🎮 My Hobbies: like + -ing in English
A fully interactive A1 Teens grammar-and-vocabulary lesson on hobbies. Students learn ten common free-time activities and how to talk about them using feeling verbs (like, love, enjoy, hate) followed by the -ing form of a second verb. The lesson teaches the core pattern, the -ing spelling rules (just add -ing, drop the e, double the last letter), a love-to-hate feeling scale, and how to make negatives and questions with don't/doesn't and Do/Does. It includes a warm-up, step-by-step grammar boxes with -ing spelling cards, a feeling scale and a rules table, a 10-activity key-vocabulary table, an original 'Friday hobby club' reading text with hover-tooltip glossary words, six review flashcards, an 8-item fill-in-the-blanks practice (producing the -ing form) with live scoring, a paired speaking task with a model dialogue, a 50–70 word writing task with checklist and auto-save, and an 8-question multiple-choice quiz with per-question explanations and a tiered result screen.
Lesson Plan
- 4 reflection questions about the student's free time, favourite hobby and an activity they dislike
- Silent thinking or pair-share format — no writing required
Key Vocabulary
Grammar Points
- Use a feeling verb (like, love, enjoy, hate) + the -ing form of a verb: I like playing.
- Most verbs: just add -ing (read → reading, play → playing).
- Verbs ending in e: drop the e and add -ing (dance → dancing, ride → riding).
- Short CVC verbs: double the last letter and add -ing (swim → swimming, run → running).
- Negatives: don't/doesn't + verb + -ing (He doesn't enjoy running).
- Questions: Do/Does + subject + like + -ing? (Do you like painting?)
