Free Feelings And Emotions Flashcards

Download free printable feelings and emotions flashcards and use them in your lessons today. On this page, you can find both large and small feelings and emotions flashcards for your English lessons. These are great for lessons teaching expressions such as ‘How are you?’, ‘I’m happy.’, ‘I’m sad.’, etc. Below you will also find some fun printable board games for lessons teaching feelings and emotions in English.

Feelings and Emotions Flashcards

Large Flashcards

ESL Flashcards - Feelings

This PDF is a set of 8 feelings and emotions flashcards. These are large flashcards and so are perfect for the teacher to show at the front of the class or to display on the board.

Small Flashcards

Small ESL Flashcards

This PDF is a set of 8 smaller feelings flashcards for students to hold. These can be used for many card games such as ‘find your partner’, ‘memory games, line bingo, and many more.

Feelings And Emotions – Printable Board Games

Board Game 1

ESL Board Game - feelings

This board game is best played in pairs and requires one dice. Students take turns in rolling the dice and moving their game piece. After landing on a square, students should make a sentence based on the image in that square. The aim of the game is to arrive at the center star to win a point. After winning a point, the student goes back to the start and begins again. The student with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. 

Board Game 2 – The Spinner Game

ESL board game - feelings

This Board Game is best played in pairs. Each pair of students needs one pencil and one paper clip. Place the clip in the middle and place the pencil in the middle of the clip. Then flick the paper clip to make it spin and make a sentence using the feeling word in that area.

Board Game 3 – Race Around the World

ESL Board Game - How are you

No Need for Dice! In this board game students play rock, scissors, paper and ‘race around the world’. One student moves clockwise and one student moves anti-clockwise. Every time the student moves to a new square they should make a sentence using the feeling vocabulary in the square.

Board Game 4 – Flick The Eraser

Printable Board Game - Feelings

This Board Game is best played in pairs. Each student needs one eraser (or something small and light they can flick). To play, a student should place his / her eraser at the bottom of the board game. Then the student should use his/her finger to flick the eraser. If it lands in one of the hexagons, then the student wins that area and colors it in. Next, the students should make a dialogue based on the word in that area, and then it’s the next student’s turn. At the end of the game, the student with the most areas colored in is the winner.

Related Resources

For more lesson materials for teaching feelings and emotions in English check out these related resources:

Feelings Worksheets
Feelings and Emotions PowerPoint Lesson
Feelings and Emotions Vocabulary Exercises