Elementary illness and symptoms language is more easily taught to English as a Second language students with the support of variety of exercises and with the support of pictures which can be used to give context and visually demonstrate medical conditions.
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7 Elementary Health Problems, Symptoms and Illnesses Vocabulary and Speaking Exercises
1 Common health problems
This is an exercise for introducing and reviewing the language and vocabulary of common health problems and symptoms. First, the teachers dictates the health problems vocabulary on Page 2 of the PDF and tells the students to find the appropriate picture and to write the health problem on the picture. Dictate the words randomly. This is a fun way to start a class and introduce the topic of health and illness. Alternatively, if the students are quite weak, scramble the words on the whiteboard.
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2 Elementary health problems and illnesses vocabulary and speaking worksheet
This is an English language exercise introducing and practicing the language and vocabulary of health problems and illnesses. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures. This can be followed up by a speaking activity in which students create conversations similar to the one at the bottom of the page.
3 Talking about common health problems
This is an elementary ESL exercise for practicing language useful for talking about health problems. Students try to complete the sentences with their own ideas.
4 Illness and symptoms vocabulary sorting worksheet
This is an English language exercise for exploring or reviewing illness and symptoms vocabulary. Students try to sort the vocabulary into the appropriate columns.
5 Common verbs for health, illness and treatment worksheet (with answers)
This is an elementary English language exercise exploring verbs commonly used in health and medical treatments. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures. Then they try to write short sentences using the verbs.
Common verbs health, illness and medical treatments worksheet (PDF)
6 Elements of health services vocabulary worksheet (with answers)
This is an English language exercise introducing vocabulary for health services. Students try to match the vocabulary with the appropriate pictures.
7 Everyday hospital/medical appointment conversations
This is an elementary ESL exercise for practicing and reviewing basic questions and answers necessary for discussing health problems and talking about medical appointments. Students look at the pictures and fill in appropriate questions and answers.
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