Complete the paragraph with the prepositions from the box.
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Match the sentence beginnings (a-g) with their endings (1-7).
| a) The students all ... b) The book is really worth reading if ... c) Learning a new language ... d) What really appealed to me was ... e) It's difficult for us to judge the situation ... f) We have only six months left ... g) Being able to play the piano brilliantly is ... | 1 the idea of learning a new language. 2 to accomplish our task. 3 takes a lot of effort. 4 recreate alike. 5 you're going to take the English exam. 6 just one of her many accomplishments. 7 because we don't really know enough about it. |
| of, in, for, from, to, by |
Hobbies
A thing we do ___ our free time ___ recreation and pleasure is called a hobby. Hobbies are practiced ___ interest and enjoyment, rather than ___ money. What are hobbies ___ some people are professions ___ others: a game tester may enjoy cooking as a hobby, while a professional chef might enjoy playing computer games. Generally speaking, the person who does something ___ fun, not remuneration (оплата, вознаграждение), is called an amateur (or hobbyist), as distinct ___ a professional. Engaging ___ a hobby can lead ___ acquiring substantial skill, knowledge, and experience. A lot ___ celestial bodies (небесные тела) and events have been discovered ___ amateur astronomers. However, the aim ___ a hobby is pleasure and personal fulfillment.
While some hobbies strike many people as trivial or boring, hobbyists find something entertaining about them. In fact, anything can be a hobby, ___ collecting stamps and board games ___ doing extreme sports and making model airplanes.
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