Questions
About Happiness

Are you a happy person?
What is happiness for you?
What do you think is the color for happiness?
Do you think that happiness lies within you? Or does it depend upon other people and external things?
Can money buy happiness?
Is happiness a state of mind?
What are the three most important things for you to be happy?
Is happiness relative, that is, does it have a different meaning for each person?
Does having an animal/pet make you happy?
What is the effect that animals/pets have on people to make them feel happy?
What makes you happy?
When was the happiest time of your childhood?
How can you become happy again when you are sad?
Is happiness a goal?
How often do you feel happy?
Are the people in your country generally very happy?
What makes you unhappy?
Do you wake up happy every morning?
Do you agree that older people are less happy?
What is there to be happy about in the world today?
What affects your levels of happiness?
Does your happiness change during different times of the day, week, month or year?
What is or was the happiest time of your life?
What do you think of the idea of a government Happiness Minister who is responsible for the happiness of the population?
Do you think some nations are happier than others?
Why are teenagers some of the happiest people in the world?
Do you feel that you have to work hard and be miserable now in order to be happy later?

COLLOCATIONS

adjectives
■ great happiness (=a lot of happiness)
● His grandchildren bring him great happiness.
■ true/real happiness (=having all the qualities which happiness should have)
● At last, she found true happiness with a man she loved.
■ perfect/pure/sheer happiness (=happiness that is as good as it can be)
● The birth of my child was a moment of sheer happiness.
■ human happiness (=happiness felt by people)
● One of the greatest sources of human happiness is love.
■ personal happiness
● In Oxford, he at last found personal happiness and intellectual fulfilment.
■ lasting happiness (=happiness that continues)
● Leonie had found a lasting happiness in her relationship with Jim.
■ future happiness
● Living together before you marry is no guarantee of future happiness.
■ domestic happiness (=happiness that comes from family relationships and life at home)
● After six years with Joe, the normality of domestic happiness bored her.
■ marital happiness (=happiness that comes from being married)
● Does being similar to your wife or husband lead to marital happiness?

verbs
■ find happiness
● It’s a story about a music composer who unexpectedly finds happiness as a teacher.
■ bring (somebody) happiness (=make someone happy)
● He wrongly believes that money can bring happiness.
■ achieve happiness
● He would never achieve true happiness until he took control of his life.
■ be filled with happiness
● As I drove back home, I was filled with happiness.
■ glow with happiness (=look very happy)
● The bride’s face seemed to glow with happiness.
■ wish somebody (every) happiness/wish (every) happiness to somebody (=say that you hope someone will have a happy life)
● I would like you to join me in wishing every happiness to Annabelle and Steven.

phrases
■ a feeling of happiness
● Being by the ocean gave her a feeling of great happiness.
■ the pursuit of happiness (=the act of trying to achieve happiness)
● The Declaration of Independence guarantees ‘liberty’ and ‘the pursuit of happiness.’