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Hi, everybody, it's Miss Gardner, and welcome to today's vocabulary lesson.

In today's lesson, we are going to be learning six new words that we can use to describe when we are feeling really stressed or really scared.

I wonder if you can think of a moment when you felt really stressed or really scared, and can you think about the difference between those two words? So we'll be exploring all of these words in detail, looking at their synonyms and their word pairs, and how we can use them in different contexts.

So I hope you enjoy today's lesson and let's get started.

Today's learning outcome is to effectively use the words apprehensive, petrified, and other rich vocabulary associated with feeling stressed or scared.

So let's start by looking at the keywords.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Noun.

A noun is a naming word for a person, place, or thing.

Adjective.

An adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Synonym.

A synonym is a word that has the same or similar meaning to another word.

Word pair.

Word pairs are words that often appear together.

So there are three sections of our lesson today.

In the first we'll be learning our first new stressed or scared word.

Then we'll be learning our second new stressed or scared word.

And then in the third learning cycle, we'll be learning four new stressed or scared words.

So let's start with our first new word.

Before I reveal what the word is, I want you to take a really close look at this picture.

What is happening? You can use the sentence ends to help you.

Brick is.

Armie looks.

Or I can see.

Pause the video now and off you go discussing this with your partner, whoever you are with, or just having some thinking time.

Okay, so what is happening in this picture? I can see Brick is holding what looks like a tattoo gun.

And you can tell that he's probably a tattoo artist.

He's covered in tattoos himself.

He looks like he's about to start tattooing Armie.

And how does Armie look? He looks really, really scared, doesn't he? He looks a little bit nervous.

He's kind of biting his lips.

So we are going to be describing, the words describing Armie in this picture.

So that's my clue for you.

How does Armie look? We're going to do my turn, your turn.

Apprehensive, apprehensive.

Apprehensive is an adjective, and it means nervous or afraid, like when you feel worried about a big decision that you've made.

So Armie has made a decision to have a tattoo.

A tattoo is permanent, isn't it? It lasts forever, so it's a big decision, and you can see that Armie is now feeling a little bit nervous about what's about to happen.

It's also looks quite painful, doesn't it? Because a tattoo happens with a tattoo gun, which is like a big needle, so it's probably going to be quite painful for Armie.

So he's feeling a little bit apprehensive and nervous about what's about to happen.

These words are synonyms of apprehensive.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Nervous.

Worried.

Afraid.

Let's have a look at the word in a sentence.

Armie's apprehensive expression showed how nervous he was about the upcoming pain.

So you can see the expression on his face is apprehensive.

He is nervous about what's about to happen.

These words are word pairs of apprehensive.

I'm going to say them out loud first, and then you'll have a go at saying them aloud afterwards so that you can practise saying them together.

Apprehensive expression.

Apprehensive glance, that's how you look at someone with an apprehensive glance.

And apprehensive feeling, you might be feeling apprehensive.

An apprehensive person.

An apprehensive mood.

If you're in an apprehensive mood, you're feeling a bit nervous, a bit worried, maybe you are just a bit nervous about what's about to happen.

An apprehensive silence.

There was a silence, so no one was speaking, everyone was feeling really apprehensive, so there was an apprehensive silence in the room.

So checking for understanding.

Which of these words is a synonym of apprehensive? A, worried.

B, confident.

Or C, glance.

Pause the video now.

The synonym of apprehensive is A, worried.

B, confident is more of an antonym and opposite meaning word.

And C, glance is a word pair.

Well done.

It's time for task A.

Here is a word mat for the word apprehensive.

You can see apprehensive is in the middle of the word mat, and then around it are some words.

These words are either synonyms or word pairs.

Firstly, you need to circle the synonyms. Remember, a synonym is a word which has a similar meaning to another word.

So it will be the same word class.

So you are looking for the adjectives when you're finding the synonyms. And then you'll draw lines to the word pairs.

So words that would be found next to apprehensive.

There are two tricks that you can use to help you.

If you are finding a synonym, use the sentence to help you.

Armie's apprehensive expression showed how nervous he was about the upcoming pain.

Replace the word apprehensive with another word, and if the sentence still makes sense, then it's probably a synonym.

To find the word pair, say the word next to apprehensive.

For example, apprehensive expression.

Expression is a noun, it's found next to the adjective apprehensive, so we know it's a word pair.

So you can try it out by saying the words next to apprehensive and see if it makes sense.

So pause the video now, and off you go completing task A.

Well done, everybody, good job.

Let's go through it.

So our synonyms for apprehensive were afraid, worried, and nervous.

And then the word pairs, apprehensive glance, apprehensive feeling, apprehensive expression, apprehensive person, apprehensive mood, apprehensive silence.

Well done.

It's now time for the second part of our lesson where we are learning our second new stressed or scared word.

Just like last time, I'm not going to tell you the word until you've had a chance to have a look at the picture, and think about what the word might be.

Can you describe what is happening in this picture? What can you see? You can use the sentence starters to help you.

Mrs. Wordsmith has.

Yin looks.

Or I can see.

Pause the video now.

Okay, so what can you see happening in this picture? Mrs. Wordsmith, she's looking pretty scary here, doesn't she? She's got snakes coming off the edge of her hair.

She's got quite an evil look in her eye, or an evil smirk.

And Yin looks absolutely terrified, doesn't she? She looks so scared, and almost doesn't look real anymore, does she? So your word for this picture is petrified.

Petrified.

Petrified is an adjective, and it means terrified or horrified.

Like being so frightened that you turn into stone, you're almost not even a person anymore, because you're so terrified you've been turned into stone.

And that's what you can see has happened to Yin in this picture.

Other forms that you can use it is as a verb, petrify.

Mrs. Wordsmith petrified, past tense, Yin.

So you can use it as a verb, but we're going to be using it today as an adjective.

These words are synonyms of petrified.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Paralysed.

If you are paralysed, you can't move in fear, 'cause you're paralysed in fear.

You are frozen in fear.

Terrified.

Terrified.

Horrified.

Again, that means really, really scared and shocked.

Let's have a look at the word in a sentence.

Yin's face was petrified as Mrs. Wordsmith edged closer and closer.

You can see Yin does look petrified in this picture, doesn't she? Her mouth is wide open, her eyes are bulging, she's probably screaming, and she's turned to stone in this picture 'cause she's so terrified.

These words are word pairs of petrified.

Petrified is an adjective, so here our word pairs are all nouns.

I'll read them out loud first, and then you can have a go at saying them out loud to make sure that you are remembering them.

Petrified expression.

That's your facial expression, how you look.

A petrified expression is maybe your eyes wide open, and your jaw dropped.

Petrified silence.

No one's speaking 'cause they're all so scared.

A petrified face.

Again, your expression.

A petrified look.

You gave someone a petrified look with your eyes wide open, your jaw dropped.

A petrified scream.

The sound someone makes if they're so scared.

And a petrified child.

Maybe they think they've seen a ghost, and so we can describe the child as petrified.

So pause the video now, and off you go saying these word pairs aloud.

Well done, excellent.

So checking for understanding.

Which of these is a word pair of petrified? A, terrified.

B, expression.

Or C, brave.

Pause the video now.

Okay, so our word pair, the word you find next to petrified is expression.

Yin had a petrified expression on her face.

It wouldn't be terrified because that's a synonym.

And brave is an antonym, has an opposite meaning.

Well done.

So it's time for the first part of task B.

Here we have another word mat.

The first thing you'll need to do is circle the synonyms, words which have a similar meaning to petrified.

Then you'll draw lines to the word pairs.

Remember, you can define a word pair, try saying the word next to petrified to see if it sounds like a word pair.

Or you can replace the word petrified in the sentence, and if the sentence still makes sense, it's most likely a synonym.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done, everybody, good job.

Let's go through it.

So the synonyms for petrified are horrified, terrified, and paralysed.

The word pairs, petrified expression, petrified silence, petrified face, petrified child, petrified scream, and a petrified look.

Great job.

Now we're going to write a sentence using either the word apprehensive, so when you're feeling nervous or afraid, or petrified, when you are so scared.

Use the word pairs to help you.

Here are the word pairs for apprehensive or petrified.

The first thing you need to do is choose which word you want to use, which adjective, then choose a word pair, and build your sentence around that.

So for example, you could say Armie was in an apprehensive mood today.

However, I want you to try and be as ambitious as possible.

Maybe you can explain why Armie was in an apprehensive mood.

What was he doing that shows he was in an apprehensive mood? So trying to be as ambitious as possible.

Write a sentence using either apprehensive or petrified.

Pause the video now and good luck.

Okay, well done, everybody.

Welcome back.

I'm going to show you my sentence that I've written using the word petrified.

Show me with your thumbs up or a thumbs down.

Have I used petrified correctly? There was a petrified scream from Brick in the kitchen.

Thumbs up or thumbs down? Does this make sense? Have I used petrified correctly? I have, I've used the word pair scream, and I've said that there was a petrified scream from Brick.

However, I can definitely be a bit more ambitious, 'cause I've not really explained why Brick was petrified, why he let out this petrified scream.

So let's improve it.

Let's add some more detail.

Brick, who spotted a rat scuttling across the kitchen floor, let out a petrified scream.

So here I've made a complex sentence, a relative complex sentence, using the relative clause, who spotted a rat scuttling across the kitchen floor.

And that's just added lots more information about why Brick was so petrified.

So now pause the video now, read back through your sentence, and think about how effective it was in using the word apprehensive or petrified.

Off you go.

Great job, everybody, well done.

Okay, it's time for the third learning cycle where we are going to be learning four new stressed or scared words.

Have a look at these pictures.

Can you predict what each word may be? I'm going to explain what's happening in each picture, talk them through it, and as I'm doing that, you can be thinking about what word it might be.

So in the first picture, we have Plato who looks like he's sitting a test, doesn't he? You can see the word test on the piece of paper.

He looks pretty stressed.

The time is nearly 12 o'clock, so the test is coming to an end.

He's sweating, he's looking really, really nervous about the fact that the test is going to end and perhaps he hasn't got quite enough time left.

So what adjective could we use to describe him in this picture? Then in the next picture, Oz is biting her nails.

She looks like she's really, really anxious, a bit worried about what's about to happen, and she looks quite uncomfortable, because she's so nervous, doesn't look very confident.

Then in the third picture, we have Bogart who looks very, very distressed.

He looks like he's crying or screaming, clenching things in his hands, it looks like he's ripped off his top because he's really upset about something.

And then in the final picture, Mrs. Wordsmith is the teacher, and Stax looks like he hasn't got his homework, and there's a fine, isn't there, if you haven't handed in your homework in time.

You can see there 50 cents for a homework excuse.

So he's looks a bit stressed about the fact that he hasn't brought in his homework, and Mrs. Wordsmith is not happy about it.

So now pause the video, have another look at these pictures, and think about what word each picture might be.

Okay, let's go through these.

We'll do my turn, your turn.

Our first picture was anxious.

Anxious.

Anxious is an adjective which means worried or nervous.

So a bit like apprehensive, how you feel when you panic about a test at school.

And that's what you can definitely see is happening in the first picture, Plato is really anxious about the fact that the time is about to run out.

Then our next picture is distressed.

Distressed.

Again, it's an adjective which means worried and upset.

If you're feeling really distressed, you might start to get really sweaty, like Oz is in the picture, and bite your nails.

You're not calm at all.

In fact, you're the opposite of calm.

You are really distressed.

Then our third picture, exasperated.

Exasperated.

Exasperated is an adjective which means you are really annoyed or frustrated like when you feel like screaming, because you can't have what you want.

And you can see Bogart looks very exasperated.

He's torn his shirt apart, because he's so frustrated.

We don't know why, but you can just tell how annoyed and frustrated he looks.

And then in the final picture, we have flustered.

Flustered.

Flustered was an adjective which means nervous, muddled, or unsettled.

The way you feel when you forget your homework.

I don't know if any of you have ever forgotten your homework before and you're feeling really stressed and flustered, because you don't know, maybe you left it at home, and you've done it, but you left it at home, you know your teacher's not gonna believe you, and you can't get your words out, you can't explain calmly and clearly what happens, so you are feeling really flustered.

So checking for understanding.

Can you match the adjectives to the correct image? Pause the video now.

Okay, well done.

So flustered, that was the image of Stax not having his homework, and feeling really stressed and flustered, because he knows he's gonna get in trouble.

Distressed is Oz biting her nails, looking really nervous, and anxious, and worried.

Anxious, Plato running out time in the exam.

He's really stressed and nervous.

He's worried he is not gonna get it finished.

And exasperated, Bogart is so frustrated and exasperated, he's tearing his shirt apart.

We can use it as an expression sometimes.

I was so exasperated I wanted to tear my hair out, because you are so exasperated and frustrated.

Well done.

So the first part of task C is to complete the word mat for exasperated.

We've already completed two word mats this lesson.

So we are not going to go through the instructions in too much detail, but this time it is a little bit different, because we haven't gone through the word pairs and the synonyms already.

So you'll need to use the picture, the definition, and the sentence to help you complete this independently.

Here is the sentence for exasperated.

Bogart let out an exasperated sigh.

He was so fed up he could cry.

Remember, that synonyms are words which have a similar meaning.

So the synonyms are also going to be an adjective.

So pause the video now, and off you go completing this word mat.

Well done, everybody.

Great job, let's go through these.

So our synonyms for exasperated were frustrated, annoyed, and irritated.

And then the word pairs.

The exasperated customer, maybe someone who's been in the queue for so long that they have become really exasperated.

The exasperated driver stuck in a traffic jam for hours and hours.

An exasperated grimace is the kind of face you make if you're feeling really exasperated.

An exasperated sigh.

(Miss Gardner sighing) That's an exasperated sigh, you're frustrated.

The noise you make.

The exasperated parent when their child just won't put on their clothes to get ready for school.

Or the exasperated groan.

(Miss Gardner groaning) The noise that you might make a bit like a sigh when you're feeling really exasperated.

Well done.

Okay, now it's time to fill in the word mat for the word distressed.

Remember, you can use the picture, the definition, and the sentence to help you.

Oz was in such distressed state before the show that she nearly bit off all her nails.

Remember that synonym has a similar meaning.

So if you can replace the word distressed with another word and the sentence still makes sense, it's most likely a synonym.

So circle the synonyms, draw line to the word pairs.

Pause the video now.

Well done, everybody.

Let's go through these.

So our synonyms for distressed are worried, miserable, and upset.

The word pairs, a distress state.

If you are in a distressed state, you are really worried, you are panicked, you are biting your nails, you are pulling your hair, you maybe can't speak properly.

You are in distressed state.

The distressed animal, maybe an animal that is really, really not well.

Maybe it got caught in a barbed wire fence, and is really scared, and worried, so it's a distressed animal.

Distressed voice.

The way you speak sounds distressed when you're worried.

The distressed parents.

Parents might be really worried or distressed if they see their child in pain.

The distressed community.

A community might be really distressed if they realise that their local library is about to close down.

And then a distressed look.

The way you look at something if you're feeling distressed.

Well done.

Now it's time to complete the word mat for the word anxious.

Here's your sentence to help you.

Plato gave an anxious glance up at the clock as it neared the end of the exam.

So pause the video now, circle the synonyms, and draw a line to the word pairs.

Off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Great job, let's go through these.

The synonyms for anxious are worried, nervous, and stressed.

The word pairs are a parent, anxious parent, a parent might be anxious when their child goes off to school for the first time.

An anxious moment.

Anxious thoughts.

The the thoughts that are running through your brain might be anxious if you're really worried about something.

An anxious wait.

You've completed your driving test, you are waiting to hear if you've passed.

That's an anxious wait.

Anxious voice, the way you speak.

You've spoken in an anxious voice if you're nervous.

And an anxious glance when you look at something nervously.

Plato gave an anxious glance up at the o'clock.

Well done.

Now it's time to complete our final word mat for flustered.

Here's the sentence to help you.

The flustered student shook nervously as he stood at the front of the class.

So pause the video now, and off you go completing the word mat.

Great job, let's go through these.

Our synonyms for flustered were unsettled, muddled, and nervous.

Our word pairs.

A flustered performance.

Maybe if you've forgotten your lines when you are on stage and you're performing, and then you mess everything up and everything goes wrong.

You can call it a flustered performance.

Flustered manner, that's the way you are standing or speaking.

You could see in the picture there, Stax looks like he's standing in a flustered manner.

The flustered reporter.

Someone's reporting the news, they've said the wrong thing, they've answered the wrong question.

You could call 'em the flustered reporter.

Flustered face, maybe you've gone really flushed and red, and look a bit panicked.

A flustered attempt.

When you try to do something, it goes a bit wrong, you could call it a flustered attempt.

The flustered student, which you can see in the picture there.

The flustered student is at the front of the class without his homework.

Well done.

It's time for the final task of today's lesson.

You need to fill in the gaps with either the word apprehensive, petrified, distressed, exasperated, anxious, or flustered.

I'm going to read out the sentences, and as I'm reading, you can have a think before you complete it about which word could go in the blanks.

The (humming) expression on Armie's face made him look like he'd seen a ghost.

The actor gave a (humming) performance after forgetting his lines.

Grit cradled the (humming) animal in his arms trying to comfort it.

Bogart had a (humming) feeling before he tried the dangerous stunt.

Armie's mother was such an (humming) parent that she never let him out of her sight.

And listen, said the (humming) customer, I don't want another wig.

I just want a refund.

So if some of these you are not quite sure of, you can always leave them.

Complete another sentence, come back to it at the end when you have a few less options.

I also recommend looking at the determiner before the missing word, a and/or an, or the.

If the determiner is a, you know the adjective will have to start with a consonant.

If it's an, you know it will have to start with a vowel.

So that could help you, if you are wondering which, if you're not quite sure about which word goes in the blanks.

So pause the video now and off you go.

Well done, everybody.

Let's go through these.

The petrified expression on Armie's face made him look like he'd seen a ghost.

The actor gave a flustered performance after forgetting his lines.

Grit cradled the distressed animal in his arms trying to comfort it.

Bogart had an apprehensive feeling before he tried the dangerous stunt.

Armie's mother was such an anxious parent that she never let him out of her sight.

Listen, said the exasperated customer, I don't want another wig.

I just want a refund.

Well done, everybody.

Great job.

Here's a summary of everything we've learned today.

Apprehensive is an adjective which means nervous or afraid, like when you feel worried about a big decision that you've made.

Petrified is an adjective which means terrified or horrified, like being so frightened that you turn into stone.

Anxious is an adjective which means worried or nervous.

How you feel when you panic about a test at school.

Distressed is an adjective which means worried and upset.

You might get all sweaty and bite your nails.

Exasperated is an adjective which means annoyed or frustrated when you feel like screaming, because you can't have what you want.

And flustered is an adjective which means nervous, muddled, and unsettled.

How you act when you forget your homework.

Great job today, everybody.

Well done.