2A
A
Imagine that you are in the following situations. Discuss with your partner how
you feel.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
B
You’ve just seen your boy / girlfriend chatting up someone else.
You’ve just been gossiping about someone and he / she was standing behind you.
You’ve been living in England for six months.
You’ve just finished an English lesson on the uses of prepositions.
You’re in a bank and an armed robber has just burst in.
You’ve just got your English exam results and you failed by one mark.
You’ve just spent an evening out with your best mates.
You’ve just come top in your class.
Add the correct preposition (about, with, of) to these questions and then interview
your partner.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
C
How do you feel?
Do you ever feel jealous
your classmates or siblings?
When was the last time you felt relieved
something?
When do your parents get irritated
you?
Which animal are you most afraid
?
Do you ever get fed up
studying English?
What achievement in your life are you most proud
?
What kind of things do you get angry
?
Have you ever felt scared
a teacher?
Use suffixes (-ment, -ion, -ness) to form nouns from the verbs and adjectives below.
Then, complete the sentences with the nouns.
amaze amuse exhaust frustrate homesick
ill motivate shy
1 To my
, my boss gave me a payrise. I really wasn’t expecting
it!
2 I know I should go to the gym, but I’m really lacking
at
the moment.
3 My ex-boyfriend fell over in front of the whole class, much to
my
!
4 After our 30-kilometre hike I was suffering from complete
.
I slept like a baby for 12 hours!
5 I think I’d get terrible
if I lived abroad.
6 I could sense Tony’s
at not being able to do the task. He
looked pretty annoyed!
7 It took him a long time to get over his
, but he’s full of
energy now!
8 Kelly’s
used to be a big problem when she was younger, but
she’s quite out-going now.
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2A
How do you feel?
Aims To review and practise adjectives of feeling. To give
further practice with noun formation from verbs and adjectives.
Time 10−15 minutes
Materials 1 handout for each student
• Give each student a copy of the handout and ask them to do
task A with a partner. Get feedback, eliciting as wide a range
of adjectives as possible.
(Suggested answers)
1 jealous, angry, upset
5
2 embarrassed, ashamed, 6
guilty 3 homesick, fed up, happy
7
4 confused, relieved, 8
exhausted afraid, terrified, shocked
disappointed, irritated,
depressed
happy, excited, delighted
proud, embarrassed,
shocked
• Ask students to do task B. Check answers as a class.
1 of
2 about
3with
4of
5with
6of
7about
8of
• Working in pairs, students then discuss the questions in
•
task B. Get some feedback on any interesting answers.
Before students do task C, you may want to elicit some
examples of nouns ending in -ment, -ion, -ness. Then ask
students to do task C and check answers as a class.
1 amazement
2 motivation
3 amusement
4exhaustion
5homesickness
6frustration
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7illness
8shyness
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