1. How to ask about someone’s health?

2. Common illnesses and symptoms

3. How to talk about sickness.
Read the following passage with
your group and explain the
meaning of the highlighted words

If you woke up some day

and felt under the
weather, you should stay
home and get some rest.
Wait until you get better
otherwise your illness
might even get worse. By
going to work, you may
spread the infection to
your coworkers.
How to ask about someone’s health
• How do you feel today?
• How are you feeling?
• Is everything ok?
How to respond
• I am fine.
• I feel sick.
• Not so good.
• I don’t feel well.
• I am sick.
Then you can ask
• What’s wrong?
• What’s the matter?
When the person explains to you that he is sick, you
can respond by saying:
• hope you feel better soon.
• Get well soon.
• Take care of yourself.
• I wish you a speedy recovery

You can also give them some advice

• Make sure that you get lots of rest.
• Get some rest.
• You need to get some sleep.
• Take some medicine.
• Go to the doctor today.
• Drink some hot drinks/ herbal tea
 Match the symptom with the picture
Sneezing- vomiting- diarrhea- wound- cough- fever/ high temperature- runny nose-
inflammation- sore throat- injury- allergy- stomachache- headache- itching- skin rash
The answers
1. Fever
2. Sneezing
3. Sore throat
4. Stomachache
5. Wound
6. Cough
7. Runny nose
8. Headache
9. Diarrhea
10. Injury
11. Inflammation
12. Itching
13. Vomiting
14. Allergy
15. Skin rash
 Match the symptom or illness with the picture
Nausea/ nauseous- fracture- hypertension- heartburn- backache- sunstroke- migraine-
earache- constipation- sunburn- toothache- blocked nose- diabetes- asthma
The answers
1. Sunburn
2. Nausea
3. Heartburn
4. Migraine
5. Constipation
6. Blocked nose
7. Toothache
8. Fracture
9. Backache
10. Earache
11. Asthma
12. Diabetes
13. Vomiting
14. Hypertension
15. Sunstroke
Choose the correct answer
My brother gets ______________ . He uses an inhaler
when he can't breathe well.
1) Hay fever
2) Asthma
3) Insomnia
I can't feel anything in my big toe. It's gone
_____________ .
1) Faint
2) Hot
3) Numb
I'm allergic to prawns. If I eat them, I get a red
____________ on my neck.
1) line
2) Scratch
3) Rash
Look at my poor toe! It's so___________ I can't put my
shoe on.
1) Hurt
2) Broken
3) swollen
Choose the correct answer
'I've got a __________ nose. I think I've got a cold.
1) running
2) Runny
3) Itchy
I've had ______________ since I was a child. I get
these awful headaches and feel nauseous.
1) Fever
2) Blisters
3) Migraine
The children have both had _________________ . It
must be something they ate.
1) Antibiotics
2) Diarrhea
3) Diagnosis
He ___________ his ankle playing tennis so, he'll
have to take it easy for a few days.
1) Strained
2) Sprained
3) stained
Expressing sickness
•I am sick. To be specific about a
•I feel sick. disease or a symptom:
•I don’t feel well. use "have/has + sickness“
•I think that I am getting
sick.
Examples
•I am in a lot of pain. • I have a headache.
•I feel under the weather • My daughter has a stomachache
today.
 The body parts
Face Fingers
Eyes Knuckle
Eye brow Nail
Ears Chest
Nose Stomach
Mouth Back
Lips Waist
Teeth Hip
tooth Leg
Head Thigh
Fore head Knee
Hair Calf
Cheeks Ankle
Chin Feet foot
Neck Heel
Shoulders Toes
Arm
Hand
Elbow
Wrist
Expressing sickness
•Using the verb "hurt“:
•My (body part) hurt.

Examples
• My leg hurts.
• My shoulders hurt.
• My knee hurts.
• My tooth hurts.
Making an appointment
Hello, I’d like to:
• Make an appointment
• Book an appointment
• Arrange an appointment
• Schedule an appointment
With:
(Person’s name) Dr. Helen
For
Next week/ this week/ today/ tomorrow

Possible answers:
• What’s your name and date of birth please?
• What would you like to see the doctor for?
• I’m afraid we’re booked up for the coming two weeks.
• The next available appointment is Tuesday the 10th
• We have a slot tomorrow at 9 in the morning, will you be
able to come?
Reschedule and cancel
an appointment
• Good morning, my name is (your name)
• I have an appointment with Doctor Helen on Tuesday the
10th of Jan 2023 and I will not be able to attend. Can I
reschedule?

• Good morning,
• I’d like to cancel an appointment please.

Possible answers:
• What’s your name and date of birth please?
• We’ve rescheduled your appointment for the 30th of Jan
at 12 noon.
• We’ve cancelled your appointment. Thanks for letting us
know.
Read the text. Complete the
gaps with the words below.
(prescription- temperature- symptoms- headache-
appointment- waiting room- ill- examined)

Last week, I felt _________ so I made an _________ to

see Dr Smith. I arrived early and sat in the _________
and read a magazine. I went in to see the doctor, and I
told her what my ___________ were. I had a bad
__________ and a high ___________. She ___________
me and gave me a __________ to take to the chemist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLoskLXk5qQ
Match the a) a doctor who is specially trained to
doctor’s specialty perform medical operations
with the correct b) a doctor who has special training in
medical care for children
definition c) a doctor with special training in how to
1. A pediatrician care for pregnant women and help in the
birth of babies
2. An Emergency
Doctor d) a doctor who provides general medical
treatment for people who live in a
3. An Obstetrician particular area
4. Surgeon e) the medical specialty concerned with the
5. GP (General care of illnesses or injuries requiring
Practitioner) immediate medical attention
Match the
doctor’s specialty
with the correct a) a medical doctor who specializes in
definition treating the skin, hair, and nails.
b) a doctor who gives anesthetics to people in
1. Cardiologist hospital
2. Dermatologist c) A doctors who specialize in injuries of the
musculoskeletal system
3. Gynecologist
d) a doctor who specializes in treating
4. Orthopedic Dr. diseases of the heart
5. Anesthetist e) a doctor skilled in the treatment of
women's diseases, especially those of the
reproductive organs
Departments of the hospital
• GP (General Practitioner) • Surgery/ Surgeon
• A & E or ER / ED Dr. (causality) • Orthopedics/ Orthopedic
Dr.
• Accident and Emergency or
• Pathology/ Pathologist
Emergency room.
• Pharmacy/ Pharmacist
• Cardiology / Cardiologist • ICU/ Intensive Care Unit
• Dermatology/ Dermatologist • In-patient and out-patient
• Obstetrics or Gynecology/ clinic
Obstetrician Gynecologist • Anesthetist
• Maternity ward
• Pediatrics/ Pediatrician
• Radiology/ Radiologist
 Doctor: Hello sir, can you hear me?
Conversation 1 Patient: Yes
Doctor: What’s your name?
At the hospital Patient: Mark.
Doctor: Do you know what day is today?
Patient: Yes, it’s Thursday.
Doctor: Do you remember what happened before you come
to the hospital?
Patient: The last thing I remember is that I was standing in
front of a shop to buy a gift for my daughter then when I
opened my eyes I found myself here.
Doctor: Sir, you’ve been unconscious for the last five hours.
Your wife is here, we asked her a few questions about your
medical history and knew from her that you are diabetic
and hypertensive.
Doctor: When was the last time you took your medication?
Patient: I had my blood pressure tablet today morning but I
ran out of insulin yesterday so I didn’t take my shot for
today.
Doctor: Sir, your blood sugar level was very high and I think
that might contribute to your sudden collapse.
Doctor: We will try to get everything under control and you
 Doctor: Hello sir, My name is Doctor Jimmy, may I ask
Conversation 2 what brought you to the hospital today?
The father: My son was playing on the trampoline and he
At the hospital fell on his leg, he was screaming and he can’t walk.
Doctor: How old is he?
The father: Ten years old.
Doctor: Does he have any medical problem?
The father: Yes he is asthmatic.
Doctor: Is he on any inhalers?
The father: Not regularly, only occasionally.
Doctor: Can he lie on the bed so I can examine him?
The father: It will be sore for him to move.
The doctor: we’ll ask the nurse to help him. I see from the
examination that he might have a right ankle fracture,
we’ll have to do an x-ray to confirm, meanwhile we’ll put
him in backslap.
The father: What did the x-ray show?
Doctor: He has a fracture and he will require a cast for at
least six weeks and I will prescribe him a strong pain
killer and we’ll see him in the out-patient clinic in six
week.
 The receptionist: Good morning, Doctor.
Conversation 3 Scally medical practice, how may I help
you?
At the GP The patient: Good morning, please I would
like to see Doctor. Scally today, it’s urgent.
surgery/ clinic The receptionist: I am afraid Doctor Scally is
fully booked today but he can see you after
tomorrow.
The patient: No way I can’t wait that long, I
think I may have broken my finger, it’s
swollen and I can’t move it.
The receptionist: hold on a sec! okay sir,
come straight away, the doctor will see you
as soon as you arrive.
The patient: Thank you so much.
The receptionist: You are welcome.