30 Minute Hobbies & Sport Vocabulary Conversation Practice (+ Free PDF & Quiz)

Hello, everyone. And welcome back  to English with Lucy and William.  

Yeah, part three.  

Yeah. It's your third time, isn't it? Yeah.  

We've had a couple on my personal channel and  we did a conversation video the other day on  

this channel. Loads of you seem to really like  it and have asked for William to come back.  

Well, I live here, so. Well, we thought we would do another,  

but also incorporate your questions. So  today's topic is pastimes and hobbies.  

You have a lot of those, don't you? Yeah, love, I've got a few,  

a few I can contribute. So, I put a post on the community tab asking you  

what questions you have about British  people's hobbies and pastimes and also ours.  

So I think we should have a look. Okay.  

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So, Daniel, from Italy, because everyone has  said where they're from. I think that's so nice.  

Daniel from Italy has a question about whether we  maintain our hobbies or are we super enthusiastic  

at the beginning and then after a few  weeks we give up and get bored.  

Yeah. I'm pretty good at  maintaining my hobbies.  

So I see a lot of things on Instagram, like crafts  and making things and baking beautiful cakes. And  

I always feel so enthusiastic at the beginning.  And then towards the end, I just think it's so  

much work. But with other things like running,  that's been a hobby I've had for so long. And  

making cards for my family. That's  another one. What are yours?  

Mine are mainly sport related  hobbies. So, rugby, football,  

golf. I could go on if you'd like a few more. Watching rugby or playing rugby?  

I probably watch more than I ever used to, because  I used to play a lot of rugby, but now I don't  

play as much rugby as I used to, but I do both. Yes. So, one of Will's main hobbies  

used to be playing rugby, but what's happened? A couple of reasons why I had to stop.  

The main one being injuries. I used to  get injured every Saturday playing.  

I remember you coming home with a fat lip. Yep, and a fat eye.  

Yes. Well, we have a black eye and a fat  lip that way. Those are common injuries.  

I have a fat eye and a black  lip. That's what I had.  

Also, another reason was time. I mean, when you  start working, especially if you work on a farm.  

It's so hard to take time off, because  you depend on the weather, don't you?  

Yeah. We have a lovely question from Paulina, she  

is Russian, but she lives in Estonia. She says,  "What are your favourite British TV shows?"  

Good question. So the first show that comes to  mind is Mock the Week, it's a comedy show based  

on recent news and comedians are on the panel  and they make a joke about current affairs.  

Yeah, that's a great TV show. I think I  actually recommended that in a video before. So,  

great minds think alike. Another one that I always  recommend, that I absolutely love, is The Vicar of  

Dibley. I've been watching it a lot recently. That will never get old.  

No, it's so good. Because in the UK, they've  brought out a new equivalent to Netflix  

called BritBox and a couple of the TV stations  have got together and made a collaboration. So all  

of the old favourite comedies and TV shows are all  on this one streaming service and it's not very  

expensive. So I have been going crazy. Just a little bit, yes.  

Watching all of my old favourite TV programmes,  but The Vicar of Dibley is a vicar played by  

Dawn French, one of my favourite comedians, she  moves to a very small village in Oxfordshire,  

I think. And it's about her trials and  tribulations of running a church in such a small  

backwards village. So we watch quite a lot of  TV shows and films. And that's one thing that  

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Okay. We have a good one from [Mohamed  00:00:06:29], from Algeria. He asks,  

"In general, what is the one morning hobby  that many Brits like doing on their weekends?"  

Well, we've spoken about a fry-up  before, like a full English breakfast.  

That's not a hobby. Yeah. It's not a hobby, is eating.  

It's not a hobby. It's one of my hobbies.  

I think gardening. That's a good one. Yeah. A lot  

of British people love gardening, but I'm sure  people everywhere love gardening, especially in  

lockdown. All the garden centres were overrun  with people. Everything was completely sold  

out. The people who normally didn't have enough  time to garden, well, suddenly did. And yeah,  

garden centres did a really trade. Now everyone's lawns are looking immaculate.  

Yes. I would say another one could be golf. Yes. That's a very popular sport.  

Yes. Because it's quite relaxed. I mean, I've  never played golf. I've got no coordination.  

But what do you like about it? That used to be my hangover cure at university.  

We managed to mention hangovers  in every video now, I think.  

Yeah. It's good to stretch your legs.  It's quite a largely social sports as  

well. You normally do it with at least two  to four people. It's good for a catch-up.  

It's not, anyone can play golf. Really?  

Anyone can play golf. Me?  

Well, it takes some people longer than others,  but you don't have to be exceptionally fit.  

It's true. If you don't  

want to walk, just order a trolley. My granddad played golf until he was in  

his 90s and he used to win. He won champagne and  he used to drink it. He was such a great man. We  

have one from [Sania 00:08:20] from India.  She hopes that we're both safe and well.  

Thank you. That's very kind of you, Sania.  

That is very kind. Yes.  

We hope you are well as well. Yes.  

Or safe? Safe and well.  

Safe and well. [inaudible 00:08:30]. Everyone. She asks, "Which hobbies do both  

you and Will share?" So do we have any of the  same hobbies? You've got sports as your hobbies.  

Mine are running, I love exercise classes,  my favourite ones are Body Pump, which is  

like a cardio workout with weights. I also love  barre Pilates, where you do little movements,  

ballet movements. It's not dancing. But ballet  movements and Pilates at the same time.  

The last time you tried doing that was when  you were trying to show how to use a gym.  

When was that? You started doing squats and chin-ups.  

Oh yes, in the last video. So, barre Pilates and doing the  

gym chin-ups looks exactly the same. I also like being creative. I like cooking  

and I love making cards for my family for their  birthdays. What else do I like? Shopping.  

You hate driving [crosstalk 00:09:29]. I hate driving. That's true. But are  

there any hobbies that we both  love and we can do together?  

Going for long walks in the countryside. That's a big part of being a farmer and a  

farmer's wife-to-be. Yeah. I love going on walks.  I probably enjoy them slightly more than you.  

Well, I spend most of my day outside walking  anywhere around the farm. So, sometimes the  

last thing I want to do at the end of the day  is go for another two, three-mile walk.  

Yeah, that's true. I guess in general, just  spending time with our dog and now our cat  

as well. That's something. Anything that  makes them happy. I think we are very good  

with food. I cook the food. You eat the  food. We both share the hobby of food.  

But I'm definitely cooking a lot more now. That's true. Will has upped his game  

where it comes- Yes, I have.  

... to cooking. I got served the most  beautiful salad today with chicken, bacon,  

sweet corn, avocado. Walnuts.  

Walnuts. Coriander, even though  you you don't like coriander.  

Stop, just stop, okay, stop. You're doing such a good job. So,  

[Ziad 00:10:38] from Azerbaijan says, "Do  people in Great Britain like motor sports?"  

Yes. Yes. I think we're obsessed with them.  

Yes. I like motor sports. Your  dad likes motor sports.  

Yes. My dad loves F1 racing. But the thing  is, he's also very efficient with his time  

so he can never spend hours and hours watching  it. He records it and then he'll spend like 20  

minutes fast-forwarding through the highlights. So  he doesn't give himself enough time to relax.  

The main, interesting bits of a Formula  1 race are the beginning, the middle,  

where they do the pit stops and then the last few  laps, everything else is nap time, basically.  

It's a bit noisy for me the... I find that  a quite stressful noise. I would like to go.  

I'd like to see what it smells like.  I imagine it smells like petrol.  

You need ear defenders. Do you?  

Yeah. Maybe I wouldn't like it.  

The noise is... I should think it was a  lot louder than it is now, but still.  

Yeah. Okay. We have [Salma 00:11:44] from  Morocco. I think she's also an English  

teacher actually. Her name is English with  Salma, so shout out to her. She wants to know,  

"What are the most common hobbies in  England?" The most common ones. Football.  

Football is definitely up there. It has to be football.  

Fishing, I think, that is probably  one of the most participated sports  

in the country or activities, should we say. I don't know if I'd say it's the most popular,  

but maybe it's because I don't talk to many people  who fish. But there are lots of fishing lakes  

and you don't keep the fish, do you? No.  

You just catch them and put them back in. Fly fishing, you catch them  

and then release them.