Adjectives of Emotion — The First Time
Grammar: Adjectives of emotion and sentence building
Free ESL grammar exercise on adjectives of emotion themed around the first time. Printable worksheet from classplan.ai.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 2 (elementary) ESL grammar exercise on daily life, practising adjectives of emotion and sentence building. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
Yui Yoshida was eight years old. She stood at the edge of the swimming pool and looked at the water. She was very nervous. Then she jumped and felt wonderful. She was so proud of herself. Sometimes people feel scared before they try something new.
Grammar
- Was / Were + adjective
- Use was or were with an adjective to describe past feelings. She was nervous before the race.
- Felt + adjective
- Use felt with an adjective to say how someone felt. He felt proud after the exam.
Sample items
- I ______ so happy after my first swimming lesson.
- They ______ bored — they were very excited.
- She felt ______ proud of her first painting.
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