1. Unit 41 Pleasant and
unpleasant feelings

2. • A. Happiness and unhappiness

3. 
You are satisfied with what you have.
He’s very cont_____/cont_____ with his life.
He’s a cont_____ed person.

4. 
You are satisfied with what you have.
He’s very content/contented with his life.
He’s a contented person.

5. 
Someone has done something thoughtful for
you.
I’m really gr_____ to you for helping me with
my project.
Note :
You feel th_____ if something bad that could
have happened did not happen.

6. 
Someone has done something thoughtful for
you.
I’m really grateful to you for helping me with
my project.
Note :
You feel thankful if something bad that could
have happened did not happen.

7. 
Something has happened that gives you great
pleasure. You hear news of someone’s good
fortune, for instance.
I was del_____ to hear you’re getting married.

8. 
Something has happened that gives you great
pleasure. You hear news of someone’s good
fortune, for instance.
I was delighted to hear you’re getting married.

9. 
Everything seems wrong in your life.
I felt mis_____ all day yesterday – maybe it was
just the grey, cold weather.

10. 
Everything seems wrong in your life.
I felt miserable all day yesterday – maybe it was
just the grey, cold weather.

11. 
Your life is not giving you satisfaction.
She’s very disc_____ed with her job and is going
to look for a new one.

12. 
Your life is not giving you satisfaction.
She’s very discontented with her job and is
going to look for a new one.

13. 
You have had
disagreeable.
enough
of
something
I’m f_____ up with Amanda’s rudeness and
s_____ (and t_____) of her bad behaviour.

14. 
You have had
disagreeable.
enough
of
something
I’m fed up with Amanda’s rudeness and sick
(and tired) of her bad behaviour.

15. 
You are miserable over a long period of time.
Depr_____ is considered an illness in some
severe cases.
I felt depr_____ after having ten job interviews
and not getting a job.

16. 
You are miserable over a long period of time.
Depression is considered an illness in some
severe cases.
I felt depressed after having ten job interviews
and not getting a job.

17. 
You cannot make sense of different conflicting
feelings or ideas.
I feel so conf_____ - last week she said she
loved me passionately, this week she said we
were just good friends.

18. 
You cannot make sense of different conflicting
feelings or ideas.
I feel so confused - last week she said she loved
me passionately, this week she said we were
just good friends.

19. • B. Excitement, upset, anger
and anxiety

20. 
You are stimulated to do something positive or
creative.
I felt insp_____ after the concert. I’ve decided to
take piano lessons.

21. 
You are stimulated to do something positive or
creative.
I felt inspired after the concert. I’ve decided to
take piano lessons.

22. 
Something made me feel unhappy.
The argument I had with Gloria the other night
really ups_____ me.

23. 
Something made me feel unhappy.
The argument I had with Gloria the other night
really upset me.

24. 
At first I had very positive feelings but now I
have a feeling of being unable to do what I
really wanted to do.
I was quite enth_____ about my tennis lessons at
first, but the teacher isn’t very good and now I
just feel fr_____.

25. 
At first I had very positive feelings but now I
have a feeling of being unable to do what I
really wanted to do.
I was quite enthusiastic about my tennis lessons
at first, but the teacher isn’t very good and
now I just feel frustrated.

26. 
Something extremely exciting and pleasing
happened.
She was so thr_____ when she got a job with a
TV company. She’s always wanted to work in
the media.

27. 
Something extremely exciting and pleasing
happened.
She was so thrilled when she got a job with a TV
company. She’s always wanted to work in the
media.

28. 
You are not calm and you are also worried and
uncertain about the future.
I was so nerv_____ before the exam, and then I
felt anx_____ before the results came out, but
I passed with a high grade.

29. 
You are not calm and you are also worried and
uncertain about the future.
I was so nervous before the exam, and then I felt
anxious before the results came out, but I
passed with a high grade.

30. 
You are extremely angry.
I was fur_____ with the waiter. The service was
slow and he spilt coffee over my shirt.

31. 
You are extremely angry.
I was furious with the waiter. The service was
slow and he spilt coffee over my shirt.

32. 
You want to say how good or bad you feel.
I was re_____/qu_____/ ra_____ content (ed),
grateful, delighted, miserable, fed up/sick and
tired,
depressed,
confused,
inspired,
enthusiastic, frustrated, thrilled , nervous,
anxious, furious.
Note : you can use ‘r___’ with all the above
words describing feelings. With these less
extreme words ‘qu_____’ means ‘r_____’.

33. 
You want to say how good or bad you feel.
I was really/quite/rather content (ed), grateful,
delighted, miserable, fed up/sick and tired,
depressed, confused, inspired, enthusiastic,
frustrated, thrilled , nervous, anxious, furious.
Note : you can use ‘really’ with all the above
words describing feelings. With these less
extreme words ‘quite’ means ‘rather’.

34. 
You want to say how good or bad you feel.
I was abs_____ delighted, fed up/sick and tired,
thrilled, furious.
Note : you can only use ‘ab_____ ‘ with the
above words describing extreme states. With
these extreme words ‘qu_____’ means
‘abs_____’.

35. 
You want to say how good or bad you feel.
I was absolutely delighted, fed up/sick and
tired, thrilled, furious.
Note : you can only use ‘absolutely ‘ with the
above words describing extreme states. With
these extreme words ‘quite’ means ‘abolutely’.