Health

Pre-Intermediate
General Questions

How are you today?

AND WHY?
Collect 5…

● things that are good for you

● things that are bad for you
● ways to stay healthy
● adjectives to describe healthy people
● adjectives to describe unhealthy people
● physical health problems
● mental health problems
● healthcare professionals
● places where they work
Health problems
1. What do you call a 4. If you eat contaminated food,
pain in the head or neck? you’re suffering from…
a) headache a) fatigue.
b) bad head b) diarrhea.
c) hitch c) food poisoning.
2. If you have chills, fever, muscle 5. What do you call a pain the ear?
pains, you probably have… a) deafness
a) a cold. b) ear ache
b) flu. c) bad earing
c) constipation.
3. When your body temperature 6. If you have a throat inflammation,
is above the normal range, you have… you have a …
a) a fever. a) throat ache.
b) a cough. b) sore throat.
c) a sore throat c) rash.
Health problems
7. If you need to wear a cast on your 10. If you’re feeling strong pain in your
arm you probably have a …? chest, you’re probably having a …
a) rash. a) heart attack.
b) burn. b) heartburn.
c) fracture. c) asthma attack.
8. What do you call it when you fall 11.. What do you call it when a person
down and a part of your skin starts to darken? has high blood sugar?
a) sneeze a) diabetes
b) bruise b) insulin
c) cut c) high blood pressure
9. What do you call a small pocket of 12. What do you call the symptoms that
fluid under the skin? follow heavy alcohol consumption?
a) cut a) nose bleed
b) burn b) hangover
c) blister c) runny nose
Discuss

Prevention is better than cure.

Agree
Useful vocabulary:

keep fit relieve tension

seek for medical advice yoga
well-trained take up a creative hobby
greens spend time with your family
enjoy life stay lean
avoid junk food treadmill
have fun check your blood pressure
reduce fatty foods feeling happy
spend time in the open air drink a lot of water
not overeat relax
cope with stress get rid of tension
strengthen your muscles stretch
illness heart condition
stamina vitamins
Discussion: Keeping fit

What do you do for your own health?

Do you live healthy?
What changes would be necessary to live healthier?
What health problems do you worry about the most?
Discussion: Healing

Would you like to be a healer?

Why? Why not?