English Practice Unit 1

Unit 1: How do you feel today?

Learning outcome: Body parts and health problems. Medicine instructions for use.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT:

PARTS OF THE BODY

HEAD AND FACE 

ARM AND LEG 

REST OF BODY 
Let’s practice!
Find these parts of the body in the word search and hen write them below each picture.
ARM – ANKLE- BACK – BOTTOM – BREAST – CHIN – EAR – ELBOW – EYE – EYEBROW –
EYELASHES – FACE – FACE – FINGER – FOOT – HAIR – HIP – LIPS – MOUTH – NECK – NOSE –
STOMACH – TEETH – THUMB – TOE – TONGUE - WRIST
 WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU? HEALTH
PROBLEMS ...

asthma broken leg

cough
chicken pox

backache
cold
headache fever
stomach ache

flu
earache
measles

faint
sore throat

itch

heart
attack
swollen thumb

c
shivering

toothache sunburn dizzy

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
Health and Illnesses

Useful phrases:

How are you today?

I’m very well, thanks.
I’m fine, thanks.
I don’t feel very well. I must go home and rest. (I’ll probably be OK tomorrow.)
I feel ill. Can you get a doctor, please? (Perhaps it’s a serious problem.)
That fish was bad. I think I’m going to be sick! (I want to vomit.)

GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT: (Friendly reminder from English II) When talking about the way you
feel and the illness you may have, you should use either “I’ve got” or “I have” in order to show your health
situation. For example:
How are you feeling?
Not so good, I’ve got a cold!
Really bad! I’ve got a toothache.
I’m stressed, and I’ve got a headache.
‘VE GOT HAVE
I/ you / we/ they  HAVE I / you / we / they  HAVE
GOT He/ She / It  HAS
He/She/It  HAS GOT

LET’S PRACTICE!
Complete the following statements depending on the persons’ illness:
For example:
 He’s got a cold.

I ___________________. The old man She ____________________.

__________________.

My son __________________. Uncle Peter ________________. She

________________________.

VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
ADVICE AND REMEDIES TO CURE ILLNESSES.
Take an aspirin – Get some sleep – Take medicine – Stay home – Use bandage / band-aid – Go to the
hospital – See a doctor – Drink water – Eat vegetables – Drink soup – Use crutches – Eat ice cream.
 __Eat Ice Cream___ __________________________
___________________________

__________________________ __________________________ __________________________

____________________________ ________________________ ____________________

_____________________________ ___________________________
___________________________

Think of situations in which you may need these remedies or pieces of advice:
Discuss it with your partner.

1- you should see a friends.

2- You should see a girlfriend
3- If you fell tired
4- If you fell bored
5- If you have endeavored
6- If you have a cold
7- If you ve got asleep

1- If you fell tired

You should sleep
2- If you fell burned
You should a doctor
3- If you have a cold
You should drink tea
4- If you have tooth pain
You should go to a dentist
5- If you have drink coca cola
I think you should drink water
6- If you have a headache
You should take medicine
7- If you ve got asleep
You should wake up
 VOCABULARY IN CONTEXT
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

In order to avoid obesity (for instance) and future illnesses related to it, it is highly recommended it to practice a
sport or do some individual activities like running, jogging, or yoga which is being more practiced every day.
Have a look at the following options you may choose from:
 Jogging Yoga

GRAMMAR IN CONTEXT
If you want to give advice to others to cure their illnesses, you need to consider the following structures.
SHOULD

SHOULDN’T
 SUBJECT MODAL VERB MAIN VERB IDEA
I – You – He – She – It – We –
They SHOULD
GO To the hospital.
+ The modal verb should doesn’t + Should needs that the next DRINK More water.
need to change, no matter the verb is always in the present SEE A doctor.
subject, for example she/he should tense and, more importantly, EAT Vegetables.
see a doctor, it doesn’t change at you shouldn’t modify it.
all!

LET’S PRACTICE:
For each situation, write a
sentence with should or
shouldn’t + one of the
following:
go away for a few days - stay up so late - look for another job - take a picture - worry so
much

1 Anna needs a change.

She should go away for a few days.
2 Your salary is very low.
3 Jack always finds it hard to get up.
4 What a beautiful view!
5 Laura is always anxious.
You should look for another job.
He _shouldnt stay up so late .
You _should take a picture___________________________.
She __shouldnt worry so much________________________.

Let’s apply it in health situations:

Identify the illness and give pieces of advice to the following people using SHOULD:
For example:

Are you ok? What’s wrong with you?

 No, I’ve got a bad cold. I ________________
You should keep warm and drink water. You ______________________

Hey! you look bad man! What happened to you?

I know, I _______________ Look, you_________________________ I see…,

I feel terrible, I ________________ you ________________________

ZERO CONDITIONALS: The Zero conditional is normally used to talk about present habits, general truths,
and scientific facts. For example,
If students miss an exam, the professor fails them. (General truth)
If I’m late for dinner, they start eating without me. (Present Habit)
If you freeze water, it turns into ice. (Scientific Fact)

But apart from that, we can use the Zero Conditional with an imperative mode so as to give a piece of advice:
For example,
If you feel bad, you should see a doctor!
If you can’t see the TV, you need glasses.
I stay home from work, If I get sick. You should do the same…

Structure:

If she eats bananas at night, she gets a stomachache.

To give a piece of advice with should, we need to say:
You should take an aspirin, if you have a headache.
You shouldn’t eat junk food, if you have a stomachache.

LET’S PRACTICE!
Give pieces of advice in the following situations:

IF YOU HAVE A
_____________________ YOU SHOULD_____________________________

IF YOU HAVE A ________________________, YOU SHOULD

_________________________

IF YOU ____________________ YOU SHOULD __________________________________

IF YOU ____________________ YOU SHOULD __________________________________

You can also use the modal verbs: MUST and HAVE TO:
Sometimes ‘must’ and ‘have to’ can be used to speak about responsibilities. However, MUST is generally used
for Strong Personal Obligations and HAVE TO is used for Responsibilities at Work and in Everyday Life.
I must do this right now!
I have to file reports every week.

MUST DO – OBLIGATIONS:
Use ‘MUST’ to express something that you or a person feels is necessary. This form is used only in the present
and future.
I must finish this work before I leave.
Must you work so hard?
John must explain this if he wants his students to succeed.

HAVE TO – RESPONSIBILITIES:
Use ‘have to’ in the past, present, and future to express responsibility or necessity. NOTE: ‘Have to’ is
conjugated as a regular verb and therefore requires an auxiliary verb in the question form or negative.
We have to get up early.
She had to work hard yesterday.
She has to submit her report.

LET’S PRACTICE!
Circle the best alternative to complete the sentence

0.- I’m stressed. You should/must/can’t definitely disconnect yourself from my university duties.
1. I'm very tired. I have to / must / need to rest
2. I have an earache. My ear is fine / hurts / has a broken leg
3. I have a stomachache again. I have / can / must to see a doctor
4. The doctor says I can /must / may exercise if I want to lose weight.
5. I'm on a diet. I need / must / have to eat food that is low in fat

COMMUNICATIVE TASK
Make a group of 4 and talk about the most common health problems in your country (use the vocabulary
provided above), say what people should do in order to prevent them (at least give 4 pieces of advice).

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READING PRACTICE
Read the article about The Simpsons. Choose the best word (A, B, or C) for each space.

The Simpsons

Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson (0) are_ America’s favourite family. This programme has been
on television (1) __________ 1989 and is now shown (2)________ 94 different countries. Why do people love
this family so (3) _______? Perhaps it is because they (4) __________ them. The Simpsons do things that (5)
___________ people do. For example, at the beginning of each programme, they all sit down to watch
television.
Several famous people ave been on the show, from singers and actors (6)___________ Professor Stephen
Hawking, the world famous scientist from Cambridge University. He loved being on the show. For (7)
_____________ Millenium New Year Party, all the guests (8) __________ to dress like people in The
Simpsons, but he went to the party as Stephen Hawking!

1) A) do B) are C) have

2) A) by B) for C) since

3) A) with B) in C) at

4) A) more B) most C) much

5) A) understand B) understanding C) understands

6) A) every B) many C) lots

7) A) about B) to C) till

8) A) her B) its C) his

9) A) had B) must C) ought

WRITING PRACTICE
Your best friend is trying to lose weight and asks you for tips to do so.
Write an email to him/her:
 Suggest him/her what to eat.
 Suggest him/her what to drink.
 Suggest him/her an exercise routine (Consider Monday-Wednesday, and Friday)
Write 25 words or more:
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This material has been compiled and adapted from the following:
Digital sources: www.islcollective.com, www.eslprintables.com, www.liveworksheets.com
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