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Individual Presentation  

 

You joined an one‐month exchange programme and are now studying in an Australian school. 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 you like to do in leisure time 

why you like it 

how often you do it 

how long you have been interested in it 

what other activities or hobbies you would like to try 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 what I usually do during 

my free time in Hong Kong. 

 

 

 

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. Referring to events

“I have been playing for three years …”

“I used to go to …”

“I would like to …”

“I practise three times a week …”

“I sometimes …”

2. Justifying a point of view

“… is good exercise”

“… although it is …”

“I would rather …”

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“… is my favourite pastime, since …”

“On the other hand, …”

“Some people think … ; however, …”

3. Describing feelings and responses

“… makes me feel happy”

“… enjoyable and relaxing”

“… is my favourite thing …”

“I absolutely love …”

“I’m passionate about …”

“… is absorbing …”

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.