Facial expressions - ESL worksheet by busbe - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

We have 6 facial expressions labeled a through f, and 6 emotion words:
angry, frightened, happy, sad, worried, apologetic

We also have 6 speech bubbles with sentences that match those emotions. We need to match each face (a–f) to the correct emotion word, then match each sentence to the correct face letter.

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Step 1: Match faces to emotion words

Look at each face and decide what emotion it shows:

- Face a: Smiling gently → looks happy
- Face b: Eyes wide, mouth open in shock → looks frightened
- Face c: Frowning, eyebrows down, intense look → looks angry
- Face d: Grimacing, teeth showing, looks upset or guilty → looks apologetic (like saying sorry)
- Face e: Wide eyes, slightly open mouth, looks anxious → looks worried
- Face f: Downcast eyes, flat mouth, looks down → looks sad

So:

a = happy
b = frightened
c = angry
d = apologetic
e = worried
f = sad

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Step 2: Match sentences to faces (by matching emotion)

Now look at each sentence and find which emotion it matches — then write the face letter.

1. “Sorry, I can’t go to cinema tonight.” → This is an apology → apologetic → face d

2. “I miss home. I want to see my family.” → Feeling lonely/sad → sad → face f

3. “I passed all my exams.” → Good news! → happy → face a

4. “I hate you. You ate all the ice cream.” → Angry! → angry → face c

5. “Where is my bag? I can’t find it.” → Anxious, searching → worried → face e

6. “I am scared. I hate horror films.” → Scared = frightened → frightened → face b

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Final Matching:

For part 1 (match words to pictures):

a. happy
b. frightened
c. angry
d. apologetic
e. worried
f. sad

For part 2 (write letter into circle for each sentence):

- “Sorry, I can’t go to cinema tonight.” → d
- “I miss home. I want to see my family.” → f
- “I passed all my exams.” → a
- “I hate you. You ate all the ice cream.” → c
- “Where is my bag? I can’t find it.” → e
- “I am scared. I hate horror films.” → b

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Final Answer:
Part 1:
a. happy
b. frightened
c. angry
d. apologetic
e. worried
f. sad

Part 2:
First row circles: d, f, a
Second row circles: c, e, b