FEELING

Feeling Good

Bad

Feeling : deals with adjectives and suffixes

I. SRUCTURE
1. Subject + to be + adjective
Ex: she is sad
2. Subject + to be + + adjective + noun
She is a confused girl
3. Subject + linking verb + adjective
(seem)
(taste)
(feel)
(hear)
(smell)
(look)
Ex: I feel tired
It tastes good
a. Are you happy all the time?
b. How do you feel today?

Fine Tired Shy Controllable/uncontrollable

Excited Unhappy Thrilled Shocked
Happy Frustrated Trembling Sorry
Sad Irritated Bored Glad
Annoyed Upset Envious, jealous Hopeless
Tired Restless Concerned Scared
Dizzy Bad Interested Fantastic
Disappointed Mad Curious Weak
Hopeful Doubtful Uninterested Meaningful/meaningless
Great Exhausted Embarrassed Joyful/Unjoyful
Confused Angry Anxious Horrible
Frightened Lonely Relieved Panic
Lazy Lucky Sick Flattered
Terrible Unlucky Uncertain Down
Fussy Tense Sleepy Depressed
Stressful Satisfied Regret Sorrow
Worried Guilty Smashed Proud
 c. When do you feel that way?
I feel _________________ when I _________________________
She feels ______________________ when she ________________________

II. Reading comprehension

Read the paragraphs and say how the person in each story is probably feeling. Fill in the
blanks in the answer sentences with suitable words from the given list:
Happy Relieved Embarrassed Disappointed
Frightened Angry Anxious

1. Rio’s parents are out of the evening. He is alone in the house. Suddenly the phone rings.
When he picks it up, no one answers. Outside it is raining very hard. There’s loud
thunder and lightning. Suddenly, rio hears noises down stairs. Rio locks himself up in his
room and tries to stay very quiet.
Rio is _________________
2. Last night riri went to see a horror movie with her friend and came home late. She went
to bed immediately and didn’t study for the English test. When she came to school this
morning, she heard that the test was postponed until next week.
Riri felt ________________
3. Linda’s mother is at supermarket. When it is her turn to pay, the cashier says, “Rp
35,000, please”. Linda’s mother opens her purse, but she doesn’t see any money in it.
She can’t pay for her groceries. Her face turns red as she tries to explain the situation to
the cashier.
Linda’s mother is __________________
4. Mr. Santoso asks the neighborhood boys not to play ball near his house, but the boys
don’t listen to him. Every time Mr. Santoso hears the ball hit the wall of his house, he
yells at the boys and tells them to go away. This happen many times.
Mr. Santoso is ________________________
5. Bayu is at the doctor’s office. The doctor is in his laboratory, and is looking at Bayu’s X-
Rays. Bayu is sitting in the doctor office and waiting for the doctor. All the time Bayu is
wondering, “is there something wrong with me?”. He is also biting his finger nails all the
time.
Bayu feels ____________________________
6. Don’s high school is having an art contest. He walks into the room where his paintings
are. There is a blue ribbon on one of his pictures. He is the grand prize winner. He wins
Rp 1,000,000!
Don feels _________________________________
7. Today is Carla’s 16th birthday. She feels happy and excited. She expects her best friends,
Irma and Desi, to congratulate her and give her presents. But her friends have forgotten
her birthday.
Carla is __________________________
 III. How would you feel if you were in this situation????
1. My boyfriend never keeps his promises. He has cancelled out our dates three times.
I feel/I’m __________________
2. My friend took my CDs without saying anything.
I feel/I’m __________________
3. I studied hard for the exam. I guess I’m not good at English verb tenses. I only got 6.
I feel/I’m __________________
4. My classmate keeps asking me stupid questions. Is it her business whether I have a
boyfriend or not?
I feel/I’m __________________
5. I saved money to buy my favorite band’s new record. When I got to the store, it was
sold out.
I feel/I’m __________________
6. Stop bugging me. Leave me alone. Can’t you see I’m busy?
I feel/I’m __________________
7. My girlfriend, Jenny, cheated on me. She went out with another guy. I don’t want to see
her anymore.
I feel/I’m __________________
8. Don’t come near me. I’m not in a good mood. You broke my expensive china cups!!!
I feel/I’m __________________

IV. Notice the following expressions when we are not fine

How are you today Not so good

How’re things going? Not too well, I’m afraid.
How’re things going with you? I’m not feeling well
How are you doing? I’m feeling bad
What’s wrong? I’m tired
What seems to be the problem? I’m sad
What’s going on? I’m annoyed
What’s up? I’m disappointed
What’s the problem? I’m unhappy
What happened? I’m nervous

 Sorry to hear that. Hope you feel well soon.

 Oh, that’s too bad. I hope you feel better soon.
 Sorry to hear that. Hope you get well soon.

V. Use the following adjectives to fill the blanks in the sentences

Nervous Interesting Honest Sad Sick

Intelligent Lazy Tired Worried Upset
Confused Happy Disappointed Lucky Excited
 1. Ani is ____________ because today is her birthday.
2. We sometimes are ____________ to do our homework.
3. Bobby is _______________ because her brother is wearing Bobby’s new shoes without
asking him first.
4. Ms. Ira doesn’t punish us for not doing our homework. We are very ___________ to
have such a nice teacher.
5. I will feel _____________ if I fail my test.
6. Doni is an _______________ student. He always gets high marks for all subjects.
7. Its almost 10 PM. Bill is not home yet. His parents are __________ about him.
8. This is an _____________ story book.
9. We all are _______________ when we have an exam.
10. My father works too hard. He looks ____________________.
11. The headmaster announces that we have a school trip to Singapore. Everyone is
___________ about it.
12. Tito always tells the truth. He is an ___________ boy.
13. Tini’s face is pale. Maybe she is _____________.
14. Even though ary and I aren’t close friends, I feel _______________ to hear he is
seriously ill.
15. Vivi has a problem, but she doesn’t know how to solve it. She feels very ____________.

VI. Expressing feelings in a diary

Some people keep a diary to vent their feelings. What do people write in a diary? Below are
examples from Tuty’s diary. Read them, and look at the way Tuty express herself.

March 4 Back to school! History, geography ……. Never been my favorites. Boring!
Teachers ….. the same. Hope tomorrow will be more exciting. Good to have
some of the old gang in class, though: diana, endro, sally … but miranda …..
oh, brother!
March 5 Nothing interesting going on today!
March 13 A new boy in the class next door! A knock-out, diana says. Haven’t seen him,
yet. Too bad!
March 17 Had a good look at tom. That’s the new boy’s name: T-O-M, just like that.
He’s …….. cool!!
March 18 Never realized history could be so interesting. Was surprised Ms. Bardiah
could tell such exciting stories. Geography was fun, too.
March 20 Tom said hello to miranda. At least, that’s what she told me. Boy!!was she
excited! Who cares….?!
April 2 Miranda was talking to Tom for longer than five minutes. Gosh! I hope he
doesn’t like her….. so affected!!! Can’t be his type of girl!
April 3 Mom asked about my lesson in school. She looked kind of worried. Why
should she?
April 10 Endro said tom’s got a crush on me! Well, what of it …? People do find me
 charming. Wow!.. c’mon, tuty, get back to earth!
April 15 I’m thrilled! He smiled at me. Or was it meant for miranda? She was standing
next to me…. No, he definitely smiled at me! But …, oh, …. I didn’t smile
back! Was too dazed!!... tomorrow, yes, tomorrow I’ll give him a big smile. I
hope he likes me.
April 16 He talked to me, and I talked to him. And …. He’s coming to visit on
Saturday. Can’t wait!! I’ll have to tell mom. No need to worry, mom. Tom’s
just great!
April 19 Oh boy!!