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GENERAL ENGLISH · VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT · UPPER-INTERMEDIATE (B2-C1)

FEELINGS

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1 Pleasant and unpleasant feelings

Study the feelings. Put ‘P’ (pleasant), ‘U’ (unpleasant) or ‘N’ (neutral) next to each word and complete
the sentences below.

cheerful confused content ecstatic envious

frustrated grateful indifferent miserable moody

1. If you are unable to do something that you want to do, you feel .
2. If you experience an intense and overpowering feeling of happiness, you are .
3. If somebody has done an important favour for you, you are to them.
4. If everything is going wrong in your life, you feel .
5. If you smile a lot and are always positive, you are a person.
6. If you don’t care one way or the other about something, you are .
7. If you cannot understand a situation, you feel .
8. If you are satisfied with what you have done, you feel .
9. If you are happy one minute and suddenly sad the next minute, you are .
10. If you want what somebody else has, you are .

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Now complete the sentences below with suitable adjectives from this exercise:

1. After such a wonderful meal, we all felt .

2. Joe is towards the suffering of other people. It looks like he doesn’t care at all.
3. I’d be very if you could help me with my homework.
4. Bob’s new girlfriend is extremely — you never know whether she’s going to smile
or cry.
5. Jane has to work seven days a week. She feels towards people who have the
weekend off.
6. It’s been raining almost every day this summer. Everyone feels .
7. Jim was absolutely when he won the lottery.
8. My cousin has been trying to pass her driving test for over two years. She feels very
.

2 Extreme feelings

Match the ordinary feelings on the left to the extreme feelings on the right.

1. pleased a. delighted/thrilled

2. angry b. ecstatic/overjoyed

3. happy c. exhausted

4. sad/disappointed d. furious/incensed

5. anxious/scared e. heartbroken

6. emotional f. hysterical

7. tired g. terrible/awful

8. good h. terrified/petrified

9. bad i. wonderful/fantastic

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Now rewrite the sentences below like in the example.

1. Jim was very happy when he won the lottery.

Jim was absolutely ecstatic when he won the lottery.
2. She was very pleased to meet her favourite movie star.
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3. I felt very bad after wrecking Mark’s car.
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4. I was very sad to hear about your mother’s sudden death.
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5. We felt very scared when our boat capsized.
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6. Jane felt very happy after she gave birth to her first child.
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7. The boss was very angry when he found out about his employee’s bad behaviour.
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8. Calm down! You’re getting very emotional.
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9. It was a very relaxing massage. Alison felt very good.
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Now make sentences about your own experiences using these extreme adjectives.

3 Adjectives + nouns

Complete the table and then the sentences on the next page with appropriate nouns like in the
example.

Adjective Noun Adjective Noun

furious fury miserable misery

ecstatic moody

frustrated envious

anxious depressed

exhausted grateful

happy indifferent

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1. Matt was full of envy when he saw his best friend’s new car.
2. Katie was overcome with when the bank told her they were going to take possession
of her house.
3. Angelina is very worried that she might lose her job. You can see the on her face.
4. Robert is suffering from . I think he’s going through a mid-life crisis.
5. He expressed his to everyone who had helped him during his financial troubles.
6. I was suffering from after the tiring journey.
7. Joe thought that winning the lottery would bring him great , but in the end it
brought him nothing but .

4 Idioms related to feelings

Study the sentences and match the underlined idioms to their meaning. Then make up your own
sentence for each idiom.

1. Jane was over the moon when she passed her exams.
2. He appears to be indifferent, but deep down he’s very upset.
3. You don’t want to get married now. But in the future I think you will have a change of heart.
4. I have mixed feelings about whether tourism is good for our town.
5. They allowed him to save face by accepting his resignation.
6. You failed the exam. You’ll just have to swallow your pride and repeat the course.

a. accept something humiliating or embarrassing, for example having to admit that you are wrong
b. avoid humiliation or embarrassment and preserve dignity
c. behind the outward appearance
d. change your attitude or feelings
e. conflicting emotions
f. extremely happy

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Key

1. Pleasant and unpleasant feelings

Go through the different feelings, eliciting examples.

Pleasant feelings: ecstatic, grateful, cheerful, content
Unpleasant feelings: frustrated, miserable, confused, moody, envious
Neutral feelings: indifferent

1. frustrated 2. ecstatic 3. grateful 4. miserable

5. cheerful 6. indifferent 7. confused 8. content
9. moody 10. envious
Complete the sentences (possible answers):

1. content 2. indifferent 3. grateful 4. moody

5. envious 6. miserable 7. ecstatic 8. frustrated

2. Extreme feelings

1. a 2. d 3. b 4. e 5. h 6. f 7. c 8. i 9. g

2. She was thrilled to meet her favourite movie star.

3. I felt (absolutely) terrible/awful after wrecking Mark’s car.
4. I was heartbroken to hear about your mother’s sudden death.
5. We felt (absolutely) terrified/petrified when our boat capsized.
6. Jane felt ecstatic/overjoyed after she gave birth to her first child.
7. The boss was furious when he found out about his employee’s bad behaviour.
8. Calm down! You’re getting hysterical.
9. It was a very relaxing massage. Alison felt wonderful.

3. Adjectives + nouns

Students can work individually with the aid of a dictionary and check in pairs. Alternatively, complete the table
on the board (eliciting answers) and have students complete the sentences individually.
ecstatic - ecstasy, frustrated - frustration, anxious - anxiety, exhausted - exhaustion, happy - happiness, moody -
moodiness, envious - envy, depressed - depression, grateful - gratefulness/gratitude, indifferent - indifference
Complete the sentences (possible answers):

2. fury 3. anxiety 4. depression 5. gratitude 6. exhaustion

7. happiness;misery

4. Idioms related to feelings

1. f 2. c 3. d 4. e 5. b 6. a

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