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Health Problems Conversation Guide

The document provides language for describing health problems, making suggestions, and wishing someone well. It includes example dialogs and exercises for students to practice talking about common health issues like headaches, backaches, sore throats, and fevers. Students also role-play conversations where they ask how others are feeling, discuss health problems, and respond with suggestions or well-wishes.

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Health Problems Conversation Guide

The document provides language for describing health problems, making suggestions, and wishing someone well. It includes example dialogs and exercises for students to practice talking about common health issues like headaches, backaches, sore throats, and fevers. Students also role-play conversations where they ask how others are feeling, discuss health problems, and respond with suggestions or well-wishes.

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Describing health I can describe my health problems.

problems I can make suggestions and wish someone well.

1 VOCABULARY
A Health problems
Look at the health problems below. Which can be symptoms of the flu?

B Pair work
Work with a partner. Take turns acting out a problem for the other to guess.

2 CONVERSATION
A Listening
Listen to three telephone calls. What health problems do they have?
Call 1: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Call 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Call 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

B Interactions
Listen again. Write down what people say to talk about their health problems and to wish
someone well. Look at the examples.
Health problems Wishing someone well
Call 1: I have a horrible backache. .................
Call 2: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Take it easy.
Call 3: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .................
Then practice the expressions above.

iTalk 2021 > Level 2 > 2E6.2 > 2E6 online | Student’s Copy 1
C Language to learn

Saying you’re not feeling well. Talking about your health problems
a fever.
I feel awful / terrible. a backache.
I don’t feel so good. I have a headache.
I’m not feeling well. a sore throat.
the flu.

Asking about
Making suggestions Wishing someone well
health problems
Try not to walk too much. I’m sorry to hear that. I hope
Are you OK?
You need to see a doctor. you feel better.
What’s wrong?
Why don’t you go home and Take it easy.
What’s the matter?
rest? That’s too bad. Get well soon.

3 PRACTICE
Practice 1:
Listen and practice. Then role-play with new expressions.

A: Hey, Margaret. How are you?


B: I’m not feeling well.
A: Oh? What’s wrong?
B: I have a headache. I think I’d
like to go home and rest.
A: That’s fine. Take it easy.

Practice 2: Work with a partner. Talk about a health problem and make a suggestion.

Student A: You’re not feeling well. Student B: Talk to A, choosing a suitable


Talk about one of the problems below. response from below.
1 a terrible backache Try not to sit for too long.
2 a toothache You need to drink a lot of juice.
3 a fever Why don’t you see a dentist?
4 a bad cold You should keep yourself warm.
5 a bad headache Why don’t you go home and take a rest?

Practice 3: Work in groups of three or four. Each student in the group will say his/her
health problem, the other three make suggestions. They cannot talk about the
same problem and make the same suggestion.

Practice 4: Work in pairs. Student A asks Student B how s/he is feeling. Make
suggestions and wish her/him well. Then change the role.

4 PROGRESS CHECK
1. What do you say to talk about your health problems?
2. What do you say to make suggestions and wish someone well?

Today I can …
 talk about my health problems.
 make suggestions and wish someone well.

2 iTalk 2021 > Level 2 > 2E6.2 > 2E6 online | Student’s Copy

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