AT THE DOCTOR’S

Speaking Activity

Use the illustrations to talk about being sick and going to the doctor.

Word Bank

allergy | appointment | backache | care | clinic

cough | doctor | examine | flu | medicine
pharmacist | prescription | receptionist
rest | sore | symptom | throat

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Warm Up Questions

Discuss the following questions with your teacher or classmate.

1 How often do get sick?

2 Do you take any vitamins?

3 Do you eat fruits and vegetables regularly?

4 Do you usually get the flu shot every year?

5 Do you drink a lot of water every day?

6 Do you stretch? Do you exercise? How often?

Watch the following YouTube Video:

https://youtu.be/ZyNHhgcLK6A

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Listening Questions

Watch the YouTube video and answer the following questions.

1 What season is it?

2 What should you take care to do?

3 What should you do if you feel sick?

4 What should you do when you arrive?

5 What should you tell the doctor?

6 You should tell the doctor if you have any …………………………………….

7 Where should you take your prescription?

8 What should you go home and do?

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MATCHING

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

1 symptom (n) A an arrangement to meet someone at a particular time

2 prescription (n) B any feeling of illness

3 pharmacist (n) C to take actions to achieve something

4 examine (v) D a doctor’s written message for medicine that someone

needs and how it is to be used

5 receptionist (n) E a house or business that is very close by or beside the

one you are living in or at

6 follow these steps (phr) F to look at carefully

7 next door (adv) G a person who is trained to prepare medicine

8 appointment (n) H a person who works at an office and greets visitors

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SENTENCE STRUCTURE

Put the following sentences in the correct order.

1. take | Please | warm | dry | . | and | stay | extra | care | to

2. help | If | these | sick | , | you | quickly | ! | follow | feel | please | can | so | steps | we | you

3. receptionist | waiting | your | in | the | Give | room | . | name | the | wait | and

4. Tell | the | your | doctor | symptoms | .

5. you | . | doctor | Let | examine | the

6. you | if | Tell | the | have | any | allergies | . | doctor

7. and | the | prescription | next | Take | medicine | . | to | door | the | your | up | pick |
pharmacist

8. Go | home | , | lots | medicine | , | take | rest | ! | your | of | and | get

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MISSING WORDS

Watch the video or listen to the audio again and complete the sentences.

Welcome to our clinic.

It is flu season. Please take extra care to stay warm and dry. If you feel sick, please

……………………………………………..1 so we can help you quickly!

- Please call our reception on 555-0898-9330 to make an ……………………………….2

- When you arrive, please give the ……………………….3 your name and wait in the waiting

room.

- When the receptionist calls your name, please go to the doctor’s room.

- Tell the doctor your ……………………….4 (e.g. a cough, a sore throat, backache etc).

- Let the doctor ………………………….5 you.

- Tell the doctor if you have any ……………………………...6

- Take the prescription from the doctor.

- Take the prescription to the …………………………7 next door and pick up your medicine.

Go home, take your medicine, and get ………………………………8!

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Transcripts

Welcome to our clinic.

It is flu season. Please take extra care to stay warm and dry. If you feel sick, please follow

these steps so we can help you quickly!

- Please call our reception on 555-0898-9330 to make an appointment.

- When you arrive, please give the receptionist your name and wait in the waiting room.

- When the receptionist calls your name, please go to the doctor’s room.

- Tell the doctor your symptoms (e.g. a cough, a sore throat, backache etc).

- Let the doctor examine you.

- Tell the doctor if you have any allergies.

- Take the prescription from the doctor.

- Take the prescription to the pharmacist next door and pick up your medicine.

Go home, take your medicine, and get lots of rest!

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Answer Key

Listening
1. It’s flu season.

2. You should stay warm and dry.

3. Follow the steps in the passage.

4. Give the receptionist your name and wait in the waiting room.

5. What is wrong with you.

6. allergies

7. You should take it to the pharmacy.

8. You should go home, take your medicine, and get lots of rest.

Matching
1. B 2. D 3. G 4. F 5. H 6. C 7. E 8. A

Sentence Structure

1. Please take extra care to stay warm and dry.

2. If you feel sick, please follow these steps so we can help you quickly!
3. Give the receptionist your name and wait in the waiting room.
4. Tell the doctor your symptoms.
5. Let the doctor examine you.
6. Tell the doctor if you have any allergies.
7. Take the prescription to the pharmacist next door and pick up your medicine.
8. Go home, take your medicine, and get lots of rest!

Missing Words

1. follow these steps 2. appointment 3. receptionist 4. symptoms 5. examine 6. allergies

7. pharmacist 8. lots of rest

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