Facial expressions: English ESL worksheets pdf & doc - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to match each face with the correct expression from the list.

We have 16 faces and 16 expressions. We’ll look at each face one by one and pick the best matching word.

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Face 1 (top row, first on left):
Looks sad, eyes down, mouth turned down → sad → #14

Face 2 (top row, second):
Big open mouth, tongue out, happy/playful → playful → #6

Face 3 (top row, third):
Eyes half-closed, frowning slightly → gloomy → #3

Face 4 (top row, fourth):
One eyebrow raised, side-eye, looks annoyed or suspicious → glare → #2

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Face 5 (second row, first):
Winking eye, smiling → wink → #8

Face 6 (second row, second):
Frowning, eyebrows together, looks upset or sulky → petulant → #1 or #4? Let’s check later — maybe #1 for now.

Wait — we have two “petulant” in the list: #1 and #4. That might be a typo, but let’s assume they’re meant to be used once. Actually, looking again — probably both are same meaning, so we can use either. But let’s see which fits better.

Actually, Face 6 looks more like brooding (#15) — deep thought, serious, not angry yet.

Hold on — let’s reassign carefully.

Better approach: Go through all faces and assign unique words.

List of expressions again:
1) petulant
2) glare
3) gloomy
4) petulant ← duplicate? Maybe it’s a mistake. Perhaps one is meant to be different? Or maybe it’s intentional — but since there are 16 faces and 16 labels, and two say “petulant”, perhaps we use it twice? Unlikely. Probably a typo. Let’s assume #4 is also “petulant” but we only need one. Wait — no, count: 1 to 16, that’s 16 items. So even if two say “petulant”, we must use them as labeled. But that doesn’t make sense. Looking back:

Original list:
> 1) petulant / 2) glare / 3) gloomy / 4) petulant / 5) frustrated / 6) playful / 7) quizzical /
> 8) wink / 9) confused / 10) cheeky / 11) question / 12) angry / 13) goofy / 14) sad /
> 15) brooding / 16) bug eyed

Ah — #1 and #4 are both “petulant”. That’s likely an error in the worksheet. But since we have to match 16 faces to 16 labels, we’ll treat them as separate entries — meaning two faces will be called “petulant”. Okay, fine.

But let’s try to avoid duplication unless necessary. Maybe one is meant to be something else? No — we’ll proceed as given.

Let’s label each face numerically from top-left to bottom-right:

Row 1: Faces 1-4
Row 2: Faces 5-8
Row 3: Faces 9-12
Row 4: Faces 13-16

Now assign:

Face 1: Sad → #14
Face 2: Playful → #6
Face 3: Gloomy → #3
Face 4: Glare → #2

Face 5: Wink → #8
Face 6: Brooding? Or Petulant? Looks thoughtful, not happy → let’s say brooding → #15
Face 7: Surprised/scared → bug eyed? Eyes wide → #16
Face 8: Smirking, sly → cheeky → #10

Face 9: Mouth open, surprised → question? Or confused? Has a "?" next to it — oh! The image has a "?" near Face 9 — that’s a hint! So Face 9 = question → #11
Face 10: Angry eyebrows, tight lips → angry → #12
Face 11: Teeth clenched, furious → frustrated → #5
Face 12: Smiling, innocent → goofy? Or quizzical? Looks friendly, maybe goofy → #13

Face 13: Looking up, worried → confused? Or sad? Already used sad. This looks anxious → confused → #9
Face 14: Screaming/shocked → bug eyed? But we used #16 already? Wait — Face 7 was bug eyed? Let’s check.

Face 7: eyes wide, mouth small — could be scared → bug eyed
Face 14: mouth wide open screaming — also bug eyed? But we only have one #16.

Problem: Two faces look "bug eyed". But we have only one label #16.

Wait — let’s reevaluate.

Perhaps:

Face 7: wide eyes, small mouth → quizzical? #7
Face 14: screaming, wide eyes → bug eyed → #16

That works.

So revise:

Face 7: Quizzical → #7
Face 14: Bug eyed → #16

Then Face 9: has "?" → definitely question → #11

Face 10: angry → #12
Face 11: frustrated → #5
Face 12: goofy → #13

Face 13: confused → #9

Now what about Face 6? We said brooding → #15

Face 8: cheeky → #10

Leftover expressions: #1 petulant, #4 petulant

Which faces haven’t been assigned?

We’ve assigned:

1:14, 2:6, 3:3, 4:2,
5:8, 6:15, 7:7, 8:10,
9:11, 10:12, 11:5, 12:13,
13:9, 14:16

Missing: Face 15 and 16? Wait — we have 16 faces. I think I miscounted rows.

Rows:

Row 1: 4 faces
Row 2: 4 faces
Row 3: 4 faces
Row 4: 4 faces → total 16

I labeled up to Face 14 — missing Face 15 and 16.

In Row 4:

Face 13: first on left → we did → confused #9
Face 14: second → screaming → bug eyed #16
Face 15: third → frowning, stern → ?
Face 16: fourth → very angry, scowling → ?

Expressions left: #1 petulant, #4 petulant

But we have two faces left: 15 and 16.

Face 15: looks grumpy, not full anger → maybe petulant
Face 16: full-on angry stare → but we already used angry for Face 10.

Wait — Face 10 is angry → #12
Face 16 is also angry-looking — but we don’t have another “angry”.

Unless... Face 16 is glare? But we used #2 for Face 4.

This is messy.

Alternative assignment:

Let’s list all faces with descriptions and match uniquely.

Final careful matching:

1. Top-left: sad → #14
2. Top-second: playful (tongue out) → #6
3. Top-third: gloomy (downcast) → #3
4. Top-fourth: glare (side-eye, annoyed) → #2

5. Second-row-first: wink → #8
6. Second-row-second: brooding (thoughtful, serious) → #15
7. Second-row-third: quizzical (curious, head tilt?) → actually, this one has wide eyes, small mouth — could be quizzical → #7
8. Second-row-fourth: cheeky (smirk) → #10

9. Third-row-first: has "?" → question → #11
10. Third-row-second: angry (furrowed brows) → #12
11. Third-row-third: frustrated (teeth gritted) → #5
12. Third-row-fourth: goofy (silly smile) → #13

13. Fourth-row-first: confused (worried look) → #9
14. Fourth-row-second: bug eyed (screaming, wide eyes) → #16
15. Fourth-row-third: petulant (sulky, pouting) → #1
16. Fourth-row-fourth: petulant? But we have #4 left — and it's also "petulant" — so assign #4 to this one? But it looks more angry.

Face 16: very stern, glaring — but we used glare for #2.

Perhaps Face 4 should be something else?

Face 4: one eyebrow up, side glance — could be quizzical? But we used #7 for Face 7.

Let’s swap:

Make Face 4: quizzical → #7
Face 7: glare? But Face 7 doesn't look glaring.

Another idea: Face 16 is angry, but we used #12 for Face 10.

Unless Face 10 is not angry — let’s see Face 10: eyebrows down, neutral mouth — could be brooding? But we used #15 for Face 6.

This is tricky.

Perhaps the duplicate "petulant" is for two similar faces.

Look at Face 6 and Face 15: both look sulky/petulant.

Face 6: second row, second — frowning, thoughtful
Face 15: fourth row, third — pouting, unhappy

Both could be petulant.

So assign:

Face 6: petulant → #1
Face 15: petulant → #4

Then what about brooding? #15 is taken.

Face 6 could be brooding, Face 15 petulant.

But we have to use all labels.

Labels include both #1 and #4 as petulant, so we must use both.

So let’s do:

Face 6: petulant → #1
Face 15: petulant → #4

Then brooding #15 is unused — but we have no face left for it.

Faces left after assigning others:

After assigning 1-5,7-14,16, we have Face 6 and 15 unassigned, and labels #1, #4, #15 left? No.

Total labels: 16

Assigned so far in my last attempt:

Used: #14,6,3,2,8,7,10,11,12,5,13,9,16 → that's 13

Left: #1,4,15

Faces left: 6,15, and who else? 16 faces.

I think I missed that Face 16 is the last one.

List of faces with numbers:

Let me number them clearly:

Position (row,col):

(1,1): Face A
(1,2): B
(1,3): C
(1,4): D
(2,1): E
(2,2): F
(2,3): G
(2,4): H
(3,1): I
(3,2): J
(3,3): K
(3,4): L
(4,1): M
(4,2): N
(4,3): O
(4,4): P

Now assign:

A: sad → 14
B: playful → 6
C: gloomy → 3
D: glare → 2

E: wink → 8
F: ?
G: quizzical → 7
H: cheeky → 10

I: question → 11 (because of "?")
J: angry → 12
K: frustrated → 5
L: goofy → 13

M: confused → 9
N: bug eyed → 16
O: ?
P: ?

Left expressions: 1,4,15

F, O, P need assignments.

F: second row, second — frowning, looks sulky → petulant → say #1
O: fourth row, third — pouting, unhappy → petulant → #4
P: fourth row, fourth — very angry, scowling → but "angry" is used. What's left? #15 brooding

But P doesn't look brooding; it looks furious.

Perhaps J is not angry — J is third row, second: eyebrows down, straight mouth — could be brooding.

Then P can be angry.

But "angry" is #12, and we have only one.

Unless we assign P as angry, and J as something else.

J: could be glare? But D is already glare.

This is not working.

Another possibility: the duplicate "petulant" is a mistake, and #4 is meant to be "pout" or something, but we have to use as is.

Perhaps Face P is brooding — but it looks too angry.

Let's look at the actual images mentally:

- Face P (bottom right): intense stare, furrowed brows, tight lips — classic angry face.

But we have only one "angry" label.

Unless Face J is not angry — Face J is third row, second: similar to P but less intense.

Perhaps:

J: brooding → #15
P: angry → #12

Then what about the other angry-looking face? K is frustrated, which is different.

And we have two petulant for F and O.

So let's try:

F: petulant → #1
O: petulant → #4
J: brooding → #15
P: angry → #12

But then we have used #12 for P, and J is #15.

Previously I had J as #12, but now change to #15.

Is that acceptable? Yes, because brooding means deep in thought, often with a frown, which fits J.

P is clearly angry.

So final assignment:

A: 14 (sad)
B: 6 (playful)
C: 3 (gloomy)
D: 2 (glare)
E: 8 (wink)
F: 1 (petulant)
G: 7 (quizzical)
H: 10 (cheeky)
I: 11 (question)
J: 15 (brooding)
K: 5 (frustrated)
L: 13 (goofy)
M: 9 (confused)
N: 16 (bug eyed)
O: 4 (petulant)
P: 12 (angry)

Now check if all labels are used:

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16 — yes, all covered.

And duplicates: #1 and #4 both petulant, assigned to F and O, which both look sulky/petulant.

Perfect.

So the matches are:

Face A (1,1): 14
B (1,2): 6
C (1,3): 3
D (1,4): 2
E (2,1): 8
F (2,2): 1
G (2,3): 7
H (2,4): 10
I (3,1): 11
J (3,2): 15
K (3,3): 5
L (3,4): 13
M (4,1): 9
N (4,2): 16
O (4,3): 4
P (4,4): 12

Now, to present the answer, since the user didn't specify how to output, but typically for such worksheets, you list the face number or position with the expression number.

Since the faces are in a grid, and no numbering is given, perhaps list them in order row by row with the expression number.

Or since the instruction is to "match", and in the image there are circles to fill, probably the expected answer is to write the number of the expression next to each face.

For the final answer, I'll list the expression numbers in order from top-left to bottom-right, row by row.

So sequence:

Row 1: 14, 6, 3, 2
Row 2: 8, 1, 7, 10
Row 3: 11, 15, 5, 13
Row 4: 9, 16, 4, 12

As a single list: 14,6,3,2,8,1,7,10,11,15,5,13,9,16,4,12

But to confirm, let's double-check a few:

- Face with "?" is I, which is third row first, assigned 11 (question) — correct.
- Wink is E, second row first, assigned 8 — correct.
- Bug eyed is N, fourth row second, assigned 16 — correct.
- Goofy is L, third row fourth, assigned 13 — correct.
- Frustrated is K, third row third, assigned 5 — correct.
- Cheeky is H, second row fourth, assigned 10 — correct.
- Gloomy is C, top third, assigned 3 — correct.
- Sad is A, top first, assigned 14 — correct.
- Playful is B, top second, assigned 6 — correct.
- Glare is D, top fourth, assigned 2 — correct.
- Quizzical is G, second row third, assigned 7 — correct.
- Confused is M, fourth row first, assigned 9 — correct.
- Petulant F and O: F is second row second, O is fourth row third — both look petulant, assigned 1 and 4.
- Brooding J: third row second, assigned 15 — looks thoughtful/frowning.
- Angry P: fourth row fourth, assigned 12 — very angry face.

All seem reasonable.

Final Answer:
14, 6, 3, 2, 8, 1, 7, 10, 11, 15, 5, 13, 9, 16, 4, 12