Your Hobbies

A few phrases to keep up the conversation about your hobby. What do you do in your free time? Why do you like to play tennis?
Phrases
- I used to play tennis.
- It was my favourite sport.
- But now I can’t run because of my back problems.
- I have a hernia in my spine.
- I think that tennis is the most beautiful game in the world.
- It is not enough to be better physically prepared in that game, here the winner is whoever figures out the weaknesses of their opponent and be able to use them tactically.
- It’s more about psychology, where a small, but clever player can win against a big and physically perfect opponent.
- I like listening to classical music.
- I enjoy reading books or drawing sketches for my English blog.
- When I have free time with my family, I watch movies.
- I love the films of famous Directors such as Takeshi Kitano, Luke Besson, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock and many others.
- All my free time has been spent on learning English lately.
- It has turned out to be a very interesting activity, because there are now a lot of resources on the Internet where you can learn the language.
- While I was learning English I found new friends and learned more about the culture of their countries.
Vocabulary
- hernia - a condition in which part of an organ is displaced and protrudes through the wall of the cavity containing it (often involving the intestine at a weak point in the abdominal wall
- spine - a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone