English · Level A1 · ages 7 to 12 · Free

Feelings and Emotions: Free English Worksheets for Kids

The child learns 15 words for feelings: happy, sad, angry, tired, scared, surprised, hungry and more. The faces show each feeling, so the child reads the word with the picture.

8 worksheets · 15 words · Last update: 2026-11-06

Word list: Feelings and Emotions

  • happy
  • sad
  • angry
  • tired
  • scared
  • surprised
  • sleepy
  • sick
  • bored
  • excited
  • shy
  • hungry
  • hot
  • cold
  • worried

Pictures: Microsoft Fluent Emoji (MIT licence).

1.Picture Dictionary: Feelings and Emotions

A reference sheet with one picture and one word per card. Use it as a poster, or cut the cards for a memory game.

Task: Look at the pictures and read the words. Say each word aloud.

Download PDFFree · A4 · 1 page · No answer key: this is a reference sheet

Preview

  • happy
  • sad
  • angry
  • tired
  • scared
  • surprised
  • sleepy
  • sick
  • bored
  • excited
  • shy
  • hungry
  • hot
  • cold
  • worried

2.Matching Worksheet: Feelings and Emotions

The child draws a line from each picture to the correct word. The words are in a different order from the pictures.

Task: Draw a line from each picture to the correct word.

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  1. 1.
  2. 2.
  3. 3.
  4. 4.
  5. 5.
  6. 6.
  7. 7.
  8. 8.
  9. 9.
  10. 10.
  1. asurprised
  2. bhappy
  3. cshy
  4. dbored
  5. eangry
  6. fhungry
  7. gcold
  8. hsleepy
  9. iscared
  10. jworried
Show the answers
  1. i: scared
  2. g: cold
  3. j: worried
  4. c: shy
  5. a: surprised
  6. b: happy
  7. f: hungry
  8. d: bored
  9. e: angry
  10. h: sleepy

3.Writing Worksheet: Feelings and Emotions

The child writes the word under each picture. The words are in a box at the top, so the child copies the spelling.

Task: Write the word under each picture. The words are in the box.

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Words in the box:hotsurprisedsadworriedscaredsleepyshyexcitedhungrytiredhappycold

Show the answers
  1. tired
  2. hungry
  3. excited
  4. sad
  5. happy
  6. worried
  7. cold
  8. sleepy
  9. shy
  10. hot
  11. scared
  12. surprised

4.Missing Letters: Feelings and Emotions

Some letters of each word are missing. The child writes the missing letters, then the whole word.

Task: Write the missing letters. Then write the whole word on the line.

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  1. 1.h _ _
  2. 2.s l e e _ y
  3. 3.c o l _
  4. 4.b o r e _
  5. 5.s h _
  6. 6.s _ a _ e d
  7. 7.h _ _ g r _
  8. 8.t _ _ e _
  9. 9.s _ _ p r _ s e _
  10. 10.w o _ _ _ _ d
  11. 11.s _ _
  12. 12.a _ g _ y
Show the answers
  1. hot
  2. sleepy
  3. cold
  4. bored
  5. shy
  6. scared
  7. hungry
  8. tired
  9. surprised
  10. worried
  11. sad
  12. angry

5.Unscramble the Words: Feelings and Emotions

The letters of each word are in the wrong order. The child puts them in the correct order and writes the word.

Task: Put the letters in the correct order. Write the word on the line.

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  1. 1.s e a d r c
  2. 2.s p y e e l
  3. 3.d c l o
  4. 4.p i u r e s d s r
  5. 5.y r g a n
  6. 6.r o b e d
  7. 7.s k i c
  8. 8.i r d w o r e
  9. 9.t o h
  10. 10.r d i e t
  11. 11.y r n h g u
  12. 12.d a s
Show the answers
  1. scared
  2. sleepy
  3. cold
  4. surprised
  5. angry
  6. bored
  7. sick
  8. worried
  9. hot
  10. tired
  11. hungry
  12. sad

6.Circle the Correct Word: Feelings and Emotions

Each picture has three words next to it. Only one word is correct, and the child circles it.

Task: Look at the picture. Circle the correct word.

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  1. 1.AtiredBangryChappy
  2. 2.AworriedBhungryCsad
  3. 3.AhappyBsurprisedCshy
  4. 4.AcoldBworriedCexcited
  5. 5.AsadBhotChungry
  6. 6.AsadBsurprisedCsleepy
  7. 7.AcoldBsleepyCsick
  8. 8.AworriedBcoldCexcited
  9. 9.AscaredBexcitedCsick
  10. 10.AangryBsurprisedCtired
Show the answers
  1. happy
  2. hungry
  3. shy
  4. cold
  5. hot
  6. surprised
  7. sleepy
  8. worried
  9. excited
  10. tired

8.Sorting Worksheet: Feelings and Emotions

Words from two topics are mixed. The child writes each word in the correct column.

Task: Write each word in the correct column.

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  • umbrella
  • snowman
  • angry
  • sick
  • snow
  • cloudy
  • wind
  • scared
  • bored
  • cloud
  • hot
  • happy

Feelings

Weather

Show the answers

Feelings

  • sick
  • scared
  • bored
  • hot
  • happy
  • angry

Weather

  • snow
  • cloudy
  • cloud
  • snowman
  • umbrella
  • wind

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