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Junior Cycle Spanish: Hobbies & pastimes
How often Hobbies & pastimes comes up on the Spanish papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.
CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Hobbies & pastimes, Common Level(7 marks)
Quick ones on Hobbies & pastimes.
(a)'Me encanta leer novelas.' What does the person love?
- Writing stories
- Reading novels
- Watching TV
(b)Which means 'I play the guitar'?
- Tomo la guitarra
- Juego la guitarra
- Toco la guitarra
(c)'Paso mucho tiempo en las redes sociales.' Where does the person spend lots of time?
- On social media
- In the sports club
- At the shopping centre
Show the answers
(a) Reading novels
(b) Toco la guitarra
(c) On social media
Common Level
Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker
Every paper, year by year
| Year | Where it came up |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Q2, Q3, Q10 |
| 2025 | Q10 |
| 2024 | Q9, Q10 |
| 2023 | Q10, Q11 |
| 2022 | Q10 |
Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.
More Hobbies & pastimes questions
Hobbies & pastimes, 2 marks
Which hobby is 'hacer senderismo'?
- Horse riding
- Surfing
- Hill walking
Show the answer
Hill walking
Hacer senderismo = hiking or hill walking (un sendero = a path). Montar a caballo = horse riding; hacer surf = surfing.
Other Spanish topics
- Announcements & news items
- Emails, letters & blogs
- Famous Hispanic people
- Gap-fill & form filling
- Holidays & accommodation
- Near future (ir a + infinitive)
- Numbers, dates & time
- Present tense
- Preterite & other past tenses
- Shopping & clothes
- Signs, notices & adverts
- Spanish cities & regions
- Town, directions & transport
- Weather
- Festivals & celebrations
- Making plans & invitations
- Messages & dialogues
- Myself, family & pets
- School life
- Sport
- Describing people
- Food & eating out
- Latin America
- Health & the body
- Daily routine & chores
- House & home
- Jobs & work
- Ser & estar