ACTIVITIES WITH ADJECTIVES DESCRIBING EMOTIONS.

Exercise 1. Place the following general adjectives as headings of the tables below.

CONFUSED, ASHAMED, CONFIDENT, ANGRY.

Exercise 2. Now match the adjectives to their corresponding definitions.

a) ____________

a) exasperated 1. (Slang) aroused to impatience or anger

b) infuriated 2. characterised by or filled with indignation

c) aggravated 3. marked by extreme anger

d) angered 4. marked by extreme anger. Furious

e) seething 5. incited, especially deliberately, to anger

f) pissed off 6. angered at something unjust or wrong.

g) outraged 7. having a strong distaste.

h) Indignant 8. greatly annoyed; out of patience

i) disgusted 9. violently excited or agitated. Boiling with anger

b) ____________

a. regretful 1. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.

b. embarrassed 2. feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious.

c. Apologetic 3. feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone.

d. mortified 4. marked by or filled with remorse.

e. foolish 5. offering excuse. Self-deprecating. Humble.

f. remorseful 6. feeling stupid.

c) _____________

a) Inspired 1.Fearless and daring; courageous.

b) Eager 2.extremely accurate or apt but based on intuition rather than knowledge or logical deduction.

c) Focused 3.Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity. Ardent; enthusiastic.

d) Bold 4.Having or showing interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy.

e) Keen 5.having a distinct sense of purpose, properly centred.

d) ______________

f) bewildered 1. having difficulty in solving or interpreting something

g) Puzzled 2. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

h) baffled 3. confused by difficulty, obscurity or mystery

i) befuddled 4. intensely perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

j) mystified 5. stupefied as if by alcoholic drink

EXERCISE 3. Transcribe the following words from phonetic script into ordinary spelling.

1. pɪst ɒf2. ɪnˈfjʊərɪeɪtɪd3. ɪgˈzæspəreɪtɪd4.ˈæɡrəveɪtɪd5. ɪmˈbærəst6. rɪˈɡretfəl7.ˈmɔːtɪfaɪd

8. bəʊld9.ˈfəʊkəst10.ˈbæfld11.ˈmɪstɪfaɪd12. bɪˈfʌdld13. bɪˈwɪldəd

EXERCISE 4. CROSSWORDS PUZZLE.

Across

3. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.

4. violently excited or agitated.

6. (slang) aroused to impatience or anger.

8. Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy.

11. having difficulty in solving or interpreting something.

12. confused by difficulty, obscurity or mystery.

13. angered at something unjust or wrong

Down

1. intensely perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.

2. made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride.

5. offering excuse. Self-deprecating. Humble.

7. marked by extreme anger. Furious.

9. greatly annoyed; out of patience.

10. marked by or filled with remorse.

EXERCISE 5. Discuss in pairs.

How would you feel if ...

1. you saw someone hurting a puppy?2. you had got up so sleepy that you had forgotten to put your trousers on and went

down to the street in your underwear?3. you got a maths question in a literature exam?4. you needed to make an urgent phone call, the battery on your mobile had run out and

the only public phone in the vicinity was occupied by someone who had been chatting on it for an hour?

5. you discovered that your mother was able to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphs? 6. you were asked out for dinner by someone you have always admired secretly?7. you could recite in verse some information you had just learnt?8. you had said something nasty to your best friend without being provoked?9. you had decided to go out for a couple of drinks instead of completing an assignment?10. whatever you eat gave you a stomachache?11. You suddenly saw clearly what you wanted to do with your life?

EXERCISE 6. Discuss in pairs.

What situations would make you feel:

- Apologetic?- Disgusted?- Indignant?- Bold?- Foolish?

SOLUTIONS:

EXERCISES 1 & 2.

a) ANGRY

aggravated - incited, especially deliberately, to anger

exasperated - greatly annoyed; out of patience.

disgusted - having a strong distaste.

angered - marked by extreme anger

infuriated - marked by extreme anger. Furious.

outraged - angered at something unjust or wrong.

Indignant – characterised by or filled with indignation.

pissed off – (informal BrE) aroused to impatience or anger.

seething- violently excited or agitated.

b) ASHAMED

regretful - feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

remorseful – marked by or filled with remorse.

foolish – feeling stupid.

Apologetic – offering excuse. Self-deprecating. Humble.

mortified - made to feel uncomfortable because of shame or wounded pride

embarrassed - feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious

c) CONFIDENT

Eager - Having or showing keen interest, intense desire, or impatient expectancy

Keen - Having or marked by intellectual quickness and acuity. Ardent; enthusiastic:

Bold- Fearless and daring; courageous.

Focused – having a distinct sense of purpose, properly centred.

Inspired- extremely accurate or apt but based on intuition rather than knowledge or logical deduction.

d) CONFUSED

baffled - perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements.

befuddled – stupefied as if by alcoholic drink.

Puzzled – having difficulty in solving or interpreting something.

bewildered – intensely perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements

Mysfified – confused by difficulty, obscurity or mystery.

EXERCISE 3.

EXERCISE 4.

1. pissed off2. infuriated3. exasperated4.aggravated5. embarrassed6. regretful7.mortified

8. bold9.focussed10.baffled11.mystified12. befuddled13. bewildered

EXERCISE 5.

Multiple answers are possible.