D5Lesson 1 of 12◇ Core language

Hobbies and Free Time — Vocabulary and Present Habits

الهِوايات ووَقت الفَراغ — المُفرَدات والعادات الحاضِرة

Hobbies, Sport & Leisure · Personal and social life

10-minute rescue route
  1. Learn six key items.
  2. Read the grammar shortcut.
  3. Complete one quick check.
Keep it manageable. One completed section is useful revision. You can return later for the rest.
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What you need to do

Focus on these outcomes rather than trying to memorise everything at once.

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Key language

Tap each card to reveal the meaning.

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Quick vocabulary check

Choose one answer. Mistakes are part of revision.

1. يَقرَأ

2. يَكتُب

3. يُصَوِّر

4. يَطبُخ

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Grammar shortcut

Read it once, then explain the rule or strategy in your own words.

Hobby verb collocations: يلعب + ball sport, يمارس + sport/activity noun, يعزف على + instrument, يستمع إلى + sound noun, يتسلَّق + place noun. These collocations are fixed — the wrong preposition changes the meaning or sounds unnatural. يهوى + verbal noun: يهوى الطبخ. Frequency: مرَّة/مرَّتَين (dual form)/ثلاث مرَّات + في الأسبوع/الشهر/السنة.
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Four skills practice

Short tasks for listening, reading, speaking and writing. Choose the skill you find hardest.

🎧 Listening

🎧 Audio coming soon

Listen for one key detail. Note the single most important fact in each line — a number, a name or an activity. Until the audio is ready, prepare by covering the English, reading each item below aloud twice, then saying the meaning from memory.

  1. هِواية/هِوايات hobby/hobbies
  2. يُمارِس رِياضة practises sport
  3. يَلعَب كُرة القَدَم plays football
  4. يَسبَح swims
  5. يَرسُم draws
  6. يَعزِف على البيانو plays the piano

Exam link: in Paper 1 you hear each recording twice — use the first listening for the general idea and the second for detail.

📖 Reading

Scan the four items below and write the English meaning of each one without looking back at the Key language section. Then write one sentence in Arabic about Hobbies and Free Time that uses two of them.

  • يَقرَأ
  • يَكتُب
  • يُصَوِّر
  • يَطبُخ
Check your answers
  • يَقرَأ — reads
  • يَكتُب — writes
  • يُصَوِّر — photographs
  • يَطبُخ — cooks

🗣️ Speaking

Answer aloud in full Arabic sentences. Record yourself if you can, then listen back for clear pronunciation.

  1. Talk about Hobbies and Free Time for thirty seconds without stopping.
  2. Give one opinion and one reason for it.
  3. Ask a partner one question on this topic — then answer it yourself.

Exam link: Paper 3 is a role play and two topic conversations, with ten minutes of supervised preparation beforehand.

✍️ Writing

Task: Write 60–80 words about Hobbies and Free Time. Use the language from this lesson, give one opinion with a reason, and check your agreement before you finish.

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Revision sprint

Three short stages based on the revision plan above.

1 · Review

Main 1 15 min

18 hobby collocations — systematic presentation Present 18 hobbies with FULL collocations (not just the verb). Drill: use the hobby in English as the prompt and say the full Arabic collocation. Group by verb: يلعب (football, basketball, video games), يمارس (swimming, yoga, cycling,…

2 · Practise

Main 2 15 min

Frequency expressions and nuanced preferences Present frequency scale: يومياً (daily) → مرَّتَين في الأسبوع → مرَّة في الشهر → نادراً. Note: مرَّتَين is the dual form of مرَّة — review dual from F3. You write 6 hobby sentences using different frequency expressions. Then: preference…

3 · Apply

Main 3 12 min

Hobby survey — speaking production Survey grid: choose up to five real or imagined respondents. You ask: "هل تُمارِس/تلعب/تعزف على..؟ كم مرَّة في الأسبوع؟ هل تُفَضِّله على..؟" Record in Arabic. Report back: "أربعة طلاب يُمارِسون السباحة مرَّتَين في الأسبوع. طالبة واحدة تعزف على البيانو يومياً." This…

✓

Finish and reflect

Use the boxes as a final self-check.

What you should be able to show

Collocation table. Frequency + preference sentences (check it yourself). Survey report sentences (self/partner check).

Optional follow-up

Write 8 sentences about your hobbies: use 5 different collocation verbs correctly, 4 different frequency expressions, and 3 preference structures (أُفَضِّل/أستمتع بـ/أهوى). Include a reason with لأنَّ for your favourite hobby.

Confidence check

How secure do you feel after this lesson?