Humour, mood - differences.

Meanings of humour and mood.

Humour*, as a noun, (Am. E Humor) usually refers to something being funny and that makes us laugh. So we say she has a good sense of humour, which means she says things that we find amusing and we like to laugh with her. On the other hand, we can say he has no sense of humour, which means he rarely laughs and is too serious about everything. The adjective humorous refers to something that we find funny, or we can also say a humorous person. There is also the adjective humourless, which is the opposite: something or someone not funny at all.

Mood (noun) refers to how we feel. So we say someone is in a bad, good, cheerful, happy, positive mood etc. So we could say, all this wet weather puts me in a bad mood. There is an adjective: moody. Moody is quite a negative word. If people are moody, the way they feel changes very often and they can be difficult to talk to. One minute they're happy and the next their depressed.

Fill in the gaps with the words or expressions from the text in italics above. Words and expressions are repeated. (There are explanations at the bottom of the page.)

1) Mary makes me laugh. She has a good .

2) Things seem to be going badly recently. I'm not in a good .

3) I've never met someone so . He never laughs at a joke.

4) I wonder what sort of the boss is in today. Good, I hope.

5) He was very cheerful yesterday but today he's unhappy again. He's very .

6) I really enjoyed the film. I couldn't stop laughing. It was very .

7) Don't tell him he eats too much. That puts him in a bad .

8) You need a lot of to do this job. Otherwise, it's difficult to get through the day!

9) I think if our is positive. We can complete this project successfully.

10) I have never seen Ben laugh. He has absolutely no .

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