Level: High Beginning and Up
Pair with the Song: “In My Blood” (Shawn Mendes, 2018)
Recommended Video: the official music video

The song repeats the phrase “sometimes I feel like giving up.” In the worksheet below, students practice using the expression “feel like” to mean “want to.” Permission is granted to reproduce the worksheet for classroom use. (One line in the song–“laying on the bathroom floor”–is grammatically incorrect; it should be “lying on the bathroom floor.” However, laying is being used instead of lying more and more often in informal conversation.)

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This song is autobiographical. Advanced learners can watch an interview in which Shawn Mendes talks about struggling with anxiety for the first time. View until about minute 2.

Preview:

A.  Read the sentences under the photo.

                              It’s really hot outside. What do you feel like doing?
                              I feel like going to the beach.

If you feel like doing something, you want to do it. Use a verb + ing after feel like.

B.  Answer the questions. Write your answers on the lines.

1. The weather is beautiful. What do you feel like doing?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. It’s raining. What do you feel like doing?
___________________________________________________________________________
3. We need to get some exercise. What do you feel like doing?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. It’s lunchtime. What do you feel like eating?¹
___________________________________________________________________________
5. What is something you always feel like doing?
___________________________________________________________________________
6. What is something you never feel like doing?
___________________________________________________________________________

C.  Read the questions and answers aloud with a partner.

¹Note: After feel like, you can use a gerund (a verb + ing), or you can use a noun. For example, you can say, “I feel like eating pizza,” or “I feel like pizza.”

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