Mixed emotions Mixed emotions 1) Which of the adjectives below have a stronger or a weaker meaning? e.g.

desperate = strong; Sorry for yourself= weaker

2) Chose 5 situations below to discuss. What emotions would you go through at different stages? (e.g beforehand, during, afterwards?) Here are some usefull phrases: - It wouldnt bother me much - Id be looking forward to it - Id feel a sense of .(satisfaction/dread.) - It would make me feel (as if) .

3) Phrase builder 1 Phrasal verbs 4) Reading what makes you laugh? The texts there after are intended to make people laugh, but the punchlines are missing. Can you guess any of them?

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5) Now match the punchlines to the texts

Mixed emotions Which did you like best? Which didnt you like? Were there any that you didnt get? 6) Match the description to the text. The following words and phrases describe the different type of texts. An anecdote A corny joke A limerick 7) phrase builder - Idioms 8) Read the quotes about laughter and happiness. a) Which one do you like? A non.p-c (*)joke * non politically correct A scene from a sitcom An epigram A pun A put-down

b) Underline the Perfect forms in each quotes. Find examples of: Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect continuous A perfect ing form The Past Perfect a Perfect Infinitive

c) What do all Perfect forms have in common in the way that they are formed? 9) With all perfect forms, the speaker is looking back from one point in time, to a time before that. In which quote is the speaker: a) looking back over a day b) looking back over the whole of his/her life? c) looking back over history 10) see Grammar Item: Perfect verb forms

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