Feelings and reactions – C1 English Vocabulary — Exercise 1

1The researchers were _____ by the unexpectedly positive response to their early findings.

2I _____ when the host began showing photographs from my awkward teenage years.

3Nora _____ the suggestion that her success was simply a matter of luck.

4When the medical results came back clear, the entire family _____.

5He tried to remain polite, but inside he was _____ after being blamed for someone else's mistake.

6The candidate was completely _____ by a technical question she had not anticipated.

7The children had been _____ all morning because their grandparents were arriving.

8Rather than rushing away after the ceremony, she stayed to _____.

9Sam _____ when the group discovered that he had sent the message to the wrong person.

10We were _____ when the quietest member of the panel suddenly announced her resignation.