Spiders make me
feel afraid.
Aims
Learning goals:
Describing sensations and things
Using making somebody/something
feel/be something
Contents
Year 7
Lesson 76
Grammar and
sunctions
Keywords
Adjectives for sensations
Too + adjectives.
Language Analysis
Make somebody/something + adjective
Make somebody/something + adjective means to cause somebody/something to be or become
something. We generally use feel before sick, but you can use feel before the other adjectives too, for
example: feel afraid, feel thirsty.
What makes you afraid?
Spiders make me afraid.
Nothing makes me afraid!
The dark makes everything very quiet.
What makes you feel sick?
Travelling by car makes me feel sick.
Too + adjectives (or adverb)
We use too + adjective to say that it is excessive, more than necessary, more than usual. It is usually
connected with negative consequences.
E.g. If you say that it is very cold it means it is not warm. If you say: It is too cold it means it is difficult to
be there. It is often followed by an infinitive:
It is too late to stop.
He is too young to watch the film.
She is too tired to do her homework.
Our last homework was too difficult and we could not do it.
Describing sensations and things
afraid /əˈfreɪd/
cold /kəʊld/
frightened /ˈfraɪt(ə)nd/
hot /hɒt/
hungry /ˈhʌŋɡri/
sick /sɪk/
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thirsty /ˈθɜː(r)sti/
tired /ˈtaɪə(r)d/
worried /ˈwʌrid/
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Procedure
Lead-in
Key:
Ask students to match the words with the
pictures. Ask: How do these make you feel?
Extension: Start the sentence and ask students
to finish it:
I feel worried when ...
I feel tired when ...
I feel hot when ...
I feel frightened when ...
I feel sick when ...
I feel cold when ...
I feel hungry when ...
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Main input
Audio:
Kate: Hey guys. Let’s start this science project on
feelings. What makes you afraid?
Emma: Spiders make me afraid.
Harry: Me too!
William: Nothing makes me afraid!
Harry: Yeah, right! I’ve seen you in the dark!
William: It’s just the dark makes everything very
quiet.
Kate: OK, what makes you feel sick?
Harry: Travelling by car makes me feel sick.
William: Boats make me feel sick.
Emma: Really? So what makes you hungry?
Kate: The smell of bread.
Harry: The smell of chips!
William: The smell of food in general makes me
feel hungry!
Emma: I agree! And what makes you thirsty?
Harry: Playing football makes me thirsty! How
about what makes you feel worried?
Kate: Exams make me feel worried.
William: Going to the dentist makes me feel
worried! What makes you feel cold then? For me
it’s water.
Harry: Snow makes me feel cold.
Emma: No, snow makes you feel hot because
you run around in it!
Ask students to listen and watch. Then complete
the sentences. Ask: What makes each person
feel different things?
Extension:
Put students in pairs to discuss what makes
you…
Kate: Last question. What makes you tired?
You can write the following sentences on the
board to help students in their pair work:
Harry: Homework makes me feel tired!
What makes you frightened?
What makes you feel sick?
Key:
What makes you feel hungry?
1 Spiders 2 car 3 boats 4 bread 5 football
6 Exams 7 dentist 8 Snow 9 Homework
What makes you feel worried?
What makes you feel hot?
What makes you feel tired?
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Practice 1
Audio:
What makes you afraid?
The dark makes everything very quiet.
What makes you feel sick?
Boats make me feel sick.
The smell of food in general makes me feel
hungry!
Playing football makes me thirsty!
Exams make me feel worried.
Snow makes you feel hot because you run
around in it!
Key:
The aim of the screen is to practise vocabulary.
Give students the instruction:
1 makes 2 everything 3 feel 4 make 5 hungry
Listen and choose the correct word, then listen
and repeat the sentences.
6 me 7 worried 8 hot
Extension:
Distribute the Handout.
Ask students to complete the text with the missing
words. In weaker groups – use the words from
the box. In stronger groups, cut the part of the
handout off.
Also, it may be useful to go to the previous screen
to watch the animation again: Main input.
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Key:
1 Spiders 2 dark 3 Travelling 4 Boats 5 smell
6 food 7 thirsty 8 Exams 9 Snow 10 Homework
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Practice 2
Key:
Give students the instructions for the word
search. The aim of the activity is to find hidden
words and click the letters to make words.
Ask students to find eight adjectives to express
feelings.
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Practice 3
Key:
1 It’s too loud!
2 It’s too sweet!
3 It’s too quiet!
4 It’s too salty!
5 It’s too quick!
6 It’s too slow!
7 It’s too hot!
8 It’s too cold!
Ask students to look and choose the correct
sentences.
Extension:
For each of the pictures, ask students to provide
antonyms:
1 It’s too loud!  It’s quiet.
2 It’s too sweet!  It’s bitter.
3 It’s too quiet!  It’s loud.
4 It’s too salty!  It’s sweet.
5 It’s too quick!  It’s slow.
6 It’s too slow!  It’s quick.
7 It’s too hot!  It’s cold.
8 It’s too cold!  It’s hot.
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Practice 4
Key:
1 thirsty 2 Snow 3 hot 4 Homework 5 worried
6 Spiders
Ask students to make sentences with the words.
Extension:
Put students in pairs and ask students to finish the
sentences by themselves. Let them exchange their
ideas, then ask a few to report to the class:
Sport makes me …
Snow makes me …
The sun makes me …
Homework makes me …
Exams make me …
Spiders make me …
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Practice 5
Audio:
Harry: What makes you feel sick?
Emma: Cars make me feel sick because they’re
too fast.
Harry: What makes you feel cold?
Emma: Getting in a swimming pool makes me
feel cold because the water is usually too cold.
Harry: What makes you feel hungry?
Emma: The smell of food makes me feel hungry.
Harry: What makes you feel hot?
Emma: The sun makes me feel hot and thirsty.
Harry: What makes you feel tired?
Emma: Watching films on TV makes me feel tired
because the adverts are too slow!
Harry: What makes you feel worried?
Emma: Exams make me feel worried because
they’re too hard!
Key:
Ask students to listen and put the sentences in
order.
Also see the audio above.
Then practise the dialogue in pairs.
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English to take away
Audio:
What makes you feel worried?
Exams make me feel worried because they’re too
hard!
Key:
Students’ own answers.
Now it’s your turn. This is a ‘free practice’ stage.
The aim is personalisation. Give students the
following instructions:
Work in pairs and ask and answer questions
about your feelings. Listen to the example and
use the prompts to help you.
What makes you feel… afraid / cold / hot / hungry
/ sick / thirsty / tired / worried?
…because it's / they're too sweet / hot / quick / big
/ loud / hard / cold / hot / slow / salty / easy.
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Handout
boats
food
snow
dark
homework
spiders
exams
smell
thirsty
travelling
Kate: Hey guys. Let’s start this science project on feelings. What makes you afraid?
Emma: (1) _________________ make me afraid.
Harry: Me too!
William: Nothing makes me afraid!
Harry: Yeah, right! I’ve seen you in the (2) _________________!
William: It’s just the dark makes everything very quiet.
Kate: Ok, what makes you feel sick?
Harry: (3) _________________ by car makes me feel sick.
William: (4) _________________ make me feel sick.
Emma: Really? So what makes you hungry?
Kate: The (5) _________________ of bread.
Harry: The smell of chips!
William: The smell of (6) _________________ in general makes me feel hungry!
Emma: I agree! And what makes you (7) _________________?
Harry: Playing football makes me thirsty! How about what makes you feel worried?
Kate: (8) _________________ make me feel worried.
William: Going to the dentist makes me feel worried! What makes you feel cold then? For me it’s water.
Harry: (9) _________________ makes me feel cold.
Emma: No, snow makes you feel hot because you run around in it!
Kate: Last question. What makes you tired?
Harry: (10) _________________ makes me feel tired!
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