What's the matter?

Last updated: 15/11/2023
Contributor: Teachit Author
What's the matter?
Main Subject
Category
ELT: Health and science
Resource type
Worksheet
Skills
Vocabulary learning

A fun matching task to help EFL and ESOL learners revise vocabulary associated with the body and illness.

An extract from the teaching notes:

Exercise 1

Get students to match the words to the pictures.  Some vocabulary will be new (throat, a cold) and if students ask what words mean try and mime the answer.  When students have completed the exercise go round the class practising pronunciation (‘ache’ is especially difficult for lots of students).  The use of the article is sometimes unclear.  Students might have heard a stomach-ache, a toothache, a backache.  Both are acceptable except in the case of a headache, which must have the article.

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Thank you, Jacqui, for your feedback on the images in this resource (and others). I agree that these ones could seem a bit naff with adults.

Where a resource is aimed at a specific age group, we do try to find age-appropriate images, but sourcing copyright-free pictures isn’t always straightforward. Where a resource is billed as suitable for a wide range of ages, such as this one, some of the images are likely to seem a bit childish. We realise that teachers will often need to adapt resources to their specific contexts, which is why we provide Microsoft Office versions for subscribers.

We shall continue to try and make sure that we find the most suitable images possible. I hope the fact that some of them are a bit childish won’t put you off using our resources.

05/11/2014

I enjoy using your resources. They are clear and easy to follow. However I sometimes find the pictures a little 'naff', especially if I am teaching adults.

05/11/2014

I used this for a lesson on health care and using the NHS. The majority of ss have had some experience with GP's but needed more vocabulary and practice.

21/10/2014

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Thank you, Jacqui, for your feedback on the images in this resource (and others). I agree that these ones could seem a bit naff with adults.

Where a resource is aimed at a specific age group, we do try to find age-appropriate images, but sourcing copyright-free pictures isn’t always straightforward. Where a resource is billed as suitable for a wide range of ages, such as this one, some of the images are likely to seem a bit childish. We realise that teachers will often need to adapt resources to their specific contexts, which is why we provide Microsoft Office versions for subscribers.

We shall continue to try and make sure that we find the most suitable images possible. I hope the fact that some of them are a bit childish won’t put you off using our resources.

05/11/2014

I enjoy using your resources. They are clear and easy to follow. However I sometimes find the pictures a little 'naff', especially if I am teaching adults.

05/11/2014

I used this for a lesson on health care and using the NHS. The majority of ss have had some experience with GP's but needed more vocabulary and practice.

21/10/2014

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