Emotions and Feelings Part 2 vocabulary Exercise

Continue mastering emotion and feeling vocabulary with more real-life examples. Learn how to describe subtle moods, reactions, and emotional changes in different situations.

Exercise Guide

How to complete:

Choose the correct emotion or feeling vocabulary for each blank. Follow these steps to improve accuracy:

  • Read the paragraph carefully and focus on the emotional situation described.
  • Identify if the emotion is positive, negative, or neutral.
  • Choose words that fit both grammatically and emotionally with the context.
  • Pay attention to collocations like “lose patience” or “burst out laughing.”
  • Use context clues from surrounding sentences to make the best choice.

Success tips:

  • Positive emotions: grateful, hopeful, relieved, amused, inspired.
  • Negative emotions: jealous, guilty, frustrated, disappointed, scared.
  • Emotional actions: cheer up, calm down, break down, hold back, express feelings.
  • Use appropriate tenses for describing emotions in the past or present.
  • Remember that body language often reflects emotions too!

Knowledge:

In this continuation of emotional vocabulary practice, you'll deepen your understanding of how to talk about complex feelings. You’ll see how emotions can change with events, and learn to describe reactions with natural English phrases used in real-life situations.

Complete the Exercise

Paragraph 1

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When her best friend moved abroad, Lisa felt deeply . She tried to stay , but her eyes filled with tears as she goodbye at the airport.
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Paragraph 2

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After getting his dream job offer, Kevin was completely . He could hardly his excitement and immediately his parents to tell them the news.
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Paragraph 3

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Emma felt when her colleague took credit for her work. Instead of arguing, she quietly and decided to her boss later about it.
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Paragraph 4

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When the lights suddenly went out, everyone screamed in . The little kids close to their parents, and the teacher tried to them down.
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Paragraph 5

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After hearing his favorite song, Jake felt and nostalgic. He of his childhood days and how quickly time had passed.
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When she received criticism, Laura felt at first but then the feedback. Later, she herself for handling it maturely.
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After days of bad news, everyone felt when they finally heard something positive. The atmosphere immediately, and people began to again.
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During the speech, the audience was by the speaker’s story. Some people silently, while others their tears with tissues.
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After spending a week alone at home, Ben started to feel . He watching old movies but still the company of his friends.
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When the teacher announced the class trip, everyone was . Students immediately about what to pack and the countdown together.
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