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Exercises

Complete the following table.

I adjective abstract noun 1 adjective abstract noun
furious ............................. frustrated .............................
............................. anxiety ............................. cheerfulness
grateful ............................. enthusiastic .............................
............................. ecstasy ............................. apprehension
inspired ........................... excited .............................

Choose the best word from those given to complete each of the sentences which follow.
enthusiastic confused cross thrilled depressed
upset fed-up frustrated discontented
1 I didn't know who was telling the truth. I felt totally ..................................
2 Some mothers are ................................. for several months after the birth of a baby.
3 I think she is bad-tempered because she is .................................. She wanted to be an
actress and not a school-teacher.
4 Although he seems to have everything anyone could possibly want, he is still
..................................
5 He went skiing for the first time last month, but now he is so .................................
about it that he can talk of little else.
6 My baby brother gets very ................................. by the evening if he doesn't have an
afternoon sleep.
7 This rainy weather has gone on for so long. I feel really ................................. with it.
8 He was terribly ................................. when he heard the news of his friend's accident.
9 She was ................................. when she learnt that she had won the first prize.

Write sentences about when you have experienced the following feelings.
Example: anxious I felt anxious until we heard the results of my mother's medical tests.
1 anxious 3 grateful 5 miserable 7 enthusiastic
2 apprehensive 4 in a rage 6 inspired

68.4 The words opposite ending in -ed (apart from contented and delighted) also have -ing forms
e.g. interestedhnteresting and bored/boring. Add the correct ending -ed or -ing.
Example: She was thrilled by her present.
1 I found the film very excit. ................
2 The poet was inspir.. .............. by the sunset.
3 This weather is terribly depress. ................
4 It is very frustrat. ............... when the phones aren't working.
5 She was confus ................ by the ambiguous remarks he made to her.

You, of course, know the basic expressions: Tm hungry/thirsty/hot/cold/tired/cross'.
Colloquially, we often say the same things using a much stronger expression. What do you
think people mean when they say:
1 I'm boiling 3 I'm seething 5 I'm starving
2 I'm dying for a drink 4 I'm freezing 6 I'm worn out

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