3.1.3 FEELINGS

FEELINGS

1A. Warm up

  • How are you feeling right now?
  • What makes you feel happy? Sad? Scared? Angry?
  • Do you show your feelings much?
  • Can you think of any situations where it’s good or bad to show your feelings?

1B. Vocabulary

  • Look at the following people. How do you think the people are feeling?
  • What could have caused them to feel that way?

 2A. Vocabulary

Look at the pairs of words. In each case, decide which (if any) suggests a stronger feeling or emotion.

ashamed / embarrassed

tired / exhausted

shaken up / traumatised

pleased / ecstatic

overwhelmed / surprised

disappointed / appalled

angry / furious

hilarious / funny

2B. Discussion

Can you think of any situations recently that have made you feel any of these feelings or emotions?

2C. Vocabulary 2

Work in pairs.

2D. Many idioms are connected to parts of the body, e.g. dead on your feet, put your foot in it and pull your leg.

Can you think of any others?

2E. Choose one or two of the people in the picture in Ex 1B and use words from Ex. 2A and 2C to describe them.

2F. Think of some questions using the words from Ex 2A and 2C to ask to other students in the class.

E.g. What makes you furious?

When was the last time you put your foot in it?

3A. Listening

You’re going to hear four stories connected to smartphones and social media. First, work in pairs and discuss the following questions.

  1. Have smartphones improved your life? Why/Why not?
  2. Is social media more of a good or a bad thing? Why?

3B. Listening

3C. Work in pairs. Compare your ideas. Explain how each story is connected to smartphones and social media.

3D. Are the statements true or false?

3E. Work in pairs. Discuss the stories you heard.

  1. Would you have felt the same as each of the speakers? Why / Why not?
  2. Tell your partner about similar stories you have about:
  • Successful social media campaigns.
  • People taking selfies or filming at an appropriate time.

4A. Grammar

Work in pairs. Look at sentences 1-4 below and discuss:

  • the position of the words in bold.
  • why we might start sentences with negative adverbs like not only or no sooner.
  • the grammar structures that follow the words in bold.
    1. Some people were not only smiling and laughing, but actually taking selfies…and even posting on Facebook!
    2. Not only had I recognised the sound of my own phone, but I’d actually worked myself up into a temper.
    3. There was a mad rush as soon as the doors opened.
    4. No sooner had I pressed ‘send’ than it was getting retweeted.

not only/no sooner/as soon as

not only

We often use not only to link two actions/feelings that are surprising, especially the second one. The second action/feeling is often introduced with but and sometimes includes the word actually or even.

Some people were not only smiling and laughing, but actually taking selfies.

We can add extra emphasis by starting a sentence with not only and putting the auxiliary verb before the subject (inverting).

Not only were some people smiling and laughing, but they were actually taking selfies. (= People were smiling and laughing, and they were also taking selfies.)

When there is no auxiliary verb or main verb be, we use do, does or did.

Not only did we raise enough money for my son, we had enough to establish a foundation.

 

no sooner / as soon as

We use as soon as to link an action with an immediate reaction or consequence.

There was a mad rush as soon as the doors opened.

We can add extra emphasis by starting with no sooner and inverting the subject and the auxiliary verb.

No sooner had I pressed ‘send’ than it was re-tweeted. (= As soon as I had pressed send, it was getting re-tweeted.)

We often start sentences with not only and no sooner when we want to make stories more exciting.

4B. Practice

4C. Practice 2

4D. Make complete sentences using the prompts.

  1. No sooner / told her / I realised / put my foot in it
  2. Not only / expensive / it didn’t work properly
  3. The kids / not only / making a mess / disturbing the other passengers / on the plane
  4. Not only / people / cheering / actually jumping for joy
  5. No sooner / the plane / in the air / the engine caught fire

4E. Creative sentence building

5A. Pronunciation

Listen to the sentences. Notice how we stress the underlined words and use intonation to show what surprised us.

  1. Not only did he apologise, he actually laughed at me.
  2. Not only did she get in, she won a scholarship, too.
  3. As soon as I said it, I knew I’d said the wrong thing.
  4. No sooner had they started using it than they managed to break
  5. No sooner is he home than he’s making a mess

 

5B. Listen and repeat.

6A. Speaking

You’re going to tell a story. Choose one of the feelings or emotions in Ex. 2A and make notes. Your story can be:

  1. Something true that happened to you.
  2. Something that happened to someone you know.
  3. Something you’ve seen on social media.
  4. Something you invent.

6B. Tell your story

Work in pairs and tell your stories. Ask questions or respond as your partner tells the story. Use the Useful Phrases to help you.

Useful Phrases

A few years ago, I had this (frightening) experience.

What happened was…

Imagine if I’d …

You must’ve been (exhausted).

No way! You’re kidding, right?

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