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EMOTIONS & FEELINGS VOCABULARY 1 (ESL)

level: Intermediate (B1/B2)
Emotional vocabulary allows you to describe and discuss feelings with precision and nuance. This first exercise covers a wide range of emotion words in everyday contexts. This is exercise 1 of 3.


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Choose the best response to complete each of the following sentences.

1. I used to be so ________, but now I worry about everything.
2. I am so ________ about starting university this year! I can't wait!
3. I've been pretty ________ with my job, so I'm looking for a new one.
4. I was ________ with the architecture in Tokyo. It was amazing.
5. Katie is very ________ for all the help you have given her.
6. After we saw that horror movie, I felt ________ all night.
7. Hey, stop yelling! Why are you so ________?
8. I was so ________ watching that movie that I fell asleep twice.
9. When John saw his ex-girlfriend talking to another boy, he became very ________.
10. I got drunk and made a fool of myself at the party. Now I feel ________.
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Emotions & Feelings Conversation Questions 1. What emotion do you find most difficult to express in words? Why?
2. How do you typically deal with feelings of stress or anxiety?
3. What makes you feel most content or at peace?
4. Is it easy or difficult to talk about emotions in your culture? Why?
5. Can you think of a word for an emotion in your language that has no direct English equivalent?
6. How has your emotional intelligence grown as you've gotten older?
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Did you know? English has one of the largest emotion vocabularies of any language. The word melancholy describes a deep, reflective sadness — it comes from ancient Greek for "black bile," one of the four humours once thought to govern human temperament. Elated comes from the Latin elatus (lifted up).

Some English emotion words have been borrowed from other languages because English had no equivalent: schadenfreude (German — pleasure at another's misfortune) and ennui (French — a deep sense of boredom and dissatisfaction) are now widely used in English.
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