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Delight
1 How do people express delight? Underline the actions.

hitting the wall crying jumping up and down

booing clapping their hands laughing out loud

2 Ask two people you know how they express delight, and write
down their answers.

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3 What does delight mean to you? Draw a picture.

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4 Read the text on page 28 of the EMOTIONARY and write T (true) or F

(false) next to the sentences below.

! Delight lasts a long time.

! Delight is caused by something pleasant.

! When you are delighted, you feel playful.

! Delight and happiness last the same length of time.

! The opposite of delight is joy.

Now correct the false sentences.

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5 Find words in the text which mean the opposite of the words below:

long-lived à ________________________________________________

negatively à ________________________________________________

6 Write down two characteristics of delight.

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7 Complete the sentences using words from the delight family.

delight > delighted delightful delightedly to delight

Going on the big wheel is a _______________

________ moment for me.
My cousin was ________________ when he
won the 100 metre race at school.
‘I jumped higher than you,’ he said,
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My grandma’s cakes ________________
everyone who tries them.

8 Make nouns from these adjectives.

joyful à ____________________ contented à ___________________

pleasant à __________________ intense à ______________________

enjoyable à _________________ playful à _______________________

happy à ____________________ energetic à _____________________

9 The text says that delight is caused by something pleasant. Write

an example of something that causes you delight.

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10 Write down some things that have made you feel delighted today.

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11 The text says that happiness and delight are different. Explain
what the differences are. You can use the words below.
intense long short

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12 Why are the characters in the illustration delighted? Write your

answers in the speech bubbles.

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Delight
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The EMOTIONARY worksheets belong to the Say What You Feel series. For more
information on the series, further worksheets and other supplementary
materials, please go to www.palabrasaladas.com/f/emo_eng.html

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