2D  Wordspot: feel

Collocations with feel

1 MINI-CONVERSATION CARDS
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A A
2  What do you feel like
1  How are you today?
doing tonight?

A A
3  What time did you go to bed
4  How do you feel about the future?
last night?

A A
5  My hands always feel cold 6  Do you feel like an ice cream
even in summer. after class?

A A
8  I feel depressed when I
7  How was your weekend?
watch the news.

B B
a  Oh, before nine. I felt b  Really? Maybe you should
really tired. wear gloves!

B B
c  OK, but I think I’d prefer a d  OK, but I’m feeling a bit
cold drink. worried about my exams.

B B
e  Very quiet. I felt a bit f  It’s difficult to predict, but
bored at times. I’m quite optimistic.

B B
g  I don’t know … what’s on h  Me too! They never talk
at the cinema? about happy events!

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Collocations with feel

2 Add the phrases with feel from the mini-conversations to the correct part of the diagram.

He feels sad/fine. She felt ill.

a  a person

Do you feel like I feel like a cup   These clothes  

going for a walk? of coffee. feel wet.  

d  feel + like + -ing/noun FEEL b  a thing

The room felt cold.

You know how I feel about c  have an opinion

Sheila’s new boss

3 Work with a partner. Take it in turns to read the qustions from the mini-conversations and give a
response that is true for you.

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Instructions and Answer key
You will need: one set of mini-conversation cards per pair of students and
one word web per student

• Focus on the title and explain to students that they are going to
practise phrases with feel. Put them into pairs. Give each pair a set of
cards from section 1 and tell them to match the mini-conversations.
Check answers.
Extension: students can practise the conversations and/or
turn over the cards and try to remember the other half of the
conversation.
• Distribute the word webs, one per student. Students in pairs decide
where on the diagram to put the phrases with feel. Feedback.
• Place question cards from section 1 face down in a pile. Students
take it in turns to read what is on the card and their partner responds
according to what is true for them.

ANSWER KEY
1 1  d  2  g  3  a  4  f  5  b  6  c  7  e  8  h
2 a  feel depressed, felt really tired, feeling a bit worried,
felt a bit bored, feel cold  
c feel about
d feel like doing, feel like an ice cream

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