Lesson Overview

This A1 ESL lesson explores the topic “Too Busy for a Hobby”, helping students talk about hobbies, free time, and everyday routines using simple, natural English.

Learners discuss different hobbies and free-time activities, talk about how often they do them, and explore how busy they are in their daily lives. They practise saying what hobbies they enjoy, what activities they have time for, and how they spend their free time.

Through multiple fun engaging ESL activities students build confidence talking about their hobbies, routines, and free-time habits.

This lesson is ideal for A1 learners who are developing basic speaking skills on familiar topics such as hobbies, daily routines, and personal interests.

1. Warm Up: Quiz 
2. Hobbies: Identify 
3. Hobbies: How Often? 
4. Hobbies: Adjectives
5. Dialogue: What Do You Do?  
6. Let’s Read: 
7. Audio: Nathan’s Hobbies. 
8. Hobbies: Ranking 
9. Hobbies: Favourites 

Homework

There is an excellent homework task to supplement this awesome A1 ESL lesson plan. Students are challenged to write detailed answers to topic-based questions. Activity layout:

1. Writing Task: Questions