Free Time Activities

B1 Intermediate Vocabulary list with 20 common phrases and verbs used to describe leisure and free time activities.

1. Stay in: When you stay in, you choose to spend your time at home instead of going out.
   Last night, I stayed in and read my favorite book.
2. Go out: When you go out, you leave your home to do something enjoyable, like visiting places or seeing people.
   Tomorrow, we plan to go out for dinner.
3. Eat out: When you eat out, you have a meal in a restaurant instead of at home.
   On Saturdays, we usually eat out at a new restaurant.
4. Hang out: If you hang out in a place or with someone, you spend time there or with those people.
   This afternoon, I’m going to hang out with Tom and Alex at the mall.
5. Chill out: When you chill out, you relax and take it easy, especially after doing something tiring or stressful.
   I just want to chill out at home after a long week at work.
6. Get together: When people get together, they meet to spend time together.
   Weekends are the only time we can all get together.
7. Play an instrument: When you play an instrument, you make music with an instrument like a guitar, piano, or violin. Many people also play in a band in their free time.
   Playing the guitar in his free time is his favorite activity.
8. Watch TV / a movie: When you watch TV or a movie, you spend time looking at a television or cinema screen for entertainment.
   Last night, I watched a great movie on TV.
9. Take up a hobby: When you take up a hobby, you start doing a new activity regularly for enjoyment.
   I’d like to take up photography this year.
10. Work out: When you work out, you do physical exercises to keep fit and healthy.
    I work out at the gym three times a week.
11. Play sports: When you play sports, you participate in physical activities and games like football, basketball, or tennis.
    Every weekend we play football or volleyball on the beach.
12. Go + -ing: You can use go with an -ing verb to describe doing an activity, like swimming, shopping, or dancing.
    This winter, we’d like to go skiing.
    Would you like to go hiking?
13. Go for + a noun: You can also use go for + a noun to describe an activity. When you go for a walk or a run, you walk or run, usually for exercise or pleasure.
    Every morning before work, I go for a run.
14. Go to a place: When you go to a place like a park, the beach, the cinema, the theatre, a concert, or a party, you visit these locations for entertainment or socializing.
    Tonight, we’re going to the theatre to see a play.
    We went to a great party last night.
15. Have lessons: When you have lessons, you learn something from a teacher. You may have music, driving, drama, etc., lessons.
    Every Thursday, she has piano lessons.
16. Play computer games: When you play computer games, you engage in electronic games on a computer for fun.
    He spends his evenings playing computer games.
17. Go online / Browse the web: When you go online, or you browse the web, you use the internet to browse websites, communicate, or do other activities.
    In the evenings, I go online to read the latest news.
18. Spend time (with someone / doing something): When you spend time with someone or doing something, you use your time to be with a person or engage in an activity.
    I love to spend time with my family on weekends.
    She spends a lot of time working on her garden.
19. Have fun / Have a great time: When you have fun or have a great time, you enjoy yourself and have an enjoyable experience.
    We had a great time at the amusement park yesterday.
20. Enjoy yourself: You can also say that you enjoy yourself when you have a good time and take pleasure in what you are doing.
    At your party last night, I really enjoyed myself.