General English Level 4 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV4 Unit 05 Topic 03.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 02 Describing emotions This activity shows you how to describe your emotions - how you feel about different events or situations. 1. Adjectives Jackie says: Jackie: …I felt quite disappointed. I mean, they can't sing. Claudia says: Claudia: I felt excited when the lights came on and the boys jumped out of that box onto the stage. Jackie says: Jackie: But after the first hour, I was pretty bored… Claudia and Jackie say how they felt at different times in the concert. Claudia felt 'excited' and Jackie felt 'disappointed' and 'bored'. We can use adjectives like excited, disappointed and bored with the verbs 'to be' and 'to feel' to describe our emotions. Look was I felt bored. Jackie says: Jackie: But most of the audience were 12 years old! All those young girls screaming and going crazy made me feel old. When Jackie looked at the young girls, she felt old. The girls caused her to feel old. We can use make/made me to talk about how something or someone causes us to feel a certain way. Look You me feel old. He her angry. She him feel happy. It us sad. They made them feel confused. 165