTS
• 2. Read the texts. Match the descriptions 1-4 to the photos A-
D.
1) B (rugby)
2) C (paintballing)
3) D (startrek)
4) A (ghost hunting)

9. GHOST HUNTING
the process of investigating locations that are
reported to be haunted by ghosts.
Specialized equipment

10. RUGBY A team game played with an oval ball that may be
kicked, carried, and passed from hand to hand.

11. PAINTBALLING a sport involving guns that shoot small balls filled with paint.
The balls explode on your clothes to show that you’ve been
hit.

12. STAR TREK
Star trek
convention
Star trek is an American media franchise based on
the science fiction television series created by Gene
Roddenberry.

13. • supporter
• fans
• aficionado
• crazy about
• obsessed with
• get a taste for
• a passion
• get the bug
• keen on
• be into it
• give a try
• take up

14. • fans
Someone who has a strong interest in or admiration for a
particular person or thing
• aficionado
a person who really likes something and knows almost everything
about it.
• supporter
a person who is actively interested in and wishes success for a
particular sports team.
• crazy about
be very interested in something or love someone very much.
• obsessed with
unable to stop thinking about something; too interested in or
worried about something.
• get a taste for
start to like something

15. • a passion
a very strong interest
• get the bug
become passionately interested in something.
• get a taste for
start to like something
• keen on
like something very much and enjoys doing it.
• be into it
be interested in or involved with.
• give a try
make an attempt at something.
• take up
become interested or engaged in a pursuit.

16. LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTED WORDS AND
PHRASES IN THE DESCRIPTIONS 1-4 AND PUT
THEM INTO THREE GROUPS OF MEANING.
Words that describe
people who like
something
Words that refer to
people’s interests
Words that refer to
starting of an activity
supporter
fans
aficionado
crazy about
obsessed with
got a taste for
a passion
got the …. bug
keen on
be into it
give ….. a try
take up

17. READING
1. Read the article and choose the best
title 1-3.
• 3) What not to put on your CV

18. LANGUAGE NOTES: READING
 CV (Latin- curriculum vitae)
• A document that summarizes your personal information,
qualifications and career history. CV is an abbreviation but is
usually written in capital letters without full stops. In US
English, a CV is called a resume.
 contract has been terminated – a more formal way of saying
that you have been sacked from your job.
 If someone insists that you do something, they firmly
demand that you do it.

19. LANGUAGE NOTES: READING
 Typo – unintended slips when you type something.
There are two typos in thiz senttence.
 stands out – very noticeable
 Resist a temptation – you want to do something
naughty or bad but manage to stop yourself.

20. 2. READ THE ARTICLE AND FIND
EXAMPLES OF …
• 1) An unfortunate typing mistake
• Rabid typing; ruining their company’s sales
department
• 2) Dishonest information
• Voluntary work with those with special needs
• 3) Completely uninteresting information
• being into pop music; liking the cinema; supporting
a local football club

21. 2. READ THE ARTICLE AND FIND
EXAMPLES OF …
• 4) Information which says too much about the
candidate’s personal life.
• Married; eight children; would prefer frequent travel
• 5) Information which shows that the candidate is not a
reliable employee.
• They insisted that we get to work by 8:45 every morning
and I couldn’t work under those conditions
• 6) Information which will worry an employer.
• A passion for rock climbing

22. DISCUSSION
In your opinion, which was the most
foolish thing to include on a CV?

23. 3. WHAT WOULD YOU PUT IN THE
PERSONAL INTERESTS SECTION ON
YOUR OWN CV?
Example:
Interests
Independent film: I try where possible to attend both
local and national film festivals.
Amateur dramatics: I was an active member of my
school drama club prior to entering university.
Football: captain of the university women’s football
team.
(From P-64 Writing a job application)

24. GRAMMAR: VERB FORMS REVIEW
1. Match the underlined verbs in the text to the labels in
the box.
• Present Simple: are asked
• Present continuous: are being looked for
• Present Perfect: have found out
• Present perfect continuous: have been training
• Past Simple: described
• Past continuous: was (obviously) trying
• Past Perfect: had been terminated

25. WHICH VERBS ARE A) ACTIVE B)
PASSIVE?
(a)active: have found out; have been
training; described; was (obviously)
trying
(b)Passive: are asked; are being looked
for; had been terminated

26. TAG
QUESTIONS
Two basic rules:
1)Statement is positive the tag must be negative
For example: Jack is from Spain, isn’t he?
Statement is negative the tag must be positive
For example: The actors aren’t funny, are they?
used when asking for
agreement or confirmation

27. TAG
QUESTIONS
Two basic rules:
2) Tense of the tag is determined by the tense of the
auxiliary/ modal verb of the statement that precedes it.
For example: She studied in New Zealand, didn’t
she?(past)
You play the guitar, don’t you?(present)
When the statement contains a word with a negative
meaning, the question tag needs to be positive.
For example: He hardly ever speaks, does he?
They rarely eat in restaurants, do they?
https://www.grammar.cl/Intermediate/
Question_Tags.htm

31. 2.COMPLETE THE QUESTION TAGS
WITH AN AUXILIARY VERB FROM
THE BOX.
• 1) do
• 2) have
• 3) are
• 4) are
• 5) were
• 6) Did

32. Have a good day!!!