Warm-up questions
- Do you think sport is important for keeping our body healthy and everyone should do it?
- Have you ever got injured during your trainings?
Vocabulary
Meanings
A 1 cold is a common illness that is passed from one person to another. When you catch a cold, you have a runny nose and a sore throat, and you often cough and sneeze a lot.
The 2 flu is a contagious virus that can cause high temperatures, cold-like symptoms, headaches, and body aches. When you have the flu, you have a fever and feel pretty awful, so you probably need to stay in bed.
An allergy is a reaction to something you have eaten or been exposed to. When you have an allergy, you may sneeze a lot or get a rash, which is a reaction on your skin.
We use the suffix -ache to mean ‘pain’. For example, a 4 headache is a pain in the head.
When you experience stomach pain, it is called a stomachache. This can be caused by a 5 stomach bug, which is a virus that you caught from another person, or 6 food poisoning if you’ve eaten something bad. Stomach aches, stomach bugs, and food poisoning may be accompanied by 7 nausea (wanting to vomit) or 8 diarrhea.
A 9 sore throat can be a symptom of a cold, the flu, or an infection, and when you have a sore throat, you may lose your voice and find it painful to swallow.
A 10 cough is your body’s way of reacting to something that is caught in your throat, causing you to make frequent noises to try and clear it. A cough is often a symptom of a cold or the flu.
A 11 sprained ankle is usually the result of an accident or fall. It can make your ankle painful to touch or walk
12 Backache is pain in your back.
A 13 wound is damage to part of your body, especially a cut or a hole in your flesh, which is caused by a gun, knife, or other weapon.
A 14 bruise is a discoloured area of skin on your body caused by an injury or accident. Bruises are usually purple or blue but change colour as they heal.
15 Blisters are small bubbles on your skin that are full of liquid. They are usually caused by uncomfortable shoes or something rubbing against your skin.
16 Sunburn is your skin’s reaction to over-exposure to the sun. When you’ve got a sunburn, your skin is red and sore, and often feels hot to touch
Tasks
Grammar “Past simple and continuous”
Grammar tests
Homework
- Revise the vocabulary “Health problems”
- https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/tenses/t124-past-tense.htm
- Make up a short story telling about health problems (3-4) you had in the past using our active vocabulary and Past Simple/Proggresive and send the voice message