Mick Jagger
💬 Exercise. Emotions You Have Felt Recently
Task: Translate the question and emotion words into English. Then answer the question in full sentences and explain what caused these emotions.
❓ Якія эмоцыі ты адчуваў апошнім часам і чаму?
😵💫 разгубленасць, 🪫 знясіленасць, 🌊 перагружанасць, 😟 трывога, 🧐 насцярожанасць, 🌑 неспакой, 😤 напружанне, 😠 раздражненне, 🔥 абурэнне, 😢 прыгнечанасць, 💔 расчараванне, ⚖️ прымірэнне з сітуацыяй, 🌙 настальгічная туга, 🤔 задуменнасць, 🕊️ улагоджанасць, 🌤️ палёгка, 💭 пачуццё выкананасці, 🌠 зачараванасць, 🤩 эмацыйны ўздым, 🥹 расчуленасць, ✨ натхненне.
💬 Useful Phrases for Reacting
- 🎯 I think the best answer is …
- 💭 I would probably feel …
- 🧩 It seems like a mixture of … and …
- 🔍 The dominant emotion here is …
- 🌗 At first, I would feel …, but then I might feel …
- 🗣️ I would choose … because …
🎭 Exercise 1. Emotion Quiz
Task: Read each situation and choose the emotion or combination of emotions that best describes it. Explain your choice using the phrases above.
- 📚 You open your exam timetable and realise that several difficult exams will take place within the same week. You have not revised enough yet.
- 😵💫 overwhelm and apprehension 🕊️ serenity 💫 elation
- 🎲 During a “What? Where? When?” tournament, your team suddenly finds the correct answer only a few seconds before the time is over.
- ⚖️ resignation 🤩 exhilaration and relief 🌑 unease
- 💻 You have been working on a complicated programming project for several weeks. Finally, everything works exactly as you planned.
- 😞 disappointment 💭 fulfilment and satisfaction 😟 apprehension
- 😤 One of your project partners does almost nothing but tries to shift all the responsibility onto you.
- 🌿 serenity 😠 irritation and indignation 🥰 affection
- 🖼️ You see a painting that reminds you of your childhood. It is beautiful, but it also makes you think about a time that will never return.
- 🌙 wistfulness and captivation 💫 elation 😤 tension
- 📱 You send an important personal message. The person reads it but does not answer for several hours.
- 🌑 unease and insecurity 💭 fulfilment 😮 astonishment
- 🌅 After a suffocatingly hot day, you walk near the river with your friends. The air becomes cooler, and you finally feel that you can relax.
- 😟 apprehension 🕊️ serenity and relief 😠 irritation
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🎤 Exercise. Mick Jagger: From Dartford to Rock Legend
🎸 Mick Jagger is an English singer, songwriter, actor and producer. He is best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones.
🎂 Today, 26 July 2026, Mick Jagger turns eighty-three. He was born on 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent.
✍️ Task: Choose the correct preposition. The facts are arranged in chronological order. Pay special attention to common prepositional combinations that English learners often confuse.
- 🎂 Michael Philip Jagger was born ___ 26 July 1943 in Dartford, Kent.
on / in / at
- 🏘️ He grew up ___ Dartford in a middle-class family: his father was a teacher, and his mother was a hairdresser.
at / through / in
- 🎵 As a child, he became deeply interested ___ music and enjoyed listening to American rock and rhythm and blues.
in / on / at
- 🏫 At primary school, he was already acquainted ___ Keith Richards, although the two boys later lost contact.
to / by / with
- 🚉 In 1961, Jagger unexpectedly met Richards again ___ Dartford railway station while travelling to London.
at / into / on
- 🎓 At that time, Jagger studied ___ the London School of Economics, where he focused on finance and accounting.
on / at / in
- 🎸 In 1962, he formed The Rolling Stones ___ Keith Richards, Brian Jones and several other musicians.
from / with / by
- 🎭 The newly formed band gave its first public performance ___ the Marquee Club in London on 12 July 1962.
into / on / at
- 💿 After playing several concerts, The Rolling Stones signed a recording contract ___ Decca Records.
with / for / to
- 🌍 In 1965, Jagger and Richards became internationally famous ___ writing the hit “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”
about / for / with
- 🎬 In 1970, Jagger appeared ___ two very different films, Performance and Ned Kelly.
in / at / on
- 🎶 In 1985, he collaborated ___ David Bowie on a new version of “Dancing in the Street.”
by / for / with
- 🏛️ In 1989, Jagger was inducted ___ the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Rolling Stones.
onto / in / into
- ⚔️ In 2003, he was formally knighted ___ his services to popular music.
for / by / with