Feelings and Emotions (Basic Level)

Dear students,

Let's talk about feelings and emotions. I collected some information for you here. Please, read, watch and do exercises.

Irena

Names of Feelings

• Happy 
• Sad
• Angry
• Scared
• Excited
• Sorry
• Nervous
• Surprised
• Fine
• Hungry
• Thirsty

Try to memorize these words. You might need them when you talk about your own feelings.

Talking and Asking About Feelings:

• I feel / I am feeling… (I feel tired)
• You look… (You look sad)
• How do you feel about that? 
• I'm just a little... (I'm a little hungry)
• I am very... (I'm very happy)

After you learn feelings and emotions, please, do these exercises:

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

EXERCISE 3


Here is a video with a funny song. Watch it and try to understand.

EXERCISE 1

EXERCISE 2

Please, practice.

Matching exercise 1

How we ask about feelings:

To ask about feelings you can use the following questions:

• How are you feeling today?
• You look sad / upset. Are you OK?
• Are you alright?
• What's wrong?
• Are you OK / alright?
• Are you happy / angry...?
• Is everything OK / alright...?

How we expressing feelings:

To respond to a question about feelings you can uss the following expressions.

• I feel a little sad / happy / angry / ....
• I am a little sad / happy / angry / ....
• To be honest, I'm a little bit sad / happy / angry / ....
• It's been a difficult day.
• The thing is that, I am angry / sad / ...
• I am mad at him / her..

Please, practice with a partner!

Now, listen to the listening exercises and repeat:

Listen 1

Listen 2

Listen 3

Listen 4

Listen 5

Here are more feelings and emotions:

1. Positive feelings

• happy
• careful
• concentrated
• confident
• excited
• fair
• fantastic
• friendly
• glad
• good
• great
• honest
• joyful
• nice
• optimistic
• quiet
• satisfied
• wonderful

2. Negative feelings

• aggressive
• angry
• awful
• bad
• bored
• confused
• crazy
• exhausted
• frightened
• frustrated
• helpless
• hurt
• lonely
• mad
• nervous
• sad
• sorry
• stupid
• terrible
• upset