Feelings in C2 Proficiency Listening Part Four

Feelings in C2 Proficiency Listening Part Four

Choose a feeling but don’t say which. Say something that reflects feeling that way, e.g. “It wasn’t what we were promised” for “dissatisfied” and see if your partner can guess the feeling. If not add more speech, with just one guess per hint.

• ambitious/ motivated/ driven – unambitious
• amused – unamused
• annoyed/ irritated/ frustrated/ infuriated
• appreciative
• bored – interested/ fascinated
• cautious
• challenged
• charmed
• claustrophobic – agoraphobic
• concerned/ worried – reassured
• confused/ baffled
• decisive – indecisive
• depressed
• determined
• embarrassed/ ashamed
• entertained
• enthusiastic – unenthusiastic
• excited/ thrilled
• expectant/ hopeful
• fearful/ frightened/ scared/ petrified
• focused – distracted
• grateful – ungrateful
• homesick
• impressed – unimpressed
• intimidated – unintimidated
• lonely
• moody
• optimistic – pessimistic
• overwhelmed
• pleased/ delighted
• positive – negative
• resigned to
• restless
• satisfied – dissatisfied/ disappointed
• sceptical
• spaced/ out of it
• stressed – relaxed
• sure/ certain – unsure/ uncertain
• surprised/ shocked– unsurprised
• sympathetic – unsympathetic
• tired/ exhausted – energetic

When your teacher stops you, ask about any feelings above you don’t understand, can’t think of speech related to, etc, working together to think of suitable speech each time.

 

Feelings with similar and different meanings presentation

Without looking above, write words with similar and/ or opposite meanings to these words:

• ambitious
• amused
• frustrated
• interested
• agoraphobic
• worried
• baffled
• decisive
• ashamed
• enthusiastic
• excited
• expectant
• fearful
• distracted
• grateful
• impressed
• intimidated
• optimistic
• pleased
• positive
• satisfied
• spaced
• stressed
• certain
• surprised
• sympathetic
• tired

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Mixed answers

Use these words and affixes to help with the task above. Some can go in more than one place above.

annoyed                                  bored              claustrophobic

concerned                               confused                      delighted

disappointed                dis…                            driven

embarrassed               energetic                     exhausted

fascinated                                focused                       frightened

hopeful                                   in…                             infuriated

irritated                        motivated                     negative

out of it                                   pessimistic                  petrified

reassured                                relaxed             scared

shocked                                  sure                            

thrilled                                     un…

Check above. Many other similar and opposite words are possible, so please check if you wrote something different.

Phrases showing feelings presentation

Match these phrases to the way the speaker is feeling above, then check as a class or with the suggested answers. Some feelings have more than one phrase below, and some things below might be able to go in more than one place above.

• a mover and shaker
• alarming
• all we got was
• battling
• bowled over by
• clear objective
• cooped up in some dingy office
• cracking up
• delivered the goods
• didn’t know where to look
• didn’t see it coming
• dubious
• expected to step up
• gave me just that
• getting me down
• gruelling
• hassle
• I’ll have to see
• in stitches
• it’s a breeze
• knotty area
• laboured his point
• let me down
• life-long ambitions were fulfilled
• light-hearted
• lived up to my expectations
• long odds
• look on the bright side
• no picnic
• not on the cards
• puts me off
• see downsides
• see in a different light
• slog on
• stare blankly
• takes a lot out of me
• taking a while to cotton on
• taking too much on
• that must be a drag
• that sucks
• weighed down
• went for it
• will bear fruit

Suggested answers

Many other answers are possible, so please check if you wrote something different.

• ambitious/ motivated/ driven (a mover and shaker) – unambitious
• amused (in stitches/ light-hearted) – unamused
• annoyed/ irritated/ frustrated/ infuriated
• appreciative
• bored (laboured his point) – interested/ fascinated
• cautious
• challenged (battling/ expected to step up/ no picnic/ gruelling/ knotty area)
• charmed
• claustrophobic (cooped up in some dingy office) – agoraphobic
• concerned/ worried (alarming) – reassured
• confused/ baffled (taking a while to cotton on)
• decisive (went for it) – indecisive (I’ll have to see)
• depressed (getting me down)
• determined (slog on)
• embarrassed/ ashamed (didn’t know where to look)
• entertained
• enthusiastic – unenthusiastic (puts me off)
• excited/ thrilled
• expectant/ hopeful (will bear fruit)
• fearful/ frightened/ scared/ petrified
• focused (clear objective) – distracted
• grateful – ungrateful
• homesick
• impressed (bowled over by) – unimpressed
• intimidated – unintimidated
• lonely
• moody
• optimistic – pessimistic (long odds/ not on the cards)
• overwhelmed (taking too much on/ weighed down)
• pleased/ delighted
• positive (look on the bright side/ see in a different light) – negative (see downsides)
• relaxed (it’s a breeze)
• resigned to
• restless
• satisfied (delivered the goods/ lived up to my expectations/ gave me just that/ life-long ambitions were fulfilled) – dissatisfied/ disappointed (let me down/ all we got was)
• sceptical (dubious)
• spaced/ out of it (stare blankly)
• stressed (cracking up/ hassle) – relaxed
• sure/ certain – unsure/ uncertain
• surprised/ shocked (didn’t see it coming) – unsurprised
• sympathetic (that sucks/ that must be a drag) – unsympathetic
• tired/ exhausted (takes a lot out of me) – energetic