16 Feelings Conversation Cards: Question Task Cards

Feelings conversation cards with 16 prompts that each ask 'What do you do when you're ___?', covering states from hungry and tired to nervous, embarrassed and excited.
Year groups
Years 7–9 (Key Stage 3)
Pages
5
File type
PDF
Preparation
Print ready

Updated Apr 01, 2026

Subject
Social Emotional Learning (SEL), Special Resources, English
Topic
Task Cards, Conversation Cards
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables
Preparation
Print ready

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About this resource

These Conversation cards are ideal for encouraging children to open up. This set is packed with engaging questions and is a great tool for building vocabulary and working on social and emotional learning (SEL) skills. They gently encourage your students to start talking, sharing their thoughts and learning to discuss their emotions with confidence.

What’s Inside:

• 1 PDF file

• 16 Question Cards to get students talking about their emotions (e.g., "What do you do when you're cold?")

• 4 cards per page

• 4 pages with cards + a page with card backs

Why You’ll Love It:

  • Quick Prep: Just print, laminate, cut, and you're good to go!

  • So Flexible: They work beautifully whether you're doing pair work, small groups, whole-class chats, or even one-on-one therapy.

  • Builds Empathy: It gives kids a safe space to put their feelings into words, understand others, and develop essential social skills.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Name a range of physical and emotional states

  • Describe a personal response to each feeling

Teaching tips

  • The physical-state cards such as cold, hot and hungry could open a discussion before moving to emotions such as embarrassed or depressed.

Skills covered

  • Speaking — answering an open-ended question about how they respond to a feeling

  • Feelings vocabulary — using words such as nervous, confused and calm in their answers

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