Expressing feelings: talking about regrets and annoyances

Expressing feelings β€” a B1 English lesson. Practise using 'I wish I hadn't' and 'I wish you wouldn't' and expand vocabulary around regret and annoyance.

Expressing feelings: talking about regrets and annoyances

Summary

This ESL lesson for B1 English students explores Regret, annoyance, feelings. Using a real audio as the basis for discussion, students develop listening comprehension, vocabulary, and grammar skills across a 90-minute class.

The grammar focus is Expressing regret and annoyance with 'wish'. Key vocabulary includes terrible (adjective), annoying (adjective), worried (adjective) and more, all drawn directly from the source material. The practical English section gives students useful phrases for real-life situations: In everyday life, it's useful to know how to apologise sincerely and how to express annoyance or dissatisfaction politely without causing offense..

Activities

00:01 I really wish I hadn't eaten so much last night.
00:04 I feel terrible now.
00:06 And I wish you wouldn't always leave your shoes in the middle of the hallway.
00:10 It's quite annoying, actually.
00:13 Also, I wish I hadn't forgotten to call my mum yesterday.
00:17 She must be worried. I hope she's not too upset.
00:21 Sometimes I wish things were different.

Vocabulary focus

The vocabulary section introduces B1-level words and phrases related to Regret, annoyance, feelings. Key terms include terrible (adjective), annoying (adjective), worried (adjective), upset (adjective), regret (noun). Students practise using these terms in context through exercises drawn from the source material.

Grammar focus

This lesson focuses on Expressing regret and annoyance with 'wish'. The verb 'wish' is used to talk about things we want to be different, but which are impossible or unlikely to happen. We use different structures depending on whether we are talking about the past or the present/future.

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