Moving to a new country can be difficult. Getting sick in a new country can be really difficult.
Learn vocabulary for common health problems. Practice challenging pronunciation.
What to expect in this unit.
Activity 1: Vocabulary
Activity 2: Grammar: Direct simple past questions
Activity 3: Capsule & comprehension questions
Activity 4: Grammar activity
Activity 5: Parts of the body
Activity 6: Reading & speaking
Activity 7: Crossword Puzzle
Vocabulary acquisition
Grammar: Direct simple past questions
With “be”
I was sick yesterday Were you sick last week, too?
They were absent from work. Why were they absent?
S V V S
With all other verbs:
QW + (did) + Subject + Verb + object
What did he eat for breakfast?
When did you start to feel sick?
How did she break her leg?
Where did they go yesterday?
Remember that if your auxiliary is “did”, your main verb is in the base form.
Incorrect:
What did she ate for breakfast?
Where did he worked yesterday?
Watch the capsule
Answer the 7 questions that follow. There is a lot of extra vocabulary at the end.
Grammar activity
Reading activity
Read the text and practice saying the words you do not know.
Rayane was feeling unwell. He had a headache, a stomachache, and a stuffy nose. He also had body aches and was feeling tired. He checked his temperature with a thermometer, but he did not have a fever. He went to bed early the night before but did not eat breakfast the next morning.
His friends asked him to see a doctor. Rayane does not have a family doctor, so they went to a community clinic. The nurse at the clinic said he was not very sick since he did not have a fever. She told him to go home and go to bed. She also reminded him to eat something and take a pill for the headache. She said, “Do not go to the emergency room unless you are very sick.”
One of his friends offered him some homemade soup, which he ate with some crackers. His friends told him to look for information online when he feels sick.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to find a family doctor in Quebec.
This word is hard to say: Ther-MOM-a-ter
Body vocabulary
Match the French word with the English one.
Listening & Pronunciation
Listen to the teacher read the first paragraph of the text.
Student pronunciation
Crossword Puzzle