SESSION 5:HOW DO YOU FEEL?

- TALK ABOUT ILLNESS AND INJURIES-

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THEM?
I FEEL TERRIBLE!
Conversation time: patient and doctor talk about injuries.

Patient: Good morning, Doctor Johnson.

Doctor: Hi Bruno, you look bad, what’s wrong?
Patient: I feel terrible, it hurts in the lower back.
Doctor: Did you do any physical activity last week?
Patient: Yes, I helped my sister move into a new apartment.
Doctor: It seems you have some inflammation but it’s nothing serious.
Patient: That’s a relief, but the back pain is killing me.
Doctor: Just take some painkillers and the swelling will go down.
You’ll feel better after that.

When you see or hear that someone is not And the person who is sick or has a health
well, then you can ask: problem can answer:
• What’s wrong? • I have + (health problem)
• What’s the matter? • My (body part) + hurt / hurts

How do you feel today?

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THEM?
 A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
The Past Simple describes actions that happened
Example:
in a specific moment in the past.
I was taking a shower when the
On the other hand, the Past Continuous describes phone rang.
actions that were in progress in the past.

Lucy, Allana and I _________ (go) on a camping trip when we _________

(have) a terrible accident. It _________ (be) late at night and it _________
(rain) heavily. Suddenly, a lightning _________ (strike) and _________ (hit)
a tree, which _________(fall down) in the middle of the road. My friend,
Allan, who _________(drive), _________ (try) to stop the car but we
_________ (hit) the tree hard. I _________ (wake up) from the shock while
Lucy _________(try) to get out the car. We were so lucky to be alive.

1. What were they doing?

2. What happened there?
3. When the accident happened?
4. Why did they crash the car?
5. Who was driving?