Free-Time Activities: Vocabulary and Interesar-Type Verbs
Talk about your free time in Spanish. Learn the words for sports and hobbies, and the verbs that work like gustar, such as me gusta, me encanta and me interesa, for saying what you like.
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Free time in Spanish ⚽
This module builds your Spanish vocabulary for free-time activities, and teaches the verbs used to say what you like. Each Spanish word is shown with its English meaning. Verbs like gustar work in a special way: the thing you like is the subject, and a small word such as me shows that you are the one who likes it.
Key words 🔑
Start with four common words and phrases. Each is shown with its English meaning.
Words or verbs? ⚖️
It helps to sort what you learn into activities and the verbs that give an opinion.
Grammar tip 💡
With verbs like gustar the thing you like is the subject. Use me gusta for one thing or an activity, and me gustan for more than one thing. The small words me, te and le mean to me, to you and to him or her. So me gusta el fútbol means football is pleasing to me.
Match the activity 🔗
- el deporte
- el fútbol
- leer
- bailar
- Sport
- Football
- To read
- To dance
Which is football? 🎯
Which Spanish word means football?
- el fútbol
- el deporte
- leer
- bailar
Match the opinion verb 🔀
- me gusta
- me interesa
- me encanta
- le gusta
- I like
- It interests me
- I love it
- He or she likes
Spot the activities ✅
Which TWO of these are free-time activities? Choose all that apply.
- leer
- bailar
- me gusta
- me interesa
Build a sentence 🪜
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Complete the sentences 🧩
Free time in Spanish is el tiempo _____. To say you like something you use me _____, and to say you love it you use me _____. To say something interests you, you use me _____. If you like more than one thing, you change gusta to _____.
Spot the activities 🖍️
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Which means I love it? ❓
Which Spanish phrase means I love it?
- me encanta
- me gusta
- me interesa
- el fútbol
Choose the verb 🧭
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Write about your free time ✍️
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