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Penny has had a hobby of doing pottery since she was little, whenever she would visit her uncle and aunt who are potters. She has become more serious about pottery since 2008 when she joined an evening class, and last year she bought her own potter's wheel so she can now make pots at home. Over the years she has made many different things from bowls to mugs, and while her early pieces were rough, she has improved and can now control the clay to make what she wants. She has also started making larger items but has not sold any teapots yet due to her kitchen being full, so she thinks she will need to start selling them soon.

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Present Perfect - Hobbies

Penny has had a hobby of doing pottery since she was little, whenever she would visit her uncle and aunt who are potters. She has become more serious about pottery since 2008 when she joined an evening class, and last year she bought her own potter's wheel so she can now make pots at home. Over the years she has made many different things from bowls to mugs, and while her early pieces were rough, she has improved and can now control the clay to make what she wants. She has also started making larger items but has not sold any teapots yet due to her kitchen being full, so she thinks she will need to start selling them soon.

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Pick the correct verb and conjugate it in the correct tense.

(some verbs can be used more


that once)

decide start do go sell become


play improved buy learn make ask have
be manage use decide start

Have you got a hobby? I have – pottery. I’ve _______________ it since I was quite little because
my uncle and aunt are potters, and whenever we _________ to visit them on holiday I always
______________ on the pottery wheel.
I’ve only really become more serious about pottery since about 2008, when I _____________ to
join an evening class. Then, last year, I _____________ my own potter’s wheel, so I can make
pots at home now.

I’ve ___________ lots of different things over the years. When I _____________, I ____________
some very strange, heavy little bowls. But little by little, I’ve _____________ to make thinner
bowls, and I’ve just __________ a set of bowls that we ____________ for breakfast every day.
I’ve also made lots of mugs. These are getting better too – the first ones ___________ really
heavy even before you put coffee in them! My neighbour’s just ___________ me to make
a set of mugs for her, and I’ve ___________ quite a few to friends.

When I first __________ , I used to put a ball of clay on the wheel, and then I ____________
absolutely no control over it. Sometimes it ____________ a bowl, sometimes a plate, maybe a
mug, and often I had to throw it away – it was always quite a surprise!

Thankfully I have _____________ since then, as I can now ___________ what I want to make
before I start making it. I have __________ to control the clay to make the shape I want. I have
also __________ making bigger things like jugs and serving bowls, and more difficult things
like teapots. I haven’t ___________ any teapots yet, but my kitchen is getting very full so I
think I’ll need to start selling them soon!

Find the signal words in the text and fill in the table.

Habit / Routine Present Past Simple Present Perfect


since

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True of False

1. Penny started doing pottery at her uncle and aunt's house True False

2. Penny's uncle is a farmer True False

3. I’ve only really become more serious about pottery since 2009 True False

4. She only makes pots in class True False

5. When she stared, her bowls were perfect True False

6. She only makes bowls True False

7. She has made bowls for her friends True False

8. At the beginning, she never knew what she was going to make True False

9. She has kept everything that she has made. True False

10. She makes bigger things now True False

11. She doesn't have room for more many more pots. True False

Have you got a hobby? What is it? Write about your hobby . (Try to use the simple past and
the present perfect).

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

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Solutions

Have you got a hobby? I have – pottery. I’ve done it since I was quite little because my uncle
and aunt are potters, and whenever we went to visit them on holiday I always played on the
pottery wheel.

I’ve only really become more serious about pottery since about 2008, when I decided to join
an evening class. Then, last year, I bought my own potter’s wheel, so I can make pots at home
now.

I’ve made lots of different things over the years. When I started, I made some very strange,
heavy little bowls. But little by little, I’ve managed to make thinner bowls, and I’ve just made
a set of bowls that we use for breakfast every day. I’ve also made lots of mugs. These are
getting better too – the first ones were really heavy even before you put coffee in them! My
neighbour’s just asked me to make a set of mugs for her, and I’ve sold quite a few to friends.

When I first started, I used to put a ball of clay on the wheel, and then I had absolutely no
control over it. Sometimes it became a bowl, sometimes a plate, maybe a mug, and often I had
to throw it away – it was always quite a surprise!

Thankfully I have improved since then, as I can now decide what I want to make before I start
making it. I have learnt to control the clay to make the shape I want. I have also started
making bigger things like jugs and serving bowls, and more difficult things like teapots. I
haven’t sold any teapots yet, but my kitchen is getting very full so I think I’ll need to start
selling them soon!

Find the signal words in the text and fill in the table.

Habit / Routine Present Past Simple Present Perfect


always every day last year since
every day now when little by little
Sometimes over the years
often just
now Yet

True of False
True, False, True, False, False, False, True, True, False, True, True

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