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Individual Presentation  

 

You are studying in an Australian school during the summer holiday. Your teacher has asked you to share with the classmates your favourite hobby in Hong Kong. 

 

Prepare a two‐minute presentation about the topic. You can use some ideas from the 

following and/or your own ideas in your presentation. 

what your favourite hobby is 

when you do it 

who you do it with 

what other activities you enjoy doing 

what you want to try to do in Australia 

Any other important things 

Preparation Time: 3 minutes Assessment Time: 2 minutes

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You may use the following or your own words to begin and end your presentation. 

Good morning/afternoon, everybody. I’m going to talk about my favourite hobby. 

 

 

 

That’s the end of my presentation, thank you. 

 

Teacher notes 

Managing the assessments or extending the task 

Presentations could be digitally recorded to increase the accuracy of the assessment.

If you decide to play a more active role, you could give less confident students verbal

instructions for each step of the discussion.

You and/or the students could add to, or delete from, the bullet point list.

Note that the possible language structures, expressions, and vocabulary given below are

not exhaustive lists. They are guides to show teachers some of the possible structures,

expressions, and words students may choose to use

 

Possible language structures and expressions: 

1. Describing situations

“My favourite hobby is …”

“In my spare time, I …”

“I enjoy …”

“I like …”

2. Referring to events

“I began playing in …”

“I used to …”

“I would like to …”

“… I practise every day …”

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“I sometimes …”

3. Describing feelings and responses

“I feel happy when I …”

“… is enjoyable”

“I love to …”

“I absolutely love …”

“… helps me relax”

Possible vocabulary: 

Hobby; pastime; free time; spare time; activity; interest; practise; enjoy; enjoyable;

interesting; pleasurable; absorbing; passionate; passion; enjoy; relax; relaxation;

regularly; sometimes; often; always; skill; learn; create; collect; collection; play;

hours; years; contest; compete; competition; bungee jumping; hiking; cycling; bird

watching; diving; surfing.