Book 1: Success in Seeing the Doctor

 Student Checklist

Page
  1 Dialog: I Have a Headache
  2 Should or Shouldn't?
  3 What's the Matter?
  4 Has or Have?
  5 Story: Jerry Sees the Doctor
  Dialog: Making a Doctor's Appointment
  6 Ask Your Classmates
  Discussion Questions
  7 Listen to the Doctor
  8 Going for a Check-Up
  9 New Patient Form
  10 At the Doctor's Office:
What Are They Saying? Who Says It?
  11 Dialog: At the Pharmacy
  12 Song: Jerry Had the Flu

 Supplement 1… Irregular Past Tense Verbs

  Supplement 2… Extra Song: My Baby is Sick
 Dialog: I Have A Headache!

I'm tired.
1. 2. ___________________
…get some rest. ________________________________

3. ____________________ 4. ____________________
______________________________ _______________________________
______________________________ _______________________________

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  Should or Shouldn't?
A. I have a cold.
1. You __________________ wear a sweater.
2. You __________________ get lots of rest.
3. You __________________ kiss a baby.

B. Roy is tired.
4. He ___________________ get more rest.
5. He ___________________ go to bed late.

C. I feel dizzy.
6. You __________________ sit down for a minute.
7. You __________________ drive home.
8. You __________________ tell your doctor.

D. Susan is pregnant.
9. She __________________ see her doctor.
10. She __________________ get lots of rest.
11. She __________________ eat good food.
12. She __________________ smoke cigarettes.

E. John has a fever.

13. He ___________________ go to work.
14. He ___________________ drink some juice.
15. He ___________________ take some medicine.
16. He should ___________________________________________.

F. My English isn't very good.

17. You should __________________________________________.
18. You shouldn't ________________________________________.

G. I won the 649!

19. You should __________________________________________.

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A. __________ morning. Doctor Lee’s office.

B. ___________. I’d like to make an appointment.
A. _______ ________ a patient of Dr. Lee’s ? ________________
B. __________________________________. has an appointment
A. And your ___________ please? •M •T •W •Th •F
B. Jerry Jones. _________ at _____
A. How do you ____________ that ? Dr. K.Y. Lee, M.D.
B. That’s Jerry, J-E-R-R-Y. Jones, J-O-N-E-S. 255-9091
A. What is your phone number? PLEASE NOTIFY THE OFFICE
IF YOU CAN NOT MAKE
B. 291-7328. YOUR APPOINTMENT.
A. Can you come in ____________ at _________?
B. Do you have anything sooner?
A. Yes. How about this __________________ at _________?
B. _____________.
A. _________. _____________________ this afternoon at _________, Jerry.
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Ask Your Classmates!
Instructions: Ask three of your classmates these questions.
What is your
name? (How
do you spell it?)
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Do you have
a family doctor?
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Does he or she
speak your
language?
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What is his or
her name? (How
do you spell it?

Discussion Questions
Instructions: Ask a classmate these questions. Then change partners.
1. How often do you see your doctor?
2. When was your last visit? What was it for?
3. Do you have a check-up every year?
4. Tell about the last time you got sick.
What did you have?
Did you stay home?
What did you do to get better?
5. Do you use herbal medicine? Why/why not?
6. Does your family have any special home remedies? Tell about one.
7. Canadians often drink chicken soup when they have a cold.
What other Canadian home remedies do you know?
Ask your neighbour or teacher to tell you about other Canadian home
remedies for some of the problems on page 3.

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 Listen to the Doctor!
Look at the pictures of the patients below. What did the doctor
ask them to do?

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 Going for a Check-up
 Last week you went to the doctor's for a check-up. Tell about your visit.
Don't forget to use past tense!

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 Change books with your classmate. Then ask questions to fill out their
form. Use "How do you spell it?" and "Pardon me?"

NEW PATIENT FORM

Name____________________________________ Telephone #_________________

Last First Middle

Address_________________________________________________________________
Apt. # number & street city postal code

Person to contact in case of an emergency: ____________________________________

name phone # relationship

Age__________ Birthdate: / / Care Card Number _____________________

d/m/y

Do you have any allergies? (Which ones?) ____________________________________


________________________________________________________________________

Please [ ] if you have ever had:

• hayfever • back problems
• lung problems • heart problems
• stomach problems • high blood pressure
• other _______________________________________________________________

Have you ever had an operation ? yes • no • When ?___________________

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Are you taking any medication now ? yes • no •

Name of medicines: __________________________________________________

Are you allergic to any medicines ? yes • no •

Name of medicines you are allergic to: ___________________________________

Date: _______________________ Signature: _________________________________

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 At The Doctor’s Office:
What Are They Saying? Who Says It?
Instructions:
1. What are they saying? Listen and fill in the blanks.
2. Who says it? Put D for doctor, N for nurse or P for patient beside each
sentence.
1. Do you have an ______________________ ?
____ 2. How long have you had this _____________?
3. Have you seen the ______________ before ?
4. Is this your _____________ address?
5. _________ do you have an appointment with?
6. ________ _________ should I take this medicine?
7. You need to ___________ here at the bottom.
8. Do you have any _____________________?
9. Will I be ________________?
10. Is this your ___________ visit to Dr. Lee ?
11. Who is your _____________ doctor?
12. I need a doctor’s _______________ for work.
13. Open your ___________ and ______ “ah”.
14. Are you taking any __________________ now?
15. What do you think is ________________?
16. It __________ right here.
17. What are your _____________________?
18. Are you ______________ at the same address?
19. Have you had flu _________________?
20. Is there a _____________of heart problems in your family?

Use these words in your answers. Check off () each word as you use it.
allergies (n) first (adj) mouth (n) sign (v)
alright (adj.) history (n) note (n) still (adv)
appointment (n) how often rash (n) symptoms (n)
current (adj.) hurts (v) say (v) who
doctor (n) medication (n) shots (n) wrong (adj)
family (n)
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Dialog: At the Pharmacy
A. Your prescription is ready now!
B. Okay. Thank you. How often should I take it?
A. You should take one pill every six hours.
B. One pill every six hours. Okay.
Anything else?
A. Yes, you should take it on an empty stomach.

New Words:

How often? 1 x = once 2 x = twice 3 x = 3 times a = one

A Listen and write the instructions:

1. Take ________ _________________ every ______ hours.
2. Take _______ ___________ twice a ________.
3. Take ______ ________________ every ______ hours.
4. Take _________ ___________ _____ times a day.
5. Take _______ _______________ every _______ hours.
6. _____ _______ _______________ _________ a day.

B Anything Else?
1. Take it on a __________ stomach.
2. _____ _______ take it with alcohol.
3. Take it ______________ _______________.
4. Take it on an empty ____________________.
5. It _________ cause ___________ effects.
6. Do not _____________. It may __________ dizziness.
7. It ________ cause an _________________ reaction.
8. Be ___________ you _____________ the prescription.

*Use the new words in A and B to practice the dialog.

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 Irregular Past Tense Verbs
For most verbs, add "-ed" to make the past. Example: work - worked
For irregular verbs, do not add "-ed". Example: write - wrote

PRESENT PAST PRESENT PAST

be: am, is, are was, were know knew
become became leave left
begin began lose lost
bite bit make made
bleed bled mean meant
break broke meet met
bring brought put put
buy bought read read
catch caught ride rode
come came run ran
cost cost say said
cut cut see saw
do did sell sold
drink drank send sent
drive drove shake shook
eat ate sing sang
fall fell sit sat
feel felt sleep slept
fight fought speak spoke
find found spend spent
forget forgot stand stood
freeze froze steal stole
get got take took
give gave teach taught
go went tell told
have had think thought
hear heard throw up threw up
hit hit understand understood
hold held wake woke
hurt hurt wear wore
keep kept write wrote

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