Vocabulary + Speaking- Adjectives to describe uncomfortable feel

Vocabulary: adjectives to describe uncomfortable feelings

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Teacher Marcelo Pinheiro

Colégio Meta

Introduction Question

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​Match the adjectives with their meanings.

Multiple Choice

1. What is the meaning of guilty? Choose the best picture.

Multiple Choice

2. What is the meaning of awkward? Choose the best meaning.

• estranho/desconfortável

• envergonhado/chateado

Multiple Choice

3. What is the meaning of desperate? Choose the best picture.

Multiple Choice

4. What is the meaning of ashamed? Choose the best meaning.

• decepcionado

• envergonhado

Multiple Choice

5. What is the meaning of puzzled? Choose the best picture.

Multiple Choice

6. What is the meaning of stuck? Choose the best picture.

• preso em uma situação

• estressado com algo

Guilty - culpado
Awkward - desconfortável/estranho
Desperate - desesperado
Ashamed - envergonhado
Puzzled - confuso
Stuck - preso em uma situação (mentally)

Adjectives to describe uncomfortable feelings

Question 1

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​Read the sentences and circle the correct adjectives.​

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Multiple Choice

1. When I'm with Mrs. Meyer, I always feel _____________. It's difficult to find something to talk about with her.

• awkward

• guilty

Multiple Choice

2. Karen ought to be _____________ of herself - talking to her mother like that.

• desperate

• ashamed

Multiple Choice

3. Carlos must have done something wrong because he looks so ____________.

• guilty

• puzzled

Multiple Choice

4. After the earthquake, the people on the island were _____________ for help.

• desperate

• awkward

Multiple Choice

5. We're a little __________ as to why we haven't heard from them for weeks.

• stuck

• puzzled

Multiple Choice

6. Without your help we'd be ___________ and wouldn't know what to do next.

• guilty

• stuck

1. awkward

2. ashamed

3. guilty

4. desperate

5. puzzled

6. stuck​

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​Question 1 - Answers

Question 2

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​Now write the adjectives from Exercise 1 next to their definitions.

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Multiple Choice

1. _________: feeling extremely embarrassed about something you have done.

• ashamed

• awkward

• guilty

• desperate

Multiple Choice

2. _________: feeling confused because you do not understand something.

• stuck

• puzzled

• desperate

• awkward

Multiple Choice

3. _________: feeling you are in a difficult situation or unable to change or get away from a situation.

• desperate

• guilty

• awkward

• stuck

Multiple Choice

4. _________: feeling embarrassed or uncomfortable.

• desperate

• awkward

Multiple Choice

5. _________: feeling worried or unhappy because you have done something wrong.

• guilty

• desperate

Multiple Choice

6. _________: feeling the need or want for something very much.

• desperate

• cold

1. Ashamed

2. Puzzled

3. Stuck

4. Awkward

5. Guilty

6. Desperate​

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​Question 2 - Answers

SPEAKING​

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Question 1

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When you are stuck with a problem, which of these three things apply to you?​ Add three more of your own.

​( ) I go online and look for some advice.

( ) I stop thinking about it and listen to some music​.

( )​ I start feeling helpless.

Question 1

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When you are stuck with a problem, which of these three things apply to you?​ Add three more of your own.

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Open Ended

When you are stuck with a problem, write one thing that you do:

(Example: I cry a lot.)