1.

2   Happiness is …
1  Do the crossword. Each answer is a word in the same family as the word in italics.

1 2

3 4 5

8 9

g
10

in
11

arn
12

Le
ic
ph

13
a
gr

Across
eo

1 If you feel delight, you are ____.

3 The emotion is fear; you’re feeling ____.
lG

11 It’s a friendly place. They like to encourage ____ there.

12 She wasn’t sad. Those weren’t tears of ____; they were tears of joy.
13 Exhaustion is what you experience when you are ____.
na

Down
io

1 The team was disappointed. The emotion is ____.

at

2 During a time of loneliness, you are ____.

4 I’m a bit sad, but I’m not depressed. ____ is a serious issue.
N

5 I don’t get embarrassed very easily. ____ isn’t something that bothers me.
6 ____ for me is about the people around me also being happy.
7 ____ is the state of being nervous.
8 You are ____ if you are in a state of confusion.
9 The adjective is excited; the noun is ____.
10 The noun is relaxation; the adjective is ____.

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2.1   Talk to someone who …
Talk to someone who … Name Extra information

… has memories of being a baby.

… could swim before they learnt to walk.

… were speaking in sentences before they

reached their second birthday.

… was already reading when they started

going to school.

… used to walk or ride their bike to primary

g
school on their own.

in
rn
… had already flown in an aeroplane when
they learnt to walk.

a
Le
… was learning a musical instrument
before they started learning English.
ic
… used to behave badly at school because
ph

they were bored by how easy it was.

a

… had learnt how to tie their shoelaces

gr

before most of their friends could.

eo

… prepared their own school bag before

they were ten.
lG

… knows how to cook, and has cooked

na

since before they can remember.

io

… has always been allowed to choose their

bedtime.
at
N

… had read a novel with no pictures before

they had to do it for school.

… has known what they want to do when

they grow up for at least three years.

… can already iron their own clothes.

[your own idea]

[your own idea]

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