Flash Cards: Hobbies & Activities

Build English vocabulary for hobbies and free-time activities with picture cards. Sentence frames help students talk about what they and a partner like to do.
Grades
Grades 1–3
Pages
42
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Oct 17, 2021

Subject
ELA, Vocabulary
Topic
Hobbies, Activities
Resource types
Flashcards, Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
L.2.6

Product description

From the author

37 illustrated flashcards all about hobbies & activities!

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Name thirty-seven hobbies and free-time activities in English using the phrasing printed on the cards.

  • Match an illustrated activity to its written English label.

  • State a personal preference in writing or speech by completing the frame "I like …" with an activity from the set.

Teaching tips

  • Show one card at a time and let students produce the phrase before they read the printed label, so the illustration carries the first round of recall.

  • Sort the cards into piles — indoors against outdoors, or alone against with other people — and discuss activities that could fit more than one group.

  • Run the two "I like …" pages immediately after a card sort so students write with vocabulary they have just handled, then use the "Both of us like …" page as a pair interview.

Skills covered

  • Hobby and free-time vocabulary in English — students learn thirty-seven labelled activities spanning crafts, music, pet care, sport and quiet pastimes.

  • Picture-to-word matching — each card pairs one illustration with the English phrase that names it.

  • Expressing personal preference — the "I like …" frame pages have students commit a chosen activity to a full sentence.

Good to know

Questions teachers ask about this resource

Which English spelling convention do the cards follow?

British. The travel card reads "travelling" with a double l, and the card for the ball sport reads "playing football" rather than soccer.

What are the three pages after the picture cards for?

Sentence frames that put the card vocabulary into speech and writing. Two pages carry the stem "I like …" for one speaker, and the third reads "Both of us like … _____ and _____" with blanks for a pair to write their own names.

How wide is the range of activities on the cards?

Broad enough to cover most students. Crafts and making (pottery, handicrafts, model making, scrapbooking, cosplaying), music and performance (singing in a choir, dancing, playing an instrument), pet care (walking the dog, feeding the pet), eight sports (basketball, tennis, football, swimming, ice skating, cycling, yoga, acrobatics) and quiet pastimes (reading, relaxing, going to the library) all appear.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • L.2.6

Core concepts

  • Hobby vocabulary

  • Free-time activities

  • Picture-word matching

  • Expressing preferences

  • English as a second language

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