Language focus moods and emotions

Task 16.

1. Study the following words and expressions before doing the tasks of the Language Focus

depressed, frustrated, aggressive, furious, tense, worried, frightened, terrified, dread, irritable, offended, exhausted, appalling, heartbroken, disgusted, filthy, lazy, cheerful, generous, calm, relaxed, joyful, to be in good/bad mood, heart pounding, drum one’s finger, astonished, obsessive, overjoyed, delighted, fantastic, huge, delicious.

b. Study the following adjectives. Which are positive/negative?

3. Make up derivative nouns, where possible (depressed – depression).

Depressed, cheerful, generous, stressed, frustrated, calm, glad, relaxed, joyful, aggressive, happy, lonely, worried, angry, nervous, sad, excited, furious, shy, tense, lazy, optimistic, proud, terrible, funny.

Task 17. Match the feelings to the physical sensations. Make up sentences of your own.

angry frightened excited hungry stressed nervous

a) butterflies in the stomach b) heart pounding c) sweaty palms d) rush of adrenaline e) stomach rumbling f) red face

Task 18. Cross out the words which don’t go with verb feel. Think of the situations when a person usually feels like that.

Fear, lonely, astonished, stressed, sick, irritable, alive, angry, offended, frustrated, hungry, better, panic, strong, healthy, obsessive.

Ω Task 19. Listen to five people talking about different situations. Match each speaker to the way they feel.

A. They’re dreading a visit from their cousin. B. They’re looking forward to their friend coming. C. They find student life fascinating. D. They miss their friend. E. They like having friends over for dinner.

Speaker 1.____ Speaker 2.____ Speaker 3.____ Speaker 4.____ Speaker 5.____

Task 20. Extreme adjectives

1. In pairs, use the adjectives from the list to act out short exchanges.

Furious, overjoyed, exhausted, delighted, appalling, filthy, heartbroken, fantastic, huge, delicious, terrified

Model: A: You must be tired.

B: Tired! I’m exhausted.

1. You must be pleased.

2. You must have been scared.

3. You look angry.

4. The food was bad.

5. She seems happy with her exam results.

6. Sarah seemed upset.

2. Read the text below and replace the words in bold with appropriate extreme adjectives.

Joy was feeling tired. She had spent all afternoon making a tasty pie. She had just taken it out of the oven and was really pleased with the results. She put it on the window-sill to cool and went off to have a short nap. Suddenly, there was a loud crash in the kitchen. She felt really scared. When she tiptoed into the kitchen, she was shocked to see a big, dirty, dog eating her pie. She was really angry! “This is bad,” she thought. The extremely good thing was that this was her neighbour’s dog who had been lost for over a week. She knew her neighbor was upset about the whole incident, so when she phone him to give him the news, he was, of course, happy.

Task 21. Idioms and fixed phrases

1. What character qualities are these animals associated with? Look at the pictures and complete the idioms.

1. as brave as a(n) ___________

2. as wise as a(n) ____________

3. as stubborn as a(n) ________

4. as cunning as a(n) _________

5. as quiet as a(n) ___________

6. as sick as a(n) ____________

7. as proud as a(n) ___________

8. as slow as a(n) ____________

2. Match the adjectives from above with their opposites below.

flexible, straightforward, modest, foolish, quick, cowardly, noisy, healthy.

3. Fill in: white, quick, red, brown, quiet

1. as _____ as a berry

2. as _____ as a mouse

3. as _____ as a sheet

4. as _____ as a flash

5. as _____ as a beetroot

Task 22. Phrasal verbs.

1. Fill in up or down to complete the sentences.

2. Make up sentences of your own with the phrasal verbs.

1. She’s been quite depressed recently. This holiday will really cheer her _____

2. Calm _____! Things aren’t as bad as they seem!

3. Things are easing _____ a bit at work. I won’t have to work so late from now on.

4. I don’t like watching sad films. They always get me _____.

5. You have been so stressed lately; you must relax and loosen _____ a bit or you will get ill.

6. Bob really let me _____. I was counting on him to complete the project on time.

7. Open _____ a bit and tell me how you feel.

8. It’s been such a tiring day, let’s go to the cinema and wind _____.

Task 23. Fill in prepositions for, at, of, in, about, to, by, with. Make up sentences.

afraid ___ sth; amused ___ sth; angry ___ sb; annoyed ___ sb ___ sth; anxious ___ sth; ashamed ___ sb; bored ___ sth/sb; brilliant ___sth; close ___ sb; delighted ___ sth; disappointed ___ sth/sb; exited ___sth; faithful ___ sb; friendly ___sb; frightened ___ sth; furious ___sb___sth; grateful___sb___sth; jealous ___sb; nervous ___ sth; pleased___sb; proud ___sth; rude ___sb; sensitive ___ sth; upset ___ sth;

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