Unit 2

What is happiness to you?

Word power

Emotions are different kinds of strong human feelings. Happiness is just one of many emotions.

Choose one of the following pictures and describe it.

Can you add words to each category?

Words describing happiness

Noun forms:

joy, love, peace, pleasure,

contentment, gratification,

satisfaction, delight, fun

Adjective forms:

joyful, lovely, fun, peaceful, pleased,

content, gratified, satisfied, delighted

Words describing sadness

Noun forms:

sorrow, depression, misery, grief,

despair, unhappiness, worry

Adjective forms:

sorrowful, depressed, miserable,

grieved, despaired, unhappy, worried

Words describing anger

Noun forms:

anger, annoyance, fury, bad temper

Adjective forms:

angry, annoyed, furious, bad-

tempered

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1.I’m not ______ (satisfied, satisfaction)

with what I’ve done. I can’t get _________ (satisfied, satisfaction) from it.

2. I was _________ (amazed, amazement) by the change in his appearance. All of us looked at him in ___________ (amazed, amazement).

satisfied

satisfaction

amazed

amazement

3. The boy is _______ (curious, curiosity) about everything. His burning ________

(curious, curiosity) inspires him to learn more.

4. She tried to walk off the ___________ (annoyed, annoyance) her son gave her. His attitude made her extremely _________ (annoyed, annoyance).

curiouscuriosity

annoyance

annoyed

Do the exercise in Part B on Page 23.

Answers (1) excitement (2) fearful / frightened

(3) sadness (4) happy

(5) concerned (6) anxious

(7) content

over the moon:

He was over the moon when he heard the news.

thrilled to bits:

She was thrilled to bits with her new bicycle.

English idioms of emotion

All these idioms mean that you are absolutely delighted!

in seventh heaven:

They were in seventh heaven when they learned they'd won a cruise.

on cloud nine:

When I got the job, I was on cloud nine for several weeks.

jump for joy:

We jumped for joy when we got the mortgage.

down in the dumps: When she left him, he was down in the dumps for a couple of weeks.feel blue: She felt a little blue when she lost her job.beside yourself (with grief, worry) When her son went missing, she was beside herself with worry.sick as a parrot: He was as sick as a parrot when he realised he had thrown away his lottery ticket.

These idioms mean you are feeling sad.

see red: Don't talk to him about his boss – it just makes him see red!hopping mad: She was hopping mad when she found out her daughter had disobeyed her.in a black mood: Be careful what you say – she's in a black mood today.

These idioms mean that you are very angry.

cheesed off:

I was really cheesed off when I lost the competition.

be off someone's Christmas card list:

Oh dear. I think I'm off her Christmas card list after insulting her husband!

Less angry idioms

have a downer on someone:

What's John done? You seem to have a real downer on him.

rub someone up the wrong way:

Those two are always arguing. They just seem to rub each other up the wrong way.

To be in a cold sweat = to be in a state of shock or fear

To be rooted to the spot = to be unable to move through fear

To be scared to death = to be extremely frightened

To go white as a sheet = to go pale through fear or shock

Feeling frightened / shocked

Feeling worried / anxious / nervous

To be keyed up = to be excited, tense

To be like a cat on hot bricks = to feel nervous and unable to stand still

To be on tenterhooks = to be uncertain and anxious about what is going to happen

To have something on one's mind = to have a problem that is worrying you

To be all at sea = to be puzzled and bewildered

To be at sixes and sevens = to be uncertain and confused

To be out of one's depth = to be in a situation which is difficult for you to cope with

Feeling confused / uncertain