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Teaching feelings vocabulary articles
with feelings vocabulary game ideas
How to teach the language of feelings
Feelings vocabulary lists
Lists of feelings words that can be drawn and mimed, feelings idioms, extreme feelings adjectives etc (spread through this article)
List of feelings opposites (near the end of this article)
Photocopiable feelings vocabulary classroom activities
Feelings in C2 Proficiency Listening Part 4 – NEW
IELTS Writing Task 2 on feelings
Making sounds to represent feelings games (with gradable and extreme adjectives)
Feelings drawing games (with a/ an practice)
Fear vocabulary and discussion
Feelings and objects pick and draw drawing game
Feelings drawing and miming games
Feelings and Present Continuous memory games
Feelings and want pelmanism card game
ed and ing adjectives drawing games(almost all feelings and linking it well to a grammar point)
I Don’t Feel Bored – ed and ing adjectives story (all feelings)
ed and ing adjectives discuss and agree (all feelings)
jobs and -ed and -ing adjectives pelmanism (almost all feelings)
hobbies and -ed and -ing adjectives pelmanism (almost all feelings)
Feelings and want guessing game
Feelings and want reverse pelmanism
Feelings opposites ask and tell coin game
Zero conditional feelings personalised guessing game (with useful feelings vocabulary)
Expressions associated with particular feelings
Feelings past continuous guessing
Pick numbers shapes feelings and parts of your face to make crazy pictures
Feelings and amusement park vocabulary project
Mind the Baby Mr Bean feelings worksheet
Food and feelings spelling snake
Feelings personalisation practice
Feelings and animals pictionary
Food and feelings spelling code game
Basic nouns and adjectives pictionary (including feelings)
Incredible English 2 revision by numbers (including feelings)
Units 6 and 7 definitions game (including feelings)
Units 6 and 7 rotating board game (including feelings)
Feelings vocabulary songs
If You’re Happy and You Know It on Super Simple Songs (good easy song with actions)
The Feelings Song from KidsTV123 (a bit complicated to sing, but good visuals and kind of makes a story)
How are you? feelings song from Dream English (a bit slow and boring, but having actual ASL as the gestures is an interesting idea)
Feelings vocabulary flashcards
Feelings flashcards on LearnEnglishKids
Feelings vocabulary stories/ Feelings vocabulary picture books for English classes
I Don’t Feel Bored – ed and ing adjectives story (all feelings)
Me Myself from Apricot Books (highly recommended)
Related pages
gradable and extreme adjectives page
Updated 12 November 2025
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