Emotions

Try this!

Interactive map

Test your emotional EQ

 

Tell the cyborg lady

 

1.     When to have the following emotional reactions

2.     How to display these emotions correctly

relief    awe    boredom    fear   embarrassment   

  triumph   disgust   rage   exhilaration    contentment    

     amusement    despair      realisation

What makes you feel disgust?

What makes you feel exhilaration?

What makes you feel despair?

What makes you feel embarrassment?

What makes you feel awe?

What makes you feel rage?

What makes you feel relief?

What makes you feel contentment?

What makes you feel fear?

What makes you feel amusement?

What makes you feel triumph?

What makes you feel boredom?

What makes you feel realisation?

Which emotion being shown in the images below?

Shades of Emotion

What is the lizard feeling?

What is the dog feeling?

Discuss different types of animals

Which animals can feel...

guilt

anger

love

fear

joy

boredom

despair

hope

shame

jealousy

gratitude

insignificance

Dolphins singing

Questions to chat about...

How are you today?

Do you feel happy easily?   (too easily?)

Do you feel sad easily?

What's the most frustrating thing for you lately?

Try to guess the word: first letter "a"

_________ adj.

VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound He sounded very ______ on the phone. | become, get, grow | make sb

ADV. deeply, extremely, highly, very | increasingly | a little, quite, rather, slightly | visibly

PREP. about She's ______ about getting there on time. | at She started to grow ________ at the sight of the spider.

PHRASES in an _______ state By now he was in a very _______ state.

 

Sadness

 

Do you think these feelings are “sad”?

 

Nostalgia/ /  nostalgic

Overwhelmed

Sick at heart

Devastation / devastated

Grumpiness / grumpy

Ennui

Sentimentality / sentimental

Isolation / isolated

Solitude / solitary

 

 

 

1

2

3

4


try using them in a sentence...

Today I feel ____________ because ___________...

I'm a bit ___________ this afternoon because _____________...

______________ makes me feel so ______________....

Lately I've been feeling rather ______________ because

idioms for feeling sad

down in the dumps

in low spirits

feeling out of sorts

Are you moody? Is is a bad thing to be moody?

Are you easily manipulated?

What's your passion? What are your biggest passions?

What is a 'pet hate' of yours? (something you really hate)

Do you panic sometimes? What helps you calm down?

Guess the missing word: first letter "h"

________ adj.

VERBS be, feel, lie, look, seem, stand, watch John felt completely ______. He lay _______ in the hospital ward. | become | leave sb, render sb He was left _______ and alone. She was rendered _______ by panic.

ADV. absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly | apparently, seemingly | physically

PREP. against She was _______ against his strength. | before Kirk stood ______ before this giant of a man. | in the face of feeling _______ in the face of all these rules and regulations 

Guess the missing word: first letter "c"

ADV. desperately, extremely, very | increasingly She was watching the clock and becoming increasingly ______. | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | genuinely | naturally, understandably Final-year students are naturally ______ about getting work after graduation. | unduly There's no need to get unduly ______ on my account. | suddenly

PREP. about I'm becoming very _____ about my son. | for We are extremely _____ for her safety.

What is your biggest fear?

Fear

Think of three words that mean the roughly same as "fearful"

1

2

3

Now write three sentences with those words


I often get _______________ when _____________...

Every time _______________ happens, I can't help feeling ________________.

When I feel _____________, I find it helps to _____________...

Find words on the wheel related to fear and try to memorise them

Write as many words related to fear as you can remember:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

idioms for feeling afraid

to jump out of your skin

going white as a ghost

shaking like a leaf

scared stiff

paralysed with fear

Find words on the wheel related to anger and try to memorise them

Write as many words related to anger as you can remember:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

use some of these words in a sentence:

________________ really makes me feel _____________...

I get so ______________ when _______________...

When I'm  ________________ I ______________...

If people __________________, I get ___________ and I ____________...

Don't ever ________________ or I'll get extremely _____________ and _____________...

idioms for being angry

seeing red

beside yourself

makes your blood boil

 

Which emotion is more powerful, fear or anger?

Joy


The last time I was ____________ was when _______________...

Nothing makes me feel more ____________ than ______________...

Today I'm feeling very ____________ because _____________...

Today I'm not feeling ____________ at all, because_____________

Synonyms:

Review of 24 adjectives of emotion

Speaking practice:

Personality

Emotions

Imagine you're catching up after not seeing each other for two years.

One of you is showing an emotion that appears in the wheel. Think of a reason WHY you feel this way. The other can't see the wheel and has to figure out how you're feeling and why.


Personality test


Review of 60 personality adjectives

How does this make you feel?

Try to guess the word: first letter "a"

_________ adj.

VERBS be, feel, look, seem, sound He sounded very ______ on the phone. | become, get, grow | make sb

ADV. deeply, extremely, highly, very | increasingly | a little, quite, rather, slightly | visibly

PREP. about She's ______ about getting there on time. | at She started to grow ________ at the sight of the spider.

PHRASES in an _______ state By now he was in a very _______ state.

What makes you anxious?

large groups of people - being late - being low on money - talking to someone in authority - being alone

What gives you butterflies in your stomach?

Do you think you have a sense of humour?

Have you been pleasantly surprised lately? What about?

Are you quite sentimental?

Sadness

think of four words that mean the same as sad:

1

2

3

4


try using them in a sentence...

Today I feel ____________ because ___________...

I'm a bit ___________ this afternoon because _____________...

______________ makes me feel so ______________....

Lately I've been feeling rather ______________ because

idioms for feeling sad

down in the dumps

in low spirits

feeling out of sorts

Are you moody? Is is a bad thing to be moody?

Are you easily manipulated?

What's your passion? What are your biggest passions?

What is a 'pet hate' of yours? (something you really hate)

Do you panic sometimes? What helps you calm down?

Guess the missing word: first letter "h"

________ adj.

VERBS be, feel, lie, look, seem, stand, watch John felt completely ______. He lay _______ in the hospital ward. | become | leave sb, render sb He was left _______ and alone. She was rendered _______ by panic.

ADV. absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly | apparently, seemingly | physically

PREP. against She was _______ against his strength. | before Kirk stood ______ before this giant of a man. | in the face of feeling _______ in the face of all these rules and regulations 

Guess the missing word: first letter "c"

ADV. desperately, extremely, very | increasingly She was watching the clock and becoming increasingly ______. | a bit, a little, quite, rather, slightly, somewhat | genuinely | naturally, understandably Final-year students are naturally ______ about getting work after graduation. | unduly There's no need to get unduly ______ on my account. | suddenly

PREP. about I'm becoming very _____ about my son. | for We are extremely _____ for her safety.

What is your biggest fear?

Fear

Think of three words that mean the roughly same as "fearful"

1

2

3

Now write three sentences with those words


I often get _______________ when _____________...

Every time _______________ happens, I can't help feeling ________________.

When I feel _____________, I find it helps to _____________...

Find words on the wheel related to fear and try to memorise them

Write as many words related to fear as you can remember:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

idioms for feeling afraid

to jump out of your skin

going white as a ghost

shaking like a leaf

scared stiff

paralysed with fear

Find words on the wheel related to anger and try to memorise them

Write as many words related to anger as you can remember:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

use some of these words in a sentence:

________________ really makes me feel _____________...

I get so ______________ when _______________...

When I'm  ________________ I ______________...

If people __________________, I get ___________ and I ____________...

Don't ever ________________ or I'll get extremely _____________ and _____________...

idioms for being angry

seeing red

beside yourself

makes your blood boil

 

Which emotion is more powerful, fear or anger?

Joy


The last time I was ____________ was when _______________...

Nothing makes me feel more ____________ than ______________...

Today I'm feeling very ____________ because _____________...

Today I'm not feeling ____________ at all, because_____________

Synonyms:

Review of 24 adjectives of emotion

Speaking practice:

Personality

Emotions

Imagine you're catching up after not seeing each other for two years.

One of you is showing an emotion that appears in the wheel. Think of a reason WHY you feel this way. The other can't see the wheel and has to figure out how you're feeling and why.


Personality test


Review of 60 personality adjectives

How does this make you feel?