Everyday Dialogues

At the Doctor’s

1. Dialogue Reading

Read the dialogue with your partner a few times. Take turns
being each character. Practice your intonation and
pronunciation.

Dr. Barnes: Good morning, Mr. Perez. How are you

feeling today?

Mr. Perez: I have a bad sore throat.

Dr. Barnes: When did it start?

Mr. Perez: Three days ago.

Dr. Barnes: Do you have any other symptoms?

Mr. Perez: I have a slight fever.

Find New Expressions ✓
Dr. Barnes: Okay. Iʼll have a look at your throat. Iʼm
going to give you a prescription for an antibiotic. Write down any useful or new expressions and words in
the fields below.
Mr. Perez: How often should I take it?

Dr. Barnes: Take a pill three times a day for seven New Words List ✎
days. Youʼll probably start to feel better in a couple of
days.

Mr. Perez: Thank you, Doctor Barnes.

2. Practice ☑

Work with your partner. Role-play the dialogue, substituting

the different expressions below. Then reverse roles.

How are you feeling today?

What seems to be the problem?
Whatʼs bothering you?
Whatʼs the matter?

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2. Practice - continued ☑

I have a bad sore throat. When did it start?

I have a terrible cough. How long have you had it?
I have a migraine headache. How long has it been bothering you?
I have a stomach-ache.
I have a rash on my arm. Three days ago.
I have a slight fever. It started last week.
It hurts when I swallow. Since Monday.
I have a bad cold. About three days.
I feel nauseated.
Do you have any other symptoms?
I am vomiting.
Itʼs very itchy. Does anything else hurt?
I have the chills. Is anything else bothering you?

Iʼll have a look at your throat. Take a pill three times a day for seven days.
Let me look at your arm. Take the cough syrup before bedtime every night for a
Iʼll examine your ears. week.
Use these drops twice a day for ten days.
Iʼm going to give you a prescription for an Apply the cream to your rash twice a day until it
antibiotic. disappears.
Iʼll write you a prescription for some cough syrup.
Hereʼs a prescription for a pain killer.
Hereʼs a prescription for an ointment.

Youʼll probably start to feel better in a couple of days.

Youʼll probably start to feel better by the end of the week.
Youʼll probably start to feel better by three or four days.
It will probably clear up in a few days.

3. Health problems. Match the symptoms. ✎

___1. flu a. sore chest

___2. rash b. canʼt swallow
___3. nauseated c. canʼt walk
___4. cough d. purple skin
___5. sore throat e. canʼt bend
___6. cut finger f. red, itchy skin
___7. sprained ankle g. sneezing
___8. big bruise h. vomiting
___9. back-ache i. fever and chills
___10. cold j. bleeding

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4. Dialogue Building ✎

Complete the dialogue below with appropriate expressions.

Doctor: Good morning,________________, ________________________

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Patient: I have ________________________________________________
Doctor: _________________________________________________________________
Patient: _________________________________________________________________
Doctor: Is anything else bothering you?
Patient: _________________________________________________________________
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Doctor: Iʼll have a look at _______________________________________.
Hereʼs a prescription ________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Patient: _________________________________________________________________
Doctor: _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
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Patient: _________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

5. Write your own dialogue ✎

Work with a partner and write your own new dialogue using any phrases from page 2. Then practice the
dialogue and present it to your class.

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