🎁 Gratuit · English From Zero · Level B1 · Lesson 47

🎨 What Are You Interested In?

Welcome to Level B1! 🎉 Today you will talk about hobbies and interests (photography, stamp collecting, gardening…), ask "What are you interested in?", say how well you do things (good at / okay at / bad at / terrible at + -ing) and use the words of hobbies: collect, belong to a club, on a team, get together with friends.

🎬 Let's Imagine...

The Hobby Club Fair

It's the first week of school. There's a fair for the school clubs in the schoolyard. Read the little scene below.

NoraSo, Leo, what are you interested in this year?

LeoI'm interested in photography. I'm pretty good at taking photos, but I'm terrible at drawing!

NoraMe too! I collect stamps, and I belong to the school book club. What do you like doing on the weekend?

🧑‍🏫 Teacher SamiLeo answers: "I'm on the soccer team, and I like getting together with friends." Welcome to B1! Did you hear? interested in · good at · terrible at · collect · belong to · on the team · get together with.

🤔 What are you interested in?

La fête des clubs dans la cour de l'école : photo, jardinage, couture, livres et football — 🎨 What are you interested in?

Step 1

🎨 Hobbies And Interests

A hobby is something you like doing in your free time. Click a card to hear it. Many hobbies end in -ing!

❓ Asking about interests

What are you interested in?
What do you like doing?
— I'm interested in sewing. · I'm interested in photography.

Step 2

⭐ Saying What You're Good At

Use the adjective phrases good at, okay at, bad at and terrible at + a verb with -ing to say how well you (or other people) do things.

🌟good atShe's good at drawing.

👌okay atHe's okay at woodworking.

😕bad atI'm bad at cooking.

😵terrible atWe're terrible at doing puzzles.

⚡

After at and in, the verb takes -ing: "I'm good at drawing" ✅ — "I'm good at draw" ❌. "I'm interested in sewing" ✅ — "I'm interested to sew" ❌.

📊 The Talent Scale

Choose a person, an activity and move the stars. The sentence writes itself!

Step 3

🧩 Words Used With Hobbies

These verbs and prepositions go with hobbies and interests. Learn them as a group!

📮collect

Use it for collecting things: I collect stamps. · I enjoy stamp collecting.

📚belong to

Be a member of a club: We belong to a book club.

🏃on a team

Be a member of a sports team: They're on the running team.

🧃get together with

Meet and have fun with friends: I like getting together with friends.

🪪 The Hobby Club Card

Make your own member card for the school club fair, then listen to your introduction!

🔗 Preposition Pairs

Choose the missing little word: at, in, to, on, with. 9 sentences.

Six loisirs d'enfants : couture, jardinage, observation des oiseaux, puzzle, bois avec le grand-père, peinture — 🧵 sewing · 🌱 gardening · 🐦 birdwatching · 🧩 puzzles · 🪚 woodworking · 🖌️ painting

🎧 Sound Lab

Listen And Repeat!

Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!

Step 4

✍️ Practice Time!

Exercise 1 — True Or False?

Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue

Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.

Step 5 · Final Task!

🎭 Create & Record: All About My Hobbies

Introduce yourself to a new club. Say what you're interested in, what you're good at and bad at, and use collect / belong to / on a team / get together with.

I'm interested in…I'm really good at… I'm okay at…but I'm terrible at… I collect…I belong to… I'm on the … team.I like getting together with…

🎙️ Now, Record It!

Read your introduction out loud, with a big smile. Then listen back!

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🎯 Final Quiz — Hobbies & Talents

Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!