Health

In this beginner-level ESL lesson, you will learn grammar, vocabulary, and phrases to talk about everyday English topics: an English conversation lesson to talk about your health and describe physical signs symptoms and feelings when you are sick or injured.

This ESL lesson also comes with a downloadable PDF you can access when you are a member of Pocket Passport.

This ESL video lesson for daily English will help ESL students learn vocabulary, grammar, improve listening and be confident English speakers.

Practical English for everyday situations. Once you complete this lesson, it’s best that you keep going on to the next lesson on At the Doctor where you can use a lot of vocabulary and phrases that you learned from today’s lesson. Also, practice Giving Directions to the hospital or clinic near your house.

Health

Warm Up Questions

1

How often do you get sick?



2

What are some healthy things to eat and drink when you feel sick?



3

How often do you go to see a doctor?



4

Do you eat a lot of fruit and vegetables?



5

Have you ever broken a bone?



6

Do you have any unhealthy habits?



Watch, Read or Listen

ESL Video

Watch the following ESL YouTube video lesson about Feeling Sick and describing Symptoms.

Listening Questions

Watch the ESL YouTube video and answer the following questions about Feeling Sick.

Feeling Sick

1

Has Dr. Callen been busy today?



2

What were Mrs. Davis’ symptoms?



3

What did Dr. Callen advise her to do?



4

What were Mr. Robert’s symptoms?



5

What were Ms. Curtis’ symptoms?



6

What’s wrong with Ms. Curtis?



7

What did Dr. Callen advise?



8

What's wrong with Mr. Pettifer?



Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about the passage.

Thermometer



Health Issues



Bone Health



Ankle Issues





Underarm Crutches



Word Bank

Word Bank

ache | ankle | bandage | body | cold | cough | crutch
food poisoning | frequent | medicine | patient | rest
runny nose | sprain | stomachache | swollen | symptom
temperature | treat | unable | vomit | flu

Matching

Match the words on the left with the meanings on the right.

Talking About Bandage

1. ache

A. the degree of heat in a person’s body

2. frequent (adj)

B. to do something to improve the condition of someone who is ill

3. rest (n)

C. to empty the contents of your stomach through your mouth

4. treat (v)

D. a drug or other treatment that helps someone feel better

5. vomit (v)

E. a continuous pain that is unpleasant but not very strong

6. symptom (n)

F. a long stick used to support a person walking

7. temperature (n)

G. a sign that someone has an illness

8. swollen (v)

H. to stop doing work or an activity

9. crutch (n)

I. to become greater in size; larger than usual

10. medicine (n)

J. happening often

Sentence Structure

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

Blood
  1. said / rest / keep / so / warm / a / go / should / She / Callen / some / has / home / Dr. / cold / she / get / and / . / , / ,
  2. bed / should / has / and / the / go / flu / to / take / He / so / Dr. / said / some / Callen / medicine / he / . / ,
  3. so / drink / has / lots / hours / said / Dr. / of / eat / Callen / she / not / and / water / 24 / She / poisoning / food / should / for / . / ,
  4. Dr. / ankle / he / Callen / walk / bandage / his / around / said / use / sprained / He / to / a / should / has / ankle / and / crutches / so / . / ,
  5. ankle / swollen / symptoms / Petifier’s / / unable / to / being / were / and / walk / a / Mr. / .
  6. temperature / were / aching / symptoms / an / body / and / a / Mr. / high / Roberts’ / .

Missing Words

Watch the video again and complete the sentences.

Glass of Water

Dr. Callen has treated lots of ______________ 1 today.
Mrs. Davis’ symptoms were a _________________ 2 and a cough. She has a cold, so Dr. Callen said she should go home, ____________________ 3 and get some rest.
Mr. Roberts’ _________________ 4  were a high temperature and an aching body. He has the flu, so Dr. Callen said he should go to bed and take some ___________________ 5.
Mrs. Curtis’ symptoms were a stomachache and frequent _______________ 6. She has food poisoning, so Dr. Callen said she should not eat for 24 hours and drink lots of water.
Mr. Petifier’s symptoms were a _________________ 7 ankle and being unable to walk. He has a sprained ankle, so Dr. Callen said he should bandage his ankle and use ________________ 8 to walk around.

Talking About Back Pain
Talking About Knee Pain
Talking About Shoulder Pain
Talking About Ankle
Talking About Elbow
Talking About Stomach

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