Excitement · Feelings and energy

be bursting with excitement

feel extremely excited

To feel so excited that it is difficult to stay calm.

B2 common speech & writing

This vs that

I feel extremely excited and cannot stay calm

I'm bursting with excitement.

I feel excited, but less intensely

I'm quite excited.

Hear it in real life

How do you feel about your trip tomorrow?

I'm bursting with excitement. I can't sit still.

Play the conversation

The children were bursting with excitement when they saw the presents.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I am bursting of excitement about the trip.

Say: I am bursting with excitement about the trip.

The idiom takes 'with', not 'of'.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be bursting with excitement; be bursting with excitement about something

More for talking about excitement.

I'm really excited about ___

I'm really excited about the concert.

I'm keen to see ___

I'm keen to see the new exhibition.

Feelings and energy · Excitement: the words around “be bursting with excitement”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

I'm absolutely bursting with excitement.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be bursting with excitement

feel extremely excited

“The children were bursting with excitement when they saw the presents.”

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