Adjectives of Feelings
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Learning to express one's emotions is at the heart of communication. This simple and visual activity sheet, designed for A2 level, helps students build their vocabulary of feelings by exploring opposites. Through an accessible matching game, they learn to name positive and negative emotions, an essential step to being able to talk about themselves and understand others. It's a perfect tool for a lively and student-centered vocabulary lesson.
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Pedagogical Guide
Resource Objective & Content
The objective is to introduce and consolidate basic vocabulary for describing feelings and emotions by identifying and associating antonym adjectives (opposites).
The document is an exercise titled "Antonyms Game" for A2 level on the theme "Adjectives of Feelings". Students must connect eight pairs of words with opposite meanings. The vocabulary covers fundamental emotions and character traits: happy/sad, excited/bored, pleased/annoyed, relaxed/stressed, brave/afraid, kind/cruel, polite/rude, and honest/dishonest. This activity gives learners the words to express simple positive and negative feelings.
Suggested Activity Flow
Before the activity (~5 min): THE EMOTICON GAME
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Show simple emoticons (😊, 😠, 😥) and ask students to name the emotion in English. Then, ask: "What is the opposite?" to introduce the concept of antonyms.
During the activity (~5-10 min): FIND THE OPPOSITES
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Distribute the worksheet. Ensure that the instruction to find the opposite (the opposite) is well understood.
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Do the first, most obvious pair (happy/sad), all together.
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Let students, individually or in pairs, connect the other pairs. Correct collectively using facial expressions to reinforce the meaning of the words.
After the activity (~10 min): HOW DO YOU FEEL?
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Give students simple situations and ask them how they would feel.
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For example: "It's your birthday! How do you feel?" (I feel happy / excited!). "You lost your book. How do you feel?" (I feel sad / annoyed.).
Adaptations
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To simplify: Before the exercise, draw two large faces on the board (one happy, one unhappy). Classify all adjectives from the sheet into these two categories with the help of the class to then facilitate the association of opposites.
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To extend: Ask students to draw a face expressing an emotion from the sheet, then write a simple sentence below it like: "I feel brave.".
