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Feelings British English Student
Feelings British English Student
FEELINGS
Expemo code:
1ARB-X529-QRL1
Study the feelings. Put ‘P’ (pleasant), ‘U’ (unpleasant) or ‘N’ (neutral) next to each word and complete
the sentences below.
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 .
FEELINGS
Now complete the sentences below with suitable adjectives from this exercise:
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
FEELINGS
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.
ecstatic moody
frustrated envious
anxious depressed
exhausted grateful
happy indifferent
FEELINGS
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 .
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