Actividades de tiempo libre — Free Time Activities

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IntroductionUnit: Theme 2 — Popular CultureGCSE

This introduction covers Actividades de tiempo libre — Free Time Activities within Free time + hobbies for GCSE Spanish. Revise Free time + hobbies in Theme 2 — Popular Culture for GCSE Spanish with 13 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. Use this page as part of a wider topic revision path rather than treating it as an isolated fact. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.

📚 Actividades de tiempo libre — Free Time Activities

The verb you choose depends on the activity. hacer covers physical and general activities; jugar al / jugar a los covers sports and games; ir a / ir de covers destinations. Using the wrong verb with an activity is one of the most common AQA errors at Foundation level.
Activities with hacer Activities with ver / escuchar / leer / ir Activities with jugar
hacer deporte ver la televisión jugar al fútbol
hacer natación escuchar música jugar al tenis
hacer ciclismo leer (libros / revistas) jugar al baloncesto
hacer yoga ir al cine jugar a los videojuegos
montar en bicicleta ir de compras jugar a las cartas
pasar tiempo con amigos navegar por internet

The verb you use depends on the activity: hacer for physical/general activities, jugar al / a los for sports/games, ir + a/de for destinations.

Practice questions for Free time + hobbies

  • A. I play football with
  • B. I played football
  • C. I play football
  • D. I like football
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Quick recall flashcards

¿Cómo se dice 'to do sport' en español?
hacer deporte — e.g. Hago deporte tres veces a la semana. (I do sport three times a week.) Note: use hacer deporte (not jugar deporte). Deporte is masculine and singular in this expression.
¿Cómo se dice 'to ride a bike' en español?
montar en bicicleta — e.g. Monto en bicicleta en el parque los domingos. (I ride my bike in the park on Sundays.) Also: montar en bici (informal). Note: montar en, not montar a, for a bike.

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