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Feeling Sick is a fun ESL lesson for students to learn vocabulary and expressions to talk about being sick and symptoms for feeling sick. Learn mixed grammar including modal verbs, past simple, past perfect, present perfect, and past perfect continuous.
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stomach, terrible, ate
flu, medicine, cabinet, diagnose
throw up, burning up, get/be sick
Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.
Match the words on the left with words or expressions on the right that are closest in meaning.
| 1. throw up |
| 2. stomach |
| 3. terrible |
| 4. cabinet |
| 5. diagnose |
| 6. get/be sick |
| 7. flu |
| 8. ate |
| 9. medicine |
| 10. burning up |
| A. another way to say vomit or throw up |
| B. the past tense of the verb eat |
| C. to vomit (informal) |
| D. is something used to treat or prevent illness |
| E. a casual phrase meaning someone has a high fever |
| F. extremely bad or serious |
| G. the internal organ where food is digested |
| H. a cupboard with shelves and drawers used for storage |
| I. identify a sickness or problem by examining the symptoms |
| J. short for influenza, a common viral infection |
Use the words from the vocabulary box to complete the following sentences. You may need to modify the tense or word form.
stomach, terrible, ate
flu, medicine, cabinet, diagnose
throw up, burning up, get/be sick
It all started yesterday morning. My ___________ felt really bad so I couldn’t eat breakfast. I decided to go back to bed but the feeling just got worse and worse. Around 10:00 my stomach felt so __________! I ran to the bathroom and ___________ in the toilet. My mom came to check on me. She put her hand on my forehead. “You must have a fever! You are really ___________!” She said. She took some pills from the medicine _________ and told me to take them but I didn’t want to take anything. She told me to put on my clothes and she would drive me to the doctor.
She thought I might ________ in the car so she gave me a plastic bag, just in case! The doctor gave me a few tests to help ___________ my problem. He soon told me I had influenza! I never had the ________ before so I was scared. He said not to worry. He gave me some strong _________ and said I would feel better by that evening. That evening, mom brought me some chicken soup for dinner and I ________ it all up. It was delicious! I am sure glad I went to the doctor!
Fill-in-the-blanks – Watch the video and complete the sentences.
Johnny: Oh my gosh. Oh no… are you okay?
Shelley: Ooooh.…I …don’t…think so. I feel really hot.
Johnny: Whoa! You are ____________!
I’m going to get you some water.
Here you are.
Shelley: Thank you.
Johnny: What ____________? You seemed okay this morning.
Shelley: At first, I thought maybe it was just something I ate for _______ last night.
But then I started feeling really terrible!
I started feeling hot and then cold.
I’ve been _____________ all day!
Johnny: Oh no! Have you taken any medicine?
Shelley: I took some cold and flu medicine that was in the medicine cabinet.
I think it helped a little but…
Johnny: Can you _______?
Shelley: The thought of food makes me want to ___________.
Johnny: You need to eat something. I’ll make some soup.
Shelley: Ohh! No _______! I can’t even think about eating!
Johnny: It seems like the flu. You should see a __________. You need to get some stronger meds and he will better diagnose what’s wrong with you.
Shelley: My stomach feels really bad. I think I’m going to________ again.
Johnny: Oh no! Let me _______ you to the toilet.
Johnny: Oh my gosh. Oh no… are you okay?
Shelley: Ooooh.…I …don’t…think so. I feel really hot.
Johnny: Whoa! You are burning up!
I’m going to get you some water.
Here you are.
Shelley: Thank you.
Johnny: What happened? You seemed okay this morning.
Shelley: At first, I thought maybe it was just something I ate for dinner last night.
But then I started feeling really terrible!
I started feeling hot and then cold.
I’ve been throwing up all day!
Johnny: Oh no! Have you taken any medicine?
Shelley: I took some cold and flu medicine that was in the medicine cabinet.
I think it helped a little but…
Johnny: Can you eat?
Shelley: The thought of food makes me want to get sick.
Johnny: You need to eat something. I’ll make some soup.
Shelley: Ohh! No food! I can’t even think about eating!
Johnny: It seems like the flu. You should see a doctor. You need to get some stronger meds and he will better diagnose what’s wrong with you.
Shelley: My stomach feels really bad. I think I’m going to puke again.
Johnny: Oh no! Let me help you to the toilet.
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