TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S How do I feel?

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary and Speaking In this fun adjectives of feeling and emotion activity, students
Game: miming, guessing, play a miming game where they guess situations and related
forming sentences from adjectives that describe feelings and emotions.
prompts (group work)
Procedure
Focus Demonstrate the game by miming the following sentence:
Adjectives of feeling and
You can't find your dog.
emotion
Ask the students to guess the situation and make a sentence.
Accept any sentence that is produced with the underlined
Aim
keywords and award the student who said it with a point.
To play a miming
game where you guess Then, mime the related adjective: You're upset.
situations and related
adjectives that describe Again, give one point to the first student to say the adjective.
feelings and emotions.
Next, divide the students into groups of three or four.

Preparation Give each group a set of cards. Groups will also need a pen and
paper for keeping score.
Make one copy of the
cards for each group of
Ask the students to shuffle the cards and place them face-down
three or four and cut as
in a pile on the table.
indicated.
Students then take it in turns to pick up a card from the pile and
Level mime the first sentence on the card to the group.

Upper-intermediate (B2) The first group member to guess the situation and make a
sentence using the underlined keywords scores a point.

Time The student with the card then goes on to mime the related
25 minutes adjective. The first student to guess the adjective scores one
point.

The card is then removed from the game and the next student
picks up a card to mime and so on.

The game continues until all the cards have been used.

The student with the most points at the end of the game wins.

This game can also be played against competing groups or as a

class in two teams with students miming in front of the class.

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 ADJECTIVES OF FEELING AND EMOTION

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S How do I feel?

You are going to give a

You didn't sleep last night.
presentation.
You're tired.
You're nervous.

You've had an argument

You have nothing to do.
with your friend.
You're bored.
You're angry.

Your favourite football team

You're going to go on holiday.
lost the match.
You're excited.
You're disappointed.

You lost your bag

You can't find a parking space.
and then found it again.
You're frustrated.
You're relieved.

You don't have any money. You fell over in public.

You're depressed. You're embarrassed.

You broke up
You're watching a funny film.
with your partner.
You're amused.
You're heartbroken.

You've been sitting

You've just done some yoga.
on the floor a long time.
You're relaxed.
You're uncomfortable.

You've just climbed a You're on an airplane

mountain. and there is bad turbulence.

You're exhausted. You're worried.

You've just won the lottery. You're being chased by a lion.

You're surprised. You're scared.

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