Health and illness!

Week 24^th – 26^th February

This week we finished talking about the past.

 You had to guess how the story went on (continued).

“It was a cold, dark night in November…

…Vanessa was driving out of town but she wasn’t going home.

 Where do you think she was going?

She was driving past some trees when suddenly she hit something in the road. She stopped and got out of the car.

What do you think she saw?

Vanessa was sure the driver of the car was following her because the dog was his.

Why was the car following her?

Now, the driver of the car was flashing his lights.

What do you think Vanessa did?

“The police are (plural) looking for a murderer who escaped from prison last night”, said the news on the radio.

How do you think Vanessa felt now? Why?

Vanessa got out of the car, ran up to the door, rang the bell and shouted, “Martin, help! Help!”

Where do you think Martin was?

Martin got his shotgun and opened the door. The black car stopped next to Vanessa’s car and a tall man got out.

Who do you think the man was?

“No, no! I’m not the murderer”, said the man. “The murderer is in the back of your car”

When did the murderer get into Vanessa’s car?

We also talked about school days. They look so far now…

For some of us, me, they look like another life!

·         Did you use to be a rebel?

·         Did you use to wear a uniform?

·         Which subjects did you use to like?

·         Elena and Alberto used to like P.E. (it stands for Physical Education)

·         I didn’t use to like P.E.

And we finished the week starting to talk about illnesses.

We use “To have (or to have got) a ----ache” with

Headache – toothache – earache – backache and stomach ache

When other parts of our body ache, we use:

To have a pain in _________ or my ________ hurts / aches.

I have a pain in my arm or my leg hurts.

Remember to use possessive adjectives with parts of the body.

You can have a pain in your neck.

But somebody can be a pain in the neck! (or in another part of our anatomy which sounds less polite!) when they are really annoying!

With throat and eyes, we use the expression

To have sore /sɔ:/ throat or sore/sɔ:/ eyes.

We can also:

Have a cold / have a temperature / have a cough and sneeze.

When we have the flu, we usually have a temperature and all our body aches!

When we have a cold, we usually cough and sneeze!

More vocabulary on illness

Listening - At the doctor's

Carnival Traditions

I hope you are healthy and enjoy the Carnival! See you tomorrow!