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Lesson Plan: How to Talk about Your Health Problems

Published on August 18, 2025

Today we are going to learn to make a doctor appointment and describe your symptoms

Let’s get started


Schema: Pronunciation (30 Mins)

Task 1A

Time to review some vocabulary and pronunciation

This is gonna be part of the vocabulary that we are going to cover for today’s class

  1. Make groups of three.
  2. Figure out what the words are.

You can see the presentation here


Pre-Task #1: Health Problems and Symptoms

Task 2A

Match the different health problems and their symptoms

Instructions

  1. One student opens the presentation.
  2. Read the symptoms and figure out what the health problem is.

These are the health problems

Back painFever
Sore throatDepression
StressDiarrhea
ToothacheStomachache
HeadacheFlu

You can also check the presentation here


Pre-Task #2: Reading (30 Mins)

Task 3A

Learn more about describing your symptoms

Instructions

  1. In Pairs
  2. Click the link and do the exercise in pairs

Break (30 Mins)

Task4A

Take some time off and be back on time

I need a break

Main – Task: Role Play – At the Doctor

Task5A

Time for the main task

Instructions

  1. Make pairs.
  2. One of you is the doctor.
  3. The other one is the patient.
  4. You have to role-play a short doctor visit.

These are the parts of the dialogue

#1Greetings
#2Complaint
#3Diagnosis
#4Treatment
#5Closing


Post- Task: Short Test

Task5A

Time for the short test

short test

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Manuel Campos

I am Jose Manuel, English professor and creator of EnglishPost.org, a blog whose mission is to share lessons for those who want to learn and improve their English