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Delight
1 How do people express delight? Underline the actions.
hitting the wall crying jumping up and down
booing clapping their hands laughing out loud
2 Ask two people you know how they express delight, and write
down their answers.
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3 What does delight mean to you? Draw a picture.
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4 Read the text on page 28 of the EMOTIONARY and write T (true) or F
(false) next to the sentences below.
! Delight lasts a long time.
! Delight is caused by something pleasant.
! When you are delighted, you feel playful.
! Delight and happiness last the same length of time.
! The opposite of delight is joy.
Now correct the false sentences.
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5 Find words in the text which mean the opposite of the words below:
long-lived à ________________________________________________
negatively à ________________________________________________
6 Write down two characteristics of delight.
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7 Complete the sentences using words from the delight family.
delight > delighted delightful delightedly to delight
Going on the big wheel is a _______________
________ moment for me.
My cousin was ________________ when he
won the 100 metre race at school.
‘I jumped higher than you,’ he said,
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My grandma’s cakes ________________
everyone who tries them.
8 Make nouns from these adjectives.
joyful à ____________________ contented à ___________________
pleasant à __________________ intense à ______________________
enjoyable à _________________ playful à _______________________
happy à ____________________ energetic à _____________________
9 The text says that delight is caused by something pleasant. Write
an example of something that causes you delight.
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10 Write down some things that have made you feel delighted today.
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11 The text says that happiness and delight are different. Explain
what the differences are. You can use the words below.
intense long short
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12 Why are the characters in the illustration delighted? Write your
answers in the speech bubbles.
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Delight
NOTES
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The EMOTIONARY worksheets belong to the Say What You Feel series. For more
information on the series, further worksheets and other supplementary
materials, please go to www.palabrasaladas.com/f/emo_eng.html
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