Simple Sentences

Feelings
Vocabulary
How are these people feeling?
Write a question and an answer for each person.

Feelings
• angry • confused
• hungry • bored
• proud • comfortable
• disgusted • jealous
• full • disappointed
• sick • thirsty

# Picture Sentences

How is he feeling?                         

        
1
He is    
angry.                            

How are you feeling?                        

        
2
I                                  

                                 
3
I                                 

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Vocabulary cont.
# Picture Sentences

                                 
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He                                 

                                 
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She                                

                                 
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They                              

                                 
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He                                 

                                 
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He                                 

                                 
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I                                  

                                 
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He                                 

                                 
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She                                

                                 
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They                                

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Expressions
A. E
 xpressing Feelings  B. Expressing Feelings 

subject + be + adjective subject + feel + adjective

Listen and repeat these sentences. Listen and repeat these sentences.

• He is hungry. • I feel nervous.

• They were surprised last night. • He felt sick yesterday.

• We are confused. • They felt frustrated.

• I am bored. • She is feeling angry.

C. A
 sking Questions D. Practice
about Feelings 
Get into small groups. Practice asking
Listen and repeat these questions. questions about feelings and expressing
how you feel.
• How are you feeling?
Ex. A: How are you feeling?
• How do you feel? B: I am really tired today.
C: I’m not tired. I feel great!
• How are you?

• How are you today?

• Are you okay?

• What’s the matter?

• What’s wrong?

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Questions & Answers

Read the questions and answers about feelings.
On the next two pages, practice asking and answering questions
using complete sentences. Use the words in parentheses to help you.

# Picture Questions & Answers

How is Cindy feeling? (surprised)

She is surprised.

Why is she surprised? (friends are throwing surprise party)

Her friends are throwing her a surprise party.

1
What’s the special occasion? (her birthday)

It’s her birthday.

Cindy
How will Cindy feel after the party? (tired)

She will feel tired after the party.

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Questions & Answers cont.

# Picture Questions & Answers

How is Gunther? (nervous)

Why is Gunther nervous? (large audience)

2
How do the other performers feel? (nervous)

Gunther
How will Gunther feel after the performance? (happy)

How are you? (heartbroken)

Did your girlfriend/boyfriend break up with you? (yes)

3
You will feel better tomorrow! (no, I won’t)

Me
What can I do to make you feel better? (nothing)

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Questions & Answers cont.

# Picture Questions & Answers

What’s wrong with Brian? (worried)

Why is Brian worried? (baby is taking a long time)

4
Are the doctors worried? (no)

Brian
How is Brian’s wife? (comfortable)

# Picture Questions & Answers

How does Mrs. Kim feel? (tired)

Why is Mrs. Kim tired? (worked late last night)

5
Is she drinking coffee? (yes)

Kim
How is the coffee making her feel? (energetic)

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Pair Work (Student A)

A. Complete the Chart

Find out the missing information by asking your partner.

# Name Feeling Reason

1 Linda tired

2 Yung grandmother died

3 Nadiyah frustrated

4 Randy broke his leg

5 Morris scared

6 Monique weather is nice

7 Tessa thirsty

8 Daibik disappointed

9 Anthony disgusted

10 Letitia granddaughter graduated

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Pair Work (Student B)

A. Complete the Chart

Find out the missing information by asking your partner.

# Name Feeling Reason

1 Linda stayed up too late

2 Yung sad

3 Nadiyah learning how to knit

4 Randy bored

5 Morris afraid of storms

6 Monique pleased

7 Tessa ran a marathon

8 Daibik lost the board game

9 Anthony cat brought home a mouse

10 Letitia proud

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Pair Work cont.

B. Writing

Work together to make sentences using the information from Part A.

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Class Survey
Walk around the class and find out about everyone’s feelings.
Try to ask a different person each question.

Classmate Feeling Time/Date Reason

nervous

right now

on your last birthday

annoyed

this morning

the last time you

won something

thirsty

after the last movie

you watched

the week before last

shocked

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Picture Dictionary
Write the feelings you see. Add some more feelings in the empty boxes.

1. tired 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

7. 8. 9.

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Picture Dictionary cont.

10. 11.  12.

13.  14. 15.

16.  17. 18.

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Picture Dictionary cont.

19. 20. 21.

22. 23. 24.

25. 26. 26.

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Picture Dictionary cont.

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Assessment
Student / Group:                                     

Date Level Theme Skills

� Speaking
� Listening
Feelings
� Reading
� Writing

Achieved Needs
Achieved
Criteria with Help Improvement

uses the verbs be and feel

to express feelings

uses adjectives to
describe feelings

gives a good reason

for a feeling

asks questions about

how others feel

answers questions
about feelings

Notes

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Self-Assessment
FEELINGS

Add check marks () to show what you've learned in this lesson.

Name:                    Date:                   

Yes Yes
Not yet
Can I... (very well) (with help)

use the verbs be and feel to

express feelings?

use adjectives to express feelings?

give a reason for a feeling?

ask and answer questions about feelings?

My Notes

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Answer Key
LESSON DESCRIPTION: LEVEL: Beg – Low Int

Students learn vocabulary related to feelings through TIME: 2–3 hours

various writing and speaking activities. They also practice
TAGS:  feeling, feelings, emotions, adjectives, be, feel, simple
question formation and learn common expressions used to talk
present, present progressive, simple past, simple future,
about feelings.
picture dictionary, grammar

Vocabulary Questions & Answers

1. How is he feeling? He is angry. Answers may vary.

2. How are you feeling? I am bored.
2. He is nervous./He feels nervous./He is feeling nervous.
3. How are you feeling? I am thirsty.
He is nervous because there is a large audience.
4. How is he feeling? He is hungry.
The other performers are/feel nervous too.
5. How is she feeling? She is sick.
He will be/feel happy after the performance.
6. How are they feeling? They are confused.
3. I am heartbroken./I feel heartbroken./
7. How is he feeling? He is comfortable.
I am feeling heartbroken.
8. How is she feeling? She is disappointed.
Yes, he/she did./Yes, my boyfriend/girlfriend broke up with me.
9. How are you feeling? I am full.
No, I won’t./No, I won’t feel better tomorrow.
10. How is he feeling? He is disgusted.
There’s nothing you can do./There’s nothing you can do
11. How is she feeling? She is jealous.
to make me feel better.
12. How are they feeling? They are proud.
4. He is worried./He feels worried./He is feeling worried.
He is worried because his baby is taking a long time.
Expressions No, the doctors are not worried.
His wife is comfortable.
Go over these expressions with your students. Tell them that 5. She is/feels tired.
they can use these sentences in the Class Survey exercise. For She is tired because she worked late last night.
pronunciation and intonation practice, you could have the Yes, she is./Yes, she is drinking coffee.
students repeat after you, followed by partner practice. It is making her feel energetic./She is feeling energetic.

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Answer Key cont.

Pair Work B. WRITING

1. Linda is tired because she stayed up too late.

A. COMPLETE THE CHART 2. Yung is sad because her grandmother died.

Model possible spoken/written questions and answers. 3. Nadiyah is frustrated because she is learning how to knit.

For example: 4. Randy is bored because he broke his leg.

5. Morris is scared because he is afraid of storms.
• How is Linda feeling? She is tired. 6. Monique is pleased because the weather is nice.
• Why does Linda feel this way? She stayed up too late. 7. Tessa is thirsty because she ran a marathon.
8. Daibik is disappointed because he lost the board game.

# Name Feeling Reason 9. Anthony is disgusted because his cat brought home a mouse.
10. Letitia is proud because her granddaughter graduated.
1 Linda tired stayed up too late

Class Survey
2 Yung sad grandmother died

Have the students complete the survey by talking to their

3 Nadiyah frustrated learning how to knit classmates. You may want to follow up with a class discussion.
Take up the results and find out how your students were feeling

4 Randy bored broke his leg at certain times. You may want to elicit or model the first set of
questions for the class.

5 Morris scared afraid of storms Ex. A: Are you feeling nervous right now?
B: No, I’m not.

6 Monique pleased weather is nice A: When did you last feel nervous?
B: I felt nervous two days ago.
A: Why were you nervous?
7 Tessa thirsty ran a marathon
B: I had a job interview.

8 Daibik disappointed lost the board game

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cat brought
9 Anthony disgusted
home a mouse

granddaughter
10 Letitia proud
graduated

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Answer Key cont.

Picture Dictionary

Answers may vary. You may wish to go over any new vocabulary
before or after completing this task.

This vocabulary review and expansion task can be used in multiple

ways: to elicit vocabulary before starting the lesson, to give faster
students something to work on, for homework after the lesson,
for review the next day, etc.

1. tired 14. sick

2. bored 15. angry
3. comfortable 16. annoyed
4. full 17. disgusted
5. hungry 18. heartbroken
6. pleased 19. shocked
7. scared 20. thirsty
8. surprised 21. worried
9. proud 22. sad
10. jealous 23. nervous
11. happy 24. hot
12. disappointed 25. frustrated
13. confused 26. cold

Assessment Tools

You will find an assessment and self-assessment tool at the

end of the lesson. You can assess your students as they work
through the skill-using activities, or you can use the flashcards or
one of the tasks to create your own summative assessment for
this theme based on the criteria provided. Hand out the self-
assessment tool at the end of the unit and have your students
reflect on their own learning.

SPELLING NOTE:

This lesson shows the American spelling of the word Practice.

Most other English-speaking countries spell it this way: Practise
(when used as a verb; Practice when used as a noun). Make it
a challenge for your students to find this word in the lesson
and see if they know the alternate spelling.

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