Leisure time

When we start a hobby for the first time we often use the phrasal verb take up, and if we stop doing the hobby, we often use the phrasal verb give up, e.g., I took up golf when I was fifteen, but I gave it up last year.

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Everybody sometimes has a free time. Somebody prefers only to sleep in their leisure time, but most of us prefer to do a great number of interesting things. It may be reading, various types of sport games, watching TV, listening to music and so on. If we have a few days or a week we prefer to go to the attractive places. Many people think that pupils and students have too much leisure time, but in my opinion, they are wrong. We are very busy. Even during weekend we learn our lessons. And we just have no time to go somewhere. Oldest of us are working after school or institute. As for me, a large part of my free time is devoted to reading. I like reading books about other countries. Also I read books about history of our country. Besides reading I like doing physical exercises. I and my friends often gather and play basketball, football or other active games. But my favorite hobby is travelling. Usually I travel in summer and often it is a trip to the south, to the warm sea. I think all people must have other occupations besides their basic work, because it extends the boundaries of the familiar world and teaches us something new about people and things.