PUTTING ENGLISH TO WORK 1:

UNIT 11

GOING TO THE DOCTOR

In this unit you will learn:

THESE LIFE SKILLS:

‰ Follow the doctor’s orders Open your mouth.

‰ Read medicine labels Take one tablet at bedtime.

THIS VOCABULARY:
‰ Medicine tablet, aspirin

THIS GRAMMAR:
‰ Imperatives Lift your arm.
 Vocabulary: Medicine and Medical Supplies
Over-the-Counter Medicine

antacid cold medicine cough syrup eye drops

throat lozenge aspirin skin cream tablets

Medical Supplies

heating pad scale stethoscope thermometer

Medical Problems

a cold itchy eyes a rash

Exercise 1: Answer the questions. Use the above vocabulary.

aspirin
1. What do you take for a headache?______________________
2. What do you take for a cold?__________________________
3. What do you take for a sore throat? ____________________
4. What do you take for a stomachache? ___________________
5. What do you take for a cough? ________________________
6. What do you use for itchy eyes? _______________________
7. What do you put on a rash? ___________________________

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 Listening from the Video Unit 11
Page 3

Exercise 2: Watch the first “It’s Your Turn.” Point to

the command.

Bend your arm. Breathe out. Breathe in.

Lift your arm. Open your mouth. Say, “Ah.”
Stand up.

Exercise 3: Watch “Happy Time Pharmacy” in the video. Circle the

correct answer to the questions.

1. Do you have a headache? We have _______________________

a. skin cream b. aspirin c. eye drops

2. Do you have red, itchy eyes? We have ____________________

a. eye drops b. antacid c. cough syrup

3. Do you have a sore throat? We have _____________________

a. cold medicine b. throat lozenges c. antacid

4. Do you have a bad cold? We have________________________

a. aspirin b. eye drops c. cold medicine

5. Do you have a rash? We have___________________________

a. antacid b. skin cream c. throat lozenges

6. Do you have a stomachache? We have ____________________

a. aspirin b. cough syrup c. antacid

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 Commands

Review the doctor’s commands from the video.

Sit down. Stand up. Lie down. Bend your arm.

Open your mouth. Close your mouth. Lift your leg. Say, “Ah.”

Breathe in. Breathe out. Step on the scale.

Exercise 4: Look at the picture and write the doctor’s command.

1. Open your mouth. 2. ________________ 3. __________________

4. __________________ 5. ________________ 6. __________________

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 Grammar: Some and Any

SOME ANY SOME or ANY

Affirmative Negative Question
I need some I don’t need any Do you need some/any
aspirin. aspirin. aspirin?

Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks with any or some.

some/any
1. Excuse me, do you have _______________________ aspirin?

2. He doesn’t need ____________________________ medicine.

3. You have a cough. Do you need _______________ cough syrup?

4. We need____________________________________ money.

5. I don’t have _________________________________ aspirin.

6. I have a sore throat. Do you have _______________ lozenges?

7. The children don’t want ___________________________ milk.

8. Does she have ________________________________ money?

9. My mother wants _________________ pie and coffee, please.

10. Do you have _______________________ brothers or sisters?

11. I don’t have _______________________________ brothers.

12. Do the students want _________________________ coffee?

13. We don’t want _______________________________ water.

14. I need __________________________________ skin cream.

15. Do you have ________________________________ antacid?

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Exercise 6: Answer the following questions, using some and any. Fill
in the blanks.

What do you need?

1. I need some aspirin.

Do you want any coffee

2. No, ____________________________ coffee.

What does she need?

3. She _________________________________ .

Do you want ___________________________ ?

4. Yes, I _______________________________ .

What do they want?

5. ________________________________ bread.

Does he have _____________________sisters?

6. Yes, ________________________________ .

Do you want _________________ cough syrup?

7. No, I ________________________________ .

Do you have ___________________________ ?

8. Yes, we ______________________________ .

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 Life Skill: Reading Medicine Labels

Over-the Counter Medicine Prescription Medicine

You do not need a prescription. You need a prescription from a
doctor to buy this medicine.

A. B.

Quiet Time Rex’s Pharmacy

Cough Syrup Doctor: Dr. Miller
Directions For: Sam Johnson

Adults: Take 2 Date: 11/29/07

tablespoons every 4 Medicine: Amoxicillin
hours. Expiration: 05/29/09*
Children 6-12: Take
1 tablespoon every 4
hours.

*Do not take this medicine after this date.

Exercise 7: Answer the questions below.

1. Which medicine needs a prescription from a doctor? ________

_______________________________________________
2. How much cough syrup do adults take? __________________
3. Who is the Amoxicillin for? __________________________

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 Writing
Exercise 8: Look at the pictures. Tell the pharmacist
what the problem is and ask a question about
medicine.

1. I have a rash. Do you have any skin cream?

2. _____________________________________
_____________________________________

3. _____________________________________
_____________________________________

4. _____________________________________
_____________________________________

5. _____________________________________
_____________________________________

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 Narrative Reading
“Larry is Sick”

Larry Sputnitz is not at work today. He’s at home . He is

very sick. He is taking lozenges for his sore throat and

some cough syrup for his cough. He needs to take two tablets of

aspirin every four hours for his fever and his

headache. Larry also has a bad stomachache. He has a

prescription from Dr. Bernard for the medicine, Nexprin. He

takes one tablet every six hours. Larry feels terrible.

Exercise 8: Answer the following questions about the story.

1. Where is Larry Sputnitz today? _______________________

2. Is he sick? _______________________________________
3. Does he have a sore throat? __________________________
4. Does Larry’s head hurt? _____________________________
5. What is the aspirin for? _____________________________
6. What medicine is he taking for his stomachache?___________
7. Does he have a prescription? __________________________
8. Who is his doctor? _________________________________
9. When does he need to take Nexprin? ___________________
10. How many tablets of Nexprin does he take? ______________

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 UNIT TEST 11 -- WRITTEN EVALUATION

Part 1: Answer the questions.

1. What is it? [Page 2]

______________________________________

2. What is it? [Page 2]

______________________________________

3. What is it? [Page 2]

______________________________________

4. What is the doctor’s command? [Page 4]

______________________________________

5. What is the doctor’s command? [Page 4]

______________________________________

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 6. What do you need? [pages 2, 5]

7. Do you need any coffee? [page 5]

No, ______________________________ coffee.

Part 2: Put the following conversation in order.

8. ____ Yes. It hurts.

____ Does this hurt?
____ Hi. I’m Dr. Hertz. Tell me what happened.
____ I had an accident at school.

Part 3: Circle the correct answer. [page 5]

9. Which sentence is correct?

a. I need any bread.
b. I don’t want some aspirin.
c. She needs some cream skin.
d. Please, bending your knee.

10. What is this medicine for? [Page 8]

a. headache
b. backache
c. stomachache
d. sore throat

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 Unit 11 – Student Answer Key
Exercise 1, page 2 Exercise 6, page 6
2. cold medicine 3. throat lozenge 2. No, I don’t want any coffee.
4. antacid 5. cough syrup 3. She needs some antacid.
6. eye drops 7. skin cream 4. Do you want any milk ? Yes, I want
Exercise 2, page 3 some milk.
5. They want some bread.
Open your mouth.
6. Does he have any sisters ? Yes, he has
Say, “Ah. “
two sisters.
Breathe in.
7. Do you want any cough syrup ? No, I
Breathe out.
don’t want any cough syrup.
Stand up.
8. Do you have any eye drops? Yes, we
Lift your arm.
have some eye drops.
Bend your arm.
Exercise 3, page 3 Exercise 7, page 7
1. Amoxicillin
1. b 2. a
2. 2 tablespoons every 4 hours
3. b 4. c
3. Sam Johnson
5. b 6. c
Exercise 8, page 8
Exercise 4, page 4
2. I have a headache.
2. Stand up. Do you have any aspirin?
3. Step on the scale. 3. I have a stomachache.
4. Sit down. Do you have any aspirin?
5. Breathe out. 4. I have a sore throat?
6. Lift your leg. Do you have any throat lozenges?
Exercise 5, page 5 5. I have a cough.
2. any 3. some/any Do you have any cough medicine?
4. some 5. any Exercise 9, page 9
6. He’s at home.
6. some/any 7. any
7. Yes, he is.
8. some/any 9. some
8. Yes, he does.
10. some/any 11. any 9. Yes, it does.
12. some/any 13. any 10. The aspirin is for his fever and his
14. some 15. some/any headache.
11. He is taking Nexprin.
12. Yes, he does.
13. Dr. Bernard is his doctor.
14. He needs to take it every 6 hours.
15. He takes 1 tablet

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