TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Idiomatic Feelings

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary Exercises: In this idioms of feeling activity, students play a betting game
gap-fill, betting, where they complete sentences with idioms associated with
matching, forming feelings. Students then create sentences of their own with the
sentences, guessing idioms which they use in a guessing game.

Procedure
Focus
Give each student a copy of the two-page worksheet.
Idioms of feeling
To begin, students complete each sentence with one of the
idiomatic expressions of feeling shown. Students then bet between
Aim one to five points, depending on how confident they are with each
To learn and practice answer, five being very certain and one being not at all certain.
idioms of feeling.
Next, go through the sentences with the class and elicit the
correct answers. If students guessed the correct idiom, they write
Preparation the number of points they bet in the 'win' column. If they guessed
incorrectly, they write the number in the 'lose' column.
Make one copy of the
two-page worksheet for Exercise A - Answer key
each student.
1. under the weather 10. full of beans
2. seeing red 11. hard as nails
Level 3. head over heels 12. chilled out
4. over the moon 13. on edge
Upper-intermediate (B2) 5. down in the dumps 14. tied up
6. shaken up 15. shaking like a leaf
7. at a loose end 16. fed up
Time 8. spaced out 17. worn out
35 minutes 9. on the mend 18. blown away

Afterwards, students add up their points and subtract the amount

lost from the amount won to give a grand total. The student with
the most points wins.

Students then move on to match definitions with the idioms.

Exercise B - Answer key

1. j 4.m 7. h 10. g 13. d 16. a

2. f 5. c 8. e 11. l 14. q 17. n
3. p 6. o 9. r 12. k 15. b 18. i

After that, students choose five idioms and write them in a chart.
Students then write sentence beginnings that match the idioms
to make complete sentences, e.g. Beginning: The film was so
scary I... Idiom: ...was shaking like a leaf.

Finally, in pairs, students take it in turns to read each sentence

beginning to their partner who tries to guess the idiom that
completes the sentence.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Idiomatic Feelings

A. Complete each sentence with an idiomatic expression below. Bet between 1 to 5

points, depending on how sure you are of your answer. 5 is very sure, 1 is not very
sure.
fed up spaced out tied up head over heels hard as nails
under the weather blown away full of beans shaken up seeing red
worn out chilled out on edge shaking like a leaf
down in the dumps on the mend over the moon at a loose end

Sentences Bet Win Lose

1. I'm a bit ....................... My head hurts and I've got a cold.

2. I was ....................... after I discovered he had betrayed me.

3. He only met her last month, and he is already .......................

4. When I found out I'd passed the exam, I was .......................

5. Jen has been ........................ since she broke up with her boyfriend.

6. I wasn't hurt in the accident, but I was still quite .......................

7. I'm ....................... I wish I had more to do.

8. Sorry I didn't see you. I'm a bit ....................... at the moment.

9. Joe was ill last week, but thankfully he is ....................... now.

10. The kids can't wait for the holiday. They are .......................

11. Sara is ....................... and never shows when she is in pain.

12. Jim is always so ..................... Nothing ever seems to bother him.

13. She was ...................... the day the exam results were released.

14. I'm a bit ....................... at the moment. I'll call you when I'm free.

15. When she saw the huge spider, Jill was .........................

16. I'm ......................... with this hot weather. I wish it would rain!

17. I'm going to bed now. I'm absolutely .......................

18. I was completely ....................... by his amazing invention.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Idiomatic Feelings

B. Match the definitions to the idioms.

1. In love ....... a. blown away

2. Nervous ....... b. shaken up

3. Excited ....... c. spaced out

4. Exhausted ....... d. tied up

5. Not focused ....... e. under the weather

6. Angry ....... f. on edge

7. Recovering from an illness ....... g. fed up

8. Unwell ....... h. on the mend

9. Miserable ....... i. hard as nails

10. Annoyed with something ....... j. head over heels

11. Bored ....... k. chilled out

12. Relaxed ....... l. at a loose end

13. Busy ....... m. worn out

14. Frightened ....... n. over the moon

15. Shocked ....... o. seeing red

16. Really impressed / amazed ....... p. full of beans

17. Delighted ....... q. shaking like a leaf

18. Not showing emotions ....... r. down in the dumps

C. Choose five idioms above and write them in the chart. Then, write sentence
beginnings that match the idioms to make complete sentences.

Example: Beginning: The film was so scary I... Idiom: ...was shaking like a leaf.

Sentence beginning Idiom

1. ........................................................... ...............................................................

2. ........................................................... ...............................................................

3. ........................................................... ...............................................................

4. ........................................................... ...............................................................

5. ........................................................... ...............................................................

D. Now, in pairs, take it in turns to read each sentence beginning to your partner who
tries to guess the idiom that completes the sentence.

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