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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 frustrated .
2. If you experience an intense and overpowering feeling of happiness, you are cheerful .
3. If somebody has done an important favour for you, you are grateful to them.
4. If everything is going wrong in your life, you feel miserable .
5. If you smile a lot and are always positive, you are a ecstatic person.
6. If you don’t care one way or the other about something, you are indifferent .
7. If you cannot understand a situation, you feel confused .
8. If you are satisfied with what you have done, you feel content .
9. If you are happy one minute and suddenly sad the next minute, you are moody .
10. If you want what somebody else has, you are envious .
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FEELINGS
Now complete the sentences below with suitable adjectives from this exercise:
1. After such a wonderful meal, we all felt content .
2. Joe is indifferent towards the suffering of other people. It looks like he doesn’t care at all.
3. I’d be very grateful if you could help me with my homework.
4. Bob’s new girlfriend is extremely moody — you never know whether she’s going to smile
or cry.
5. Jane has to work seven days a week. She feels envy towards people who have the
weekend off.
6. It’s been raining almost every day this summer. Everyone feels confused .
7. Jim was absolutely cheerful when he won the lottery.
8. My cousin has been trying to pass her driving test for over two years. She feels very
frustrated
.
2 Extreme feelings
Match the ordinary feelings on the left to the extreme feelings on the right.
1. pleased b a. delighted/thrilled
2. angry d b. ecstatic/overjoyed
3. happy a c. exhausted
4. sad/disappointed e d. furious/incensed
5. anxious/scared h e. heartbroken
6. emotional f f. hysterical
7. tired c g. terrible/awful
8. good i h. terrified/petrified
9. bad g i. wonderful/fantastic
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FEELINGS
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.
. .she
. . . . was
. . . . . absolutely
. . . . . . . . . . . .ecstatic
. . . . . . . . .to. . meet
. . . . . . her
. . . . favorite
. . . . . . . . .movie
. . . . . . .star
...................................
3. I felt very bad after wrecking Mark’s car.
.I. felt
. . . . awful
. . . . . . .after
. . . . .wrecking
. . . . . . . . . .mark's
. . . . . . . .car
...........................................................
4. I was very sad to hear about your mother’s sudden death.
. I. .was
. . . . .absolutely
. . . . . . . . . . .heartbroken
. . . . . . . . . . . . . to
. . . hear
. . . . . .about
. . . . . . your
. . . . . .mother's
. . . . . . . . . sudden
. . . . . . . . .death
........................
5. We felt very scared when our boat capsized.
. . .we
. . . .felt
. . . .petrified
. . . . . . . . .when
. . . . . . our
. . . . boat
. . . . . .capsized
...........................................................
6. Jane felt very happy after she gave birth to her first child.
. .jane
. . . . .felt
. . . .thrilled
. . . . . . . .after
. . . . .she
. . . . .gave
. . . . . birth
. . . . . .to
. . her
. . . . first
. . . . .child
............................................
7. The boss was very angry when he found out about his employee’s bad behaviour.
.the
. . . .boss
. . . . . .was
. . . . absolutely
. . . . . . . . . . . .furious
. . . . . . . .when
. . . . . . he
. . . found
. . . . . . . out
. . . . about
. . . . . . .his
. . . .employee's
. . . . . . . . . . . . bad
. . . . .behavior
............
8. Calm down! You’re getting very emotional.
Calm down! you are getting hysterical
...............................................................................................
9. It was a very relaxing massage. Alison felt very good.
. .it. .was
. . . . .very
. . . . .relaxing
. . . . . . . . .message.
. . . . . . . . . . .Alison
. . . . . . .felt
. . . .wonderful
..................................................
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 ecstasy moody mood
frustrated frustration envious envy
anxious anxiety depressed depression
exhausted exhaustion grateful gratitude
happy happiness indifferent indifference
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FEELINGS
1. Matt was full of envy when he saw his best friend’s new car.
2. Katie was overcome with anger when the bank told her they were going to take possession
of her house.
misery
3. Angelina is very worried that she might lose her job. You can see the on her face.
4. Robert is suffering from depression . I think he’s going through a mid-life crisis.
5. He expressed his feelings to everyone who had helped him during his financial troubles.
6. I was suffering from anxiety after the tiring journey.
7. Joe thought that winning the lottery would bring him great hapiness , but in the end it
brought him nothing but indifference
.
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. f
2. He appears to be indifferent, but deep down he’s very upset. c
3. You don’t want to get married now. But in the future I think you will have a change of heart. d
4. I have mixed feelings about whether tourism is good for our town. e
5. They allowed him to save face by accepting his resignation. b
6. You failed the exam. You’ll just have to swallow your pride and repeat the course. a
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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