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The Express English team
This is what some people in London told us.
People in London have a lot of hobbies and interests. But it's not all fun.
In their spare time they're doing housework, gardening and looking after pets.
But they do also like hanging round, chilling out …and flirting!
Did you know?
- Fact
A survey has found that British men have 32 minutes more spare time each day than women!
- Language tip
Spare time is sometimes referred to as free time or leisure time.
- Cultural tip
Watching TV is one of the most popular leisure time activities in the UK.
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In my spare time, I usually watch TV or listen to radio.
but I don't understand because I'm not an English person.
So I practice to hear....with TV & radio.
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In the my spare time I study the english language because it si very imprtant for ny job and private life.
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Hi I'm from Italy in the my spare time often I read the english magazine because I must learn very good the english language, the english language it si very imprtant for my job and also for private life.
ciao Angelo
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Hi everybody,I'm from Greece but I'm still alive and in my spare time I try to learn English that is difficult for me, I reade books, play piano, listen to jazz music.
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In my spare time i am surfing on network and watching tv. Sometimes i try to download music from internet and it takes a lot of time. Thus my spare time flies in my hands according to download rate.
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In my spare time, i listen to music, do meditation, do healing stuff, visit learning English sites, watch movies, spend time with Mom..
Love!
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Nowadays, I surf the internet searching for a good English sites to improve my language and sometimes look after my animals. But in my spare time in the weekends, I go out :)
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Hi.I am from Azerbaijan.In my spare time, i meet with my friends, sing karaoke and mostly i do sport(judo).Topic is interesting.
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What i am doing right now..browsing the internet ...is my spare
time.
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I always reading news on internet on my spare time and some time listening to music !
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Hello from Argentina!! In spare time I really love play football with my friends, study computer and English. Also enjoy listening Jazz (Miles Davis) and reading books.
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In my spare time i like to do face book chating with my friends
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In my spare time i like to go to the gyume , swimming , and watching soccer game
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Go to shopping,Movies at home,sometimes reading biographies.
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In my spare time,I like playing online games with my best friend and study English .
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In my spare time, I have idle time just watching television, taking a nap, strolling and lying down in my bed. That looks like time-wasting but it is important to me. On weekdays I am always busy in working in the workplace and doing household chores. There is no spare time. So I don't relax. Having a my spare time in this way helps me working well.
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As an "unemployed expert" I find myself with a lot of free time, so I try to do productive things for most of the time. Sadly, one of my passions is videogames and I can´t help wasting two good or three hours a day playing them.
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my spare time by crochet, reading motivation, watch a movie .... if I use a lot of spare time to travel
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In my spare time, I read books, go shopping, go to karaoke, and so on.I have lot of things to do.
However, I don't have enough spare time because of my part time job.I want spare time!
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I usually listen to music in my spare time.Also I read books,surf on the net and watch TV as well.But my favourite ones are watching films and painting stones.
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In my spare time I use to meet my friends and have a coffee or go to Pubs. Today I am going to cook for my boyfriend, because I love cooking and my english teacher gave me a new recipe. I love to read about politics and social topics, because of this I normally buy newspapers and social magazines. Then, one of my passions is to travel; I have visited many countries in Europe, and my favorite is Germany, being Berlin one of my favorite cities. I don`t like to waste my time watching TV if the program is not interesting because I think that we don`t have a lot of free time and the best way to spend it is with persons and emotions.
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I am a luckly guy because I have a lot spare time.Currently I study english and german with differents results. Maybe it can be surprisingly but German language is easier than English for me.In fact,German has a kind of rules where you can follow while English is incredibly cahotic for me!
On the other hand I´m trying to mix English with sport,during last three years I´ve done the most famous marathons in english speaking coutries as London,Boston and last year New York.
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listening english mp3 files, efter this days reading english books, watching tv but not an addict. design electronic circuit at system is my favorite activities.
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Hi :)
In my spare time I go for in sport, cook and play the piano. I only relax, when I do this things. So I can spend a lot of time in sportstudio, in kitchen or playing the piano and I don't notice that.
your sincerely
Marina;)
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In my spare time I like writing my personal thoughts in English, sometimes in prose sometimes in poetry...For my think it's a good way to improve my English level and also to challenge myself.
Then i really love listening to New Age music and sometimes playing voice-acting when I watch my favourite movies on the computer....it's very funny...hihihi....
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In my spare time, I watch TV or movies. These can release my stress, and sometimes it is useful to study English when I watch them in English.
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I am going to fitness club for swimming and playing basketball, taking a photo in evrywhere in İstanbul and hangin out on this magical city:)
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What my favorite thing in my spare is doing housework.Although i look so tired after cleaning,i still enjoy a tidy house.Of course ,i look forward to taking more time to learn English,but i think it is more important to look after my family.I also like feeding my little cat,taking her a bath as well as giving her a manicure once a month.
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Hello! I spend my spare time on learning languages (English, French and German).
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hiiiiiii! everybody.In my spare time, I like to see my friend anh have lunch with them.Then in the everning I want to go to the cinema
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When I was single, I read book, watch TV in my spare time. But now, when I have 2 boys, I use my spare time to play with them, read book for the older and talking with the younger. Some time, we go shopping or going to the cinema. My Sons like do to the Park or game centre.
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In my spare time I'm learning English at BBC.com. I like it so much. Also I like wachting TV, reading books, hunging out with my friends, clubbing. And of couse I have to do my housework.
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In my spare time I enjoy listening to music, especially chamber music by Richard Clayderman. Whenever I listen to his music, his piano, I feel very comfortable. That is the most relax time to me. I am very happy to share my habit to all of you.^^.
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In my spare time I usually play the piano , do ballets and listen music.I like playing the piano so much , it relaxs me and forgets everthing happens in the world.Doing ballets is also relaxs me.Sometimes I play basketball and skate with my friends.Actually in the school time I don't have much spare time.Because there are exams and homework to do.I also read books ,mostly adventure books, paint some chestnut and draw.
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In my spare time ı usually do karaoke. I also draw pictures and go to the cinema with my friends
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In my spare time, I study English. Because, I want to speak Englsh!
Moreover, I watch the movie and go shopping with my friend in holiday.
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I often go shopping or watch a movie in my spare time.But nowadays my boom is to read comic books. That is very interesting!
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I read sports news in my spare time.
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In my spare time I'm learning english on BBC!It's helpful to me to improve my english!However,I also do exercise in my spare time,like play basketball and swimming.It relax me and forget a day of pressure.
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Hello.
I am from Budapest,Hungary. At first I would like congratulate BBC on this site, because It will help my learning, I hope :)
Besides English learning I like watching and playing football. I love the music, dance. I often stand on the stage as singer. In my spare time I deal with making of animations. So I love doing several interesting things I should enumerate these for long but now the learning is most important for me. :)
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i love to read magazines n books as reading makes a man ready
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I am working in Saudi Arabia as a civil engineer and most of my time spent in front of internet. Although, I like reading books, watch movies and playing cricket.
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In my free time, I often read magazines with listening to music. And I watch DVD. I like this relaxing time.
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In my spare time, I like to watch DVD ,take a nap in my room and go shopping with my friends. To tell the truth, I want to travel somewhere but I have no money.
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I like spare time. I watch TV, play the piano and take a nap but I like surf the Internet best. I uaually watch a promotion video of my favorite singers at You Tube. It's very enjoy so it is past the time on a flash.
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In my spare time, I help my mother or do my homework. If they were nothing, I go to shopping or play with my friends. First, I want to do what have to.
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In my spare time, I usually listen to music.
Because, I like listen to music. And I also watch the movies.
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In my spare time, I usually go shopping, and do karaoke with my friends.
If I'm alone, I usually read books and listen to music.
That is fun.
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In my spare time I watch the movie, go shopping, call with my friends, talk with my friends and sleepong. But I have to do homeworks.
Recently I don't have spare time, because I do part-time job except for school time.
I want spare time.
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I'm Japanese student , smigglian!!
well,when I have spare time ,
i always do napping , talk with my friends ,check my text,,,
these days because I'm a job hunter I read some books related job or economical.
As far to me, spare time is precious as hard as it is to believe....
thanks!!
from Japan.
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I am swiming,playing football with a friends,go to our national restourant ''kafana'' to listen our old music and drink some fine wine.
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I often have spare time to watch DVD alone. I like to watch a foreign film. For example, Harry Potter and Oceans series. Watching DVD makes me relax.
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I like to call with my friends when I'm free. It's very important time for me. Recently, I talk with Korean friends by a international telephone. It make me cheerful!
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I spend watching movie.
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I am dancing in my spare time.
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In my spare time,I like reading comics or watching DVD.But I alwsys busy,so I don't have enoght spare time.
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In my spare time, I listen to music. I like earphone very much.
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I spend to do my favorite things in my spare time.
Watching a movie , Listening to music .
Thats my great times.
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In my spare time, I listing to music.
My favorite music is Korean pop.
So I try to study Korean hard.
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I like spare time about walking.I often walking with music.It is very happy time and my stress rediate.
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If I have spare time, I want to sleep. This time enjoy doing time. I like playing soccer and eating foods.
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I like doing sports in my spare time specially in the countyside but also studying english and spending some quality time with my family.
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In my free time, I often do some of the activities like: watching TV, listening music, searching the internet, playing the computer games. It seems to be I have a lot of free time, isn't it? However, I only have a very little free time because I have to spend the time for studying and working everyday. Therefore, whenever I have free time I divide it equally for these activities.
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In spare time I like to sleep,reading and chatting with friend.
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in my spare time I always go to see my friends and review my facebook this are the things that are like do in my spare time...!!!
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I love free time because it's a good way to do something that you like, in my spare time I sing in karaoke or play videogames with my friends i think it's a good way to relax and take it easy!!!!
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Well, in my spare time I use to play in my computer diferent kind of video games mainly rpg (rol play games) (Dota, HoN, Final Fantasy), also I do facebook and skype messenger to be in contact with all my friends. When I have a lot of time especially on saturday I play Basketball or soccer with my little brother.
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In my spare time I like to spend time with people that are really close to me like my family, and my friends
I think is important share time with them because it`s the best way that you can really meet them.
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actually in this days i have many hobbies and I spent my spare time in the sports, for example I play soccer with my friends and my parents. I play basketball, I swim, and others sports. But I would like to spent my spare time in others things, for example i like to share all time with my mother because she is the most importan person in my life and she help me in all difficult moments. The other time i would like with my all family and my friends, because they are very important for me.
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I love to go to the cinema only last weekend I like swimming,playing football in spare time, I prefer to read a book , I love to listen to the music I enjoy wacthing to the movie.
I like to eat some fruits, I enjoy seeing to the facebook, I surf to the internet I love to spend with my family, l like prepare the food I love to dance twice a week.
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In my free- time .I like to read romantic books as Romeo and Jhulieta.Also I play basketball with my family. I listen to the music. I sometimes go to the cinema with my friends . I love romantic films but also horror films.
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in my free time, i playing whit my pet and watch tv, i like walk in the park when rainning
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In my spare time, I listening to music and read a fashion magazine. Because I like shopping, I think about what I will buy and read a magazine to know the fashion.
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I work in my free time.I dont have any hobbies...(:-:) so I dont know how to spend my free time for me.once in a while,I hung out with my friend or my sister but I usually spend my free time for a job.
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In my spare time I listen to the music. There are about 1,000 music in my iPod. I like Japanese-rock. So I'm a bandsman and I play the bass. It is really fun.
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Having spare time, I always listen to music or sleep!
When I take a train, I don't have something to do, so I'm always have my walkman!
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In free time usually I watch TV and learn spoken English.
most of the time I use my free time to talk on phone to my family and friend. net surfing is also done on my free time.
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I like to study English because my english is not good. I usually play and talk with my children . In the weekend , my family usually go to swim,have lunch out side...
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In my spare time, I prefer to stay at home and do housework, watching tivi, listening music and surfing on the internet. Sometimes, I go out for shopping and drinking coffee with my friends.
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i like to spend my spare time with my boyfriend, i prefer to do something together, as like walking on the field, visiting other towns, going shopping (he hates doing that), visiting our friends or just doing nothing , but always together. i like to cook especially for him and for my family, but not for a lot of people, i like to learn English, especially when i'm in a good mood and rules and words keep in my head without any effort)) i like redecorate my flat, moving the furniture and changing the details. and i adore films about love and funny english and french comedies
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I just look at computer and do nothing.
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Actually, there are many ways to kill the time. Howerver, I usually play fooball with my friends, especially at weekend. The reason why I am keen on playing football is that It gives me a lot of time with my friends and how to work in team. Another motive could be that, I can keep fit and stay healthy or revitalize in my strength.
Moreover, I often listen to music, especially pop music. This is due to the fact that Pop music has not only sweet melody but aslo soothing music. Furthermore, pop music has songs meaningful lyrics and catchy. I feel relax and relieve stress when I listen to music.
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Usually I would listening to the music while surfing the internet. I found that i would had the feeling of uneasy whenever i don't listen to the music for > than 2-3 days...Besides, i always learn english language every day no matter it's spare time or not.
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I love running with my friends!!! Sometimes in my spare time read book and listen rock music
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Hi, I'm from Venezuela, In my spare time I usually do activities according to the day and moment for example; watch TV, go out, Cine, Beach...I think it depends of the moment.
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I usually listening music,wathing television,go shopping with my friends in my sparetime.
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Generally I am watching the movies,surfing on facebook,sometimes reading books,messaging with girls maybe :).
Acctually i want to do different things,like learing support,growing some plants or looking for animal or to help other people in organizatin. Why am i not doing ? I think i am lazy :)
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Well, the question's itself i am getting enthusiasm to add mine here. I do possibly learning new things, reading books, listening to music, playing cricket, chatting with my friends, watching movies, surfing internet or kidding with kids in my spare time. Wow, it looks me to excite! Thanks!
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Well, I do possibly learning new things, reading books, chatting with my friends, kidding with kids, surfing on internet, watching movies, playing cricket, playing cards, playing chess or physical exercise in my spare time. Thanks!
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in myfree time i play the computer game with my friends that give me a lot of fun and improve brain.sometime i drive to the out of town and enjoy countryside.breathing fresh air make me feel comfortable and refresh.
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im my spare time, i learn english
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In summer I like gardening as lots of British people do. I like also reading books, it helps me to relax and surfing the net to find new interesting activities for my students at school.
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I am busy looking after my son every day, and he is fifteen months now. When he sleeps is my spare time, but Usually I am tired, and want to go to bed, too. I like cooking, reading, and tabletennis, and I really wish I have more time to do.
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In my spare time, i usually surfing on the internet or listening my favourite songs. Besides, i play football and billiard with my friends at weekends.
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I like read, books of Law and Politics. And navegate in the internet.
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i like read so much in my spare time.
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