Junior High School

Grade 8

English

ENGLISH LEARNING KIT

First Quarter – Week 5

Conveying Emotional
Responses

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 English – Grade 8
English Learning Kit
Conveying Emotional Responses
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 Conveying Emotional Responses

BEGIN

When you were in Grade 7, you

have learned the important concepts about
verbs, adjectives and adverbs. This time,
you can explore more ways on how to use
verbs, adjectives and adverbs in
meaningful conversation specifically in
conveying emotions. It is important for you
to familiarize on how to use these words in
different situations. Effective
communication happens if you know how
to use content words in sentences and
such of these are the verbs, adjectives and
adverbs.
In this module, you will learn on how
to use verbs, adjectives and adverbs in
conveying emotional responses or reacting
to issues presented. One goal that you
have to master is how to use verbs,
adjectives and adverbs in persuasion.
Concepts will be discussed and examples
will be given as springboards for learning.
Furthermore, this material also provides
enrichment activities that will help you
master the competency. You can now
begin your journey. Have fun learning!

TARGETS

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Use a range of verbs, adjectives and adverbs to convey emotional

response or reaction to an issue to persuade

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 TRY THIS

DIRECTIONS: Read each sentence carefully, and choose the word that completes
the thought of the sentence.

1. Mike _____ when he read a breaking up message from his girlfriend.

A. teared up B. freaked out C. cracked up D. lit up

2. After a decade, Amery's face _______ extraordinarily when she saw her best
friend.
A. teared up B. freaked out C. cracked up D. lit up

3. Vincent ______ when he saw a dead spider. He has arachnophobia.

A. teared up B. freaked out C. cracked up D. lit up

4. Dindy ______ when she saw a very hilarious video in Tiktok.

A. teared up B. freaked out C. cracked up D. lit up

5. Michelle was sincerely ____ to Carol after making a mistake against her.
A. forgiving B. sorry C. embarrassed D. depressed

6. The 1st Place winner of the Spelling Quiz in the 2019 ELSC was very ____ for
making it to the top.
A. jittery B. nostalgic C. mournful D. overwhelmed

7. What adverb will complete this sentence?

____, the COVID-19 has brought a lot of changes in our lives.
A. Absolutely B. Truly C. Precisely D. Determinedly

8. President Duterte is ______ that a vaccine will be developed for COVID-19.

A. pessimistic B. optimistic C. anxious D. expecting

9. The families of COVID-19 victims _____ for their loss of loved ones.
Which word does NOT complete the thought of the sentence?
A. mourned B. lamented C. bereaved D. eulogized

10. For them to recover, COVID-19 patients need their families and friends
support and ___. Which word DOESN’T complete the thought of the
sentence?
A. sympathy B. empathy C. complement D. compassion

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 DO THIS

ACTIVITY 1: FEEL IT!

Directions: Read the following social media posts and determine how the person
posting feels with his or her post. Write Kylie’s feelings inside the
broken box. Explain your answer.
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DO THIS
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 EXPLORE
E

Great! You did a great job in

expressing your emotion and reaction in
the previous activities. Let us explore more
concepts and unravel the depth of this
lesson by answering these questions.

1. What do you know about verbs? adjectives? adverbs?

2. What is persuasion?
3. When does persuasion happen? Can you cite a real life situation when it happens?
4. Can verbs, adjectives and adverbs convey emotions? Explain you answer.
5. Can you give some examples of verbs, adjectives and adverbs that convey
different emotions? Give three examples for each.
6. Can you give some examples of verbs, adjectives and adverbs that we use in
persuasion? Give three examples for each.

KEEP THIS IN MIND

Every person needs to convey his emotion

or feelings, so he can be understood. Our feelings
and inner thoughts and even our suggestions,
opinions and reactions must be conveyed. In doing
so, you can use specific words that give a more
convincing meaning to your sentences.

VERB is a word (or group of words) that expresses the action in a sentence. 1
Commonly used verbs that convey emotion are phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb
is a verb that is made up of two or three words. The first word is a verb, and the
second word is a particle (either an adverb or a preposition such as in, up, or on). 2

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Sadler, R.K. et al. 1990. Enjoying English Book 2. Malaysia: Vivar Printing Sdn. Bhd

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 These verbs or phrasal verbs are also called "emotional response verbs".
To make more conveying sentences, we can use these verbs and phrasal verbs:

Verb Examples:
amuse annoy baffle bewilder bore
confuse depress disappoint excite frighten
frustrate interest motivate overwhelm please
puzzle shock surprise

Verbs in Sentences:
• The children were thrilled by the haunted house.
• Jen was surprised by her brother's fake tongue prank.
• Billy is depressed after losing his business.
• You are annoying me!
• Little Lily was frightened in her room when the power was interrupted.

Phrasal Verb Examples:

cheer up lash out at crack up calm down
choke up let down grow on bottle up
tear up freak out light up stir up
tell off

Phrasal Verbs in Sentences:

• Mike teared up when he read a breaking up message from his girlfriend.
• After a decade, Amery's face lit up extraordinarily when she saw her best
friend.
• Vincent freaked out when he saw a dead spider. He has arachnophobia.
• Dindy cracked up when she saw a very hilarious video in Tiktok.
• The people calmed down after they panicked when a stranger left a black
bag inside the shopping mall.
ADJECTIVE describes a noun’s or pronoun’s number, color, size, type, or other
qualities. 3
Some examples of adjectives are perfect, extravagant, wonderful, unbelievable,
climactic, horrible, deadly and many more.

An adjective also helps in expressing the tone, feelings, and emotions of our
speeches. A simple noun like ‘anger” may be intensified by adding the adjective
extreme making the phrase ‘extreme anger’.

2
Phrasal Verbs. 2016. Ryerson University. Retrieved from
https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/studentlearningsupport/resources/grammar-
handouts/Phrasal_Verbs.pdf
3
Bauer,T.E. et al. (2011). Exercises in English. Makati City, Philippines: The Bookmark, Inc.

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 Using adjectives in conveying emotions and making persuasions intensifies our
speech. You can imply easily what we want to say and how we feel. Adjectives can
convey both positive and negative emotions.
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Study these adjectives which you can use in conveying feelings and emotion.
1. Adjective for Positive Emotions: appreciative, blessed, blissful, contented,
ecstatic, elated, glad, happy, joyful, jubilant, merry, pleased, respectful, sweet,
serene, thankful, upbeat, vivacious, accepting, calm, confident, cool, earnest, easy,

2. Adjectives for Negative Emotions: angry, disenchanted, distressed, glum,

gloomy, grumpy, grouchy, miserable, mad, moody, nervous, sad, sadistic, selfish,
sour, indifferent, jealous, hateful, raging

3. Adjective for Positive Feelings: amazed, attractive, beautiful, bold, brave,

cheerful, comfortable, delightful, excited, festive, free, jolly, optimistic, proud,
wonderful, easygoing, intelligent, religious

4. Adjectives for Negative Emotions: aggravated, awful, chilly, depressed, dirty,

dreadful, heavy, irritated, pessimistic, tearful, tense, terrible, tired, ugly, weak,
anxious, horrified, shy

Sentence Examples:
1. Young Chloe taught me to become appreciative in life, to be thankful of the
simplest that we have in life.
2. The businessman feels horrified and pessimistic that he could hardly start
his business again after his loss.
3. After battling the gloomy days of her life, Mrs. Santos feels blessed now.

An ADVERB is a word that describes a verb, and adjective, or another adverb. 3

Just like verbs and adjectives, they also convey emotions and feelings. They
strengthen the tone and mood of your speech and intensify its degree. Most of these
adverbs are originally adjectives. They are formed by adding –ly. Here are some
examples:
ADJECTIVES ADVERBS
sad sadly
fantastic fantastically

Just like adjectives, adverbs convey both positive and negative emotions. Study the
examples given.

1. Adverbs for Positive Feelings: beautifully, boldly, bravely, cheerfully,

comfortably, delightfully, excitedly, festively, proudly, religiously, dynamically, lively,

3
Bauer,T.E. et al. (2011). Exercises in English. Makati City, Philippines: The Bookmark, Inc.
4
List of Adjectives to Describe Tone, Feelings, and Emotions. Retrieved from
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/adjectives/list-of-adjectives-to-describe-tone-feelings-
emotions.html

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 generously, victoriously, sweetly, kindly, whole-heartedly, lovely, honestly, brilliantly,
calmly, best

2. Adverbs for Negative Emotions: awfully, dreadfully, half-heartedly, hopelessly,

annoyingly, miserably, sadly, stressfully, sulkily, wearily, woefully, selfishly,
impatiently, resentfully, cruelly, lazily, vainly, conceitedly, worst, badly, drastically

Sentence Examples:
1. The rich woman was very touched of the orphan’s story, so she whole-
heartedly decided to adopt her.
2. The young orphan lived her life miserably and hopelessly.
3. Delightfully, the rich woman thanked God for giving her a chance to become
the orphan’s new family.

SUM UP

You are almost done with this module. You have read
thoroughly the key concepts about conveying emotions
using verbs, adjectives and adverbs.
Now, let’s have a recapitulation of the important
things you have learned.

In expressing yourself in the most meaningful way, you can use verbs,
adjectives and adverb.
There are verbs that convey strong emotion. Most of these verbs are phrasal
verbs. Adjectives are also used in expressing ones mood and emotion. These can
be both positive and negative feelings. Adverbs are also used in conveying emotion.
Most of these adverbs are originally formed from adjectives.

APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE

LEARNED

TASK A: BRING BACK MEMORIES

Different life situations made you feel variety of emotions. Some made you
laugh and smile; some made you cry and sob. This activity will let you reminisce
childhood memories and the feelings that you can associate with them.

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 Directions: Below are some notepads where you can write your good old
memories. Use the social media emoji as your reference on what life
experience to share. Do not forget to use verbs, adjectives, adverbs
that convey feelings and emotion.

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 REFLECT
REFLECT
REFLECT

You have shown great progress after

completing the previous activities given to you.
At this point, you will make a reflection on what
you have learned in this module.
r work and rate your confidence.

TASK: DEAREST SOMEBODY

Directions: Using the key concepts which you just learned, write a letter to someone
whom you considered your dearest; someone who is closest to your heart.
Make a reflection about how you feel towards your relationship and bonding.
Share how you feel towards the person. Use verbs, adjectives, and adverbs
that convey emotions and feelings, and summarize them in the table given
below.

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Summary of Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs Used that Convey Meaning

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 Verbs Used Adjectives Used Adverbs Used
1. 1. 1.
2. 2. 2.
3. 3. 3.
4. 4. 4.
5. 5. 5.
6. 6. 6.
7. 7. 7.
8. 8. 8.
9. 9. 9.
10. 10. 10.

Rubric for Evaluating the Friendly Letter 56

Excellent Good Fair Poor
Criteria Score
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points
Parts of a Writes all five Writes four of Writes two to Writes none of
Letter parts of a the five parts of three of the five the five parts of
friendly letter. a friendly letter. parts of a a friendly letter.
(Date, (Date, Greeting, friendly letter. (Date, Greeting,
Greeting, Body, (Date, Greeting, Body,
Body, Salutation, Body, Salutation,
Salutation, Signature) Salutation, Signature)
Signature) Signature)
Reflection and Lists three Lists two Lists one No reflecting
Usage of reflecting reflecting reflecting sentences in
Conveying sentences in sentences in sentences in the letter.
Verbs, the letter. the letter. the letter.
Adjectives and
Adverbs
Legibility and Contains Contains some Contains little Contains no
Spacing legible writing legible writing legible writing legible writing
and use of and use of and use of or use of
spacing spacing spacing spacing
between between letters, between letters, between letters,
letters, words words and words and words and
and sentences sentences sentences sentences
appropriately. appropriately. appropriately. appropriately.
Spelling Contains Contains some Contains little Contains no
evidence of evidence of evidence of evidence of
words spelled words spelled words spelled words spelled
correctly with correctly with correctly with correctly with
regular short regular short regular short regular short
vowel patterns vowel patterns vowel patterns vowel patterns
and most and most and most and most
common long common long common long common long
vowel words. vowel words. vowel words. vowel words.

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jmistret06. Writing rubric for writing a letter to Hallelujah's mom in "Children of the Fire.".
https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=H26745&sp=yes&

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 ASSESS WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED

POST-TEST: COMPLETE ME!

Directions: Read each sentence carefully, and choose the word that completes the
thought of the sentence.
1. What adjective best completes the sentence?
“Ms. Vasquez pitied the __________ situation of the street children.”
A. easygoing B. indifferent C. miserable D. raging
2. The English teacher ________ asked the student who is busy doing his project in
other subject to answer the question in the board. What adverb completes the
sentence?
A. happily B. sweetly C. irritatingly D. awfully
3. The young girl feels ______ after bagging her 34th international gold medal in
Math competitions.
A. victorious B. conceited C. discontented D. vain
4. “A mother’s love is unconditional. She gives everything to her family.”
What emotion can we convey from the sentences above?
A. alluring B. arrogant C. admiring D. proud
5. “Despite the hard and strenuous work at the farm, Mang Jose still finds
time to play with his grandchildren.” What dominant emotion is conveyed
here?
A. acceptance B. triumph C. happiness D. guilt
6. Which sentence conveys the best horrifying mood?
A. I have fear of spiders before.
B. I thought it was a ghost! It was only you. LOL!
C. With the eerie sound, darkness scattered. I’m home alone.
D. Dino scared me of is horrible costume, but it turned out to be funny.
7. “At last, we’ve reached the peak of Mt. Napulak.” How does the speaker feel?
A. contented B. victorious C. amazed D. tired
8. “I am very glad of all the things that you've done for my family.”
How does the speaker feel?
A. thankful B. sarcastic C. amused D. eager
9. The following adjectives may describe the emotion of the following lines
EXCEPT,
“ I hope I could turn back time. I will never let go of your hands and let
another man hold them.”
A. contented B. gladness C. grieving D. regret
10. Which statement DOES NOT express admiration?
A. That's great! Your idea is unique.
B. Relax and everything will be fine.
C. Her beauty is rare. She's like a gem.
D. You're one of the toughest women I’ve ever known.

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 GLOSSARY

The following terms used in this module are defined as follows:

Adjective describes a noun’s or pronoun’s number, color, size,
type, or other qualities.
Adverb is a word that describes a verb, and adjective, or another
adverb.
Phrasal verb is a verb that is made up of two or three words. The first
word is a verb, and the second word is a particle (either
an adverb or a preposition such as in, up, or on).
Verb is a word (or group of words) that expresses the action in
a sentence.

ANSWER KEY

Pre-Test Post-Test
1. A 6. D 1. C 6. C
2. D 7. B 2. C 7. B
3. B 8. B 3. A 8. A
4. C 9. D 4. C 9. D
5. B 10.C 5. C 10.B

REFERENCES

Bauer,T.E. et al. (2011). Exercises in English. Makati City, Philippines: The

Bookmark, Inc.
jmistret06. Writing rubric for writing a letter to Hallelujah's mom in "Children of the
Fire.". https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=H26745&sp=yes&
List of Adjectives to Describe Tone, Feelings, and Emotions. Retrieved from
https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/parts-of-speech/adjectives/list-of-
adjectives-todescribe-tone-feelings-emotions.html
Phrasal Verbs. 2016. Ryerson University. Retrieved from
https://www.ryerson.ca/content/dam/studentlearningsupport/resources/gramm
arhandouts/Phrasal_Verbs.pdf
Sadler, R.K. et al. 1990. Enjoying English Book 2. Malaysia: Vivar Printing Sdn.
Bhd

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