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2.

Warm-up
Look at the pictures.
What can you see?
What might the people in the
pictures be feeling?
Have you ever been in a similar
situation? What did you do?

3.

Vocabulary Check: Health Problems
headache
stomach ache
fever
cough
sore throat
injured
earache
cut

4. Warm-up

Vocabulary Check: Medical Supplies
bandage
plaster
pill
cream
Did you know…?
medicine
thermometer
‘Pill’ is a general, more widely used
word, especially in American English.
However, you may also hear the
word ‘tablet’. This is a very common
word to refer to the same thing in
British English.

5. Vocabulary Check: Health Problems

Put the words into the correct column.
dizzy
I feel…
ill
an injury
Did you know…?
better/worse
The word ‘fever’ and ‘temperature’
mean the same
– when our body
a cold
is hotter than normal. In everyday
English ‘I have a fever’ is more
tired in American
common, especially
English. In British English, people
fever
often say ‘I’veagot
a temperature’.
a headache
I have…

6. Vocabulary Check: Medical Supplies

What’s the Problem?
Read each patient’s symptoms. Then guess the illness.
I can’t stop coughing
and I have a runny nose.
I feel tired and my voice
sounds strange.
Reveal
Answer
I have
a cold
.

7. Put the words into the correct column.

What’s the Problem?
Read each patient’s symptoms. Then guess the illness.
It hurts when I swallow
or talk. My throat feels
dry, especially in the
morning. I’ve been trying
to drink tea and honey.
Reveal
Answer
I have a sore throat .

8. What’s the Problem?

Read each patient’s symptoms. Then guess the illness.
I feel hot and then cold,
and I’m sweating a lot. I
checked my
temperature and it’s
quite high. I think I need
to lie down.
Reveal
Answer
I have
a fever
.

9. What’s the Problem?

Read each patient’s symptoms. Then guess the illness.
My stomach really hurts
and I feel sick. I think I
ate something bad at
lunch. I don’t want to eat
anything else today.
Reveal
Answer
I have a stomach ache .

10. What’s the Problem?

Match the problems with a piece of advice.
I got a cut while cooking.
You should stay in bed
and rest.
I got injured playing
football.
You should take some
medicine.
I have a sore throat.
You should use a plaster.
I think I have a fever.
You should drink warm
tea with honey.
I have a cold.
Why don’t you use the
thermometer?
Reveal
Answer

11. What’s the Problem?

Giving Advice
Here are some useful expressions you can use to give advice.
You should…
It’s a good idea to…
Why don’t you…?
Maybe you could…
Have you tried…?
If I were you, I would…

12. Match the problems with a piece of advice.

Let’s Practise: Giving Advice
Read the situation below and think of a piece of advice you can give to them.
Claudia has a cold.
She has a runny nose
and keeps sneezing
in class. She didn’t
sleep well and feels
very tired.

13. Giving Advice

Let’s Practise: Giving Advice
Read the situation below and think of a piece of advice you can give to them.
Danielle has been using her
phone too much.
Her eyes hurt and
she’s getting
headaches every
evening. She says
she’s always online,
even in bed.

14. Let’s Practise: Giving Advice

Read the situation below and think of a piece of advice you can give to them.
Margaret eats too many sweets.
She often feels sick
after lunch. She
knows it’s not
healthy, but she says
sweets help her feel
better.

15. Let’s Practise: Giving Advice

Read the situation below and think of a piece of advice you can give to them.
Amira got injured in PE.
She hurt her ankle,
and now it’s swollen
and painful, but she
still wants to go out
and play football at
the weekend.

16. Let’s Practise: Giving Advice

Read the situation below and think of a piece of advice you can give to them.
Mason hasn’t been brushing his
teeth properly.
Now he has a
toothache and
doesn’t like going to
the dentist. He’s a bit
afraid but knows
something is wrong.