How I Feel Mix ’n’ Match Cards | Vocabulary Practise

The How I Feel Mix ’n’ Match Cards are a flexible classroom language resource designed to help students recognise, match, and use vocabulary related to feelings and emotions through repeated visual and word-based practice.

Designed to complement How I Feel Theme Cards and How I Feel Word Cards, this set supports students in building clear connections between emotion images and written feeling words in an engaging, low-preparation format.

What’s included

32 durable cards
16 feelings picture cards
16 matching feeling word cards
Clear, child-friendly illustrations and readable text
Durable cards suitable for regular classroom use

How the cards are used

Matching emotion images to words
Vocabulary revision and consolidation
Small-group or partner-based language activities

The cards can be used for a range of familiar classroom games, including:

Concentration (Memory)
Snap
Go Fish

These formats allow teachers to adapt activities to suit different ages, group sizes, and levels of emotional and language development.

Pair with matching resources

These cards are designed to be used alongside How I Feel Chart, How I Feel Theme Cards, and How I Feel Word Cards, supporting a clear progression from visual reference to active emotional language use.

Text:: I am hot, I am hungry, I am happy, I am sick, I am embarrassed, I am surprised, I am sad, I am scared, I am tired, I am bored, I am lonely, I am angry, I am cold, I am thirsty, I am nervous, I am worried.