Expressing Feelings

Sometimes you will need to express an emotion such as joy or sorrow to the person you're talking to. This page will list the different ways of expressing feelings in English.

Asking about Feelings


To ask about feelings you can use the following questions:
• How are you feeling today?
• You look sad / upset. Are you OK?
• You seem a little bit distracted. Are you alright?
• You seem kind of low today. What's wrong?
• You seem a little blue today. What's the matter?
• What's wrong?
• What's the matter?
• Are you OK / alright?
• Are you happy / angry...?
• Is everything OK / alright...?

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..


Vocabulary about feelings
• sad / unhappy
• feel blue
• feel low / down
• depressed
• downhearted
• angry
• cross
• annoyed
• irritated
• mad
• furious
• vexed
• indignant
• irate
• seething



AFTER READ THE NOTES, PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW AND DO THE ACTIVITY. PRINT OUT THE RESULT AND HAND IN TO YOUR TEACHER.



THANK YOU

SECTION C WITH SVO TABLE

PHRASAL VERBS

ADVERBS OF DEGREE

CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO DO THE QUIZ.

Quiz 1

Quiz 2

How to write a Story- 3 Parts of a story

A story has a beginning, a middle and an ending.


BEGINNING

• Who are the characters?
• Where does the story take place?

MIDDLE

• What happens to the character?
• Is there a problem?
• How is the problem solved?

ENDING

• What happen in the end?

 Example

 

 NOW ITS YOUR TURN. WRITE A STORY BASE ON THIS PICTURE.

 

PROVERBS

Activity
Work in group. Find the meaning of the proverbs base on the pictures given.

CONJUCTION ( either..or and neither..nor )

Grammar ( either..or and neither..nor )    CONJUCTION

either..or

·         The expression either . . . or means the first one or the second one.

·   Either… or - used in a sentence in the affirmative sense when referring to a choice between two possibilities.

• We can either eat now or after the show - it's up to you.

•   We can go to either Greece or Spain for our holiday.

•  It’s my final offer – you can either take it or leave it.

• He is a fool. He is a madman. 

       He is either a fool or a madman. 

• The car dashed against a goat. The car dashed against a donkey.

       The car dashed against either a goat or a donkey.

neither..nor

·         The expression neither . . . nor means not the first one and not the second one.

·   Neither…. nor - used in a sentence in the negative sense when you want to say that two or more things are not true.

• Neither my mother nor my father went to university.

 

QUICK TRY…

 Combine the ideas. Use either . . . or/neither ...nor. 

1.        I don’t eat candy. I don’t eat cake.

           ______________________________________

2.        Maybe I’ll drink soda. Maybe I’ll drink juice. 

           (I will choose one)

       ______________________________________

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