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Zero Conditionals and Feelings- Personalised Sentences

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Emotions vocabulary and Present Simple + Present Simple conditionals speaking practice, then testing students on their memories of the synonyms and opposites of the feelings words they were just using.

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Zero Conditionals and Feelings- Personalised Sentences Guessing Game

Choose one of the feelings below and say something that makes you feel that way or what
you do when you feel that way without saying the name of the feeling, for example
“If/
When I feel this way, I usually chew my fingernails” without saying “stressed” or “If/ When I
have a test, I almost always feel this way” without saying “motivated”. Your partner should
then try to repeat the sentence back to you with the correct feelings word
.

Example dialogue
“When you feel bored, you usually chew your fingernails”
“Actually, if I feel bored I just have a nap”
“When you feel stressed, you usually chew your fingernails”
“Yes, that’s exactly right”

Useful phrases for playing the game
“If/ When I feel this way, I (always/ almost always/ usually/ often/ sometimes)…”
“If/ When…, I…”
“That’s right”
“That’s also true, but that’s not the sentence that I wrote”
“No, that’s not true for me. In that situation I… Try again”
“Shall I give you a hint?”

afraid/ frightened/ scared

amused – unamused

angry/ furious/ irritated/ annoyed – calm

anxious/ nervous/ worried – calm

bored/ uninterested – interested/ excited

confused

disgusted/ revolted

dizzy

enthusiastic – unenthusiastic

happy – blue/ down/ unhappy/ sad/ depressed

hot – cold

hungry/ starving – full/ stuffed

ill/ sick/ unwell – well

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impressed – unimpressed/ disappointed

motivated – unmotivated

offended

patient – impatient

relieved

restless

satisfied – dissatisfied

stressed – relaxed

surprised/ shocked/ amazed

thirsty

tired/ sleepy/ exhausted – energetic

upset

wonderful/ fantastic/ fabulous – terrible/ awful/ horrible

Ask your partner then your teacher about any words above which you don’t understand.
Then work together to make sentences about at least one of you with those words.

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Without looking above for now, put at least one suitable word into each of the gaps below.
A slash (/) means the words should have similar meanings and a dash (-) means that the
words should have opposite meanings. Words which weren’t above are also fine as long
as they match the gaps.

afraid/ _________________________/ _____________________________________

amused – ____________________________________________________________

angry/ ____________________/ ____________________________/ annoyed – calm

anxious/ _______________________/ _______________________________ – calm

bored/ __________________________ – interested/ __________________________

brave/ ____________________________ – scared/ afraid/ frightened

confused

____________________________________________________________/ revolted

dizzy

enthusiastic – ________________________________________________________

happy – _________________/ down/ _______________/ sad/ _________________

hot – _______________________________________________________________

hungry/ ______________________ – ________________/ ____________________

ill/ ________________________/ ___________________________________ – well

impressed – _____________________/ ___________________________________

motivated – _________________________________________________________

offended

patient – ____________________________________________________________

relieved

restless

satisfied – ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________ – relaxed

surprised/ ____________________________/ ______________________________

thirsty

tired/ ______________/ _______________ – _______________________________

upset

wonderful/ ______________/ _____________ – ____________/ __________/ horrible

Compare your ideas with those on the previous page. Many more answers are possible,
so if you wrote different words check them with your teacher.

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