28-30/04 Monday-Wednesday. Classes 7-8

Hello

So, these two classes we learnt some expressions to use when we go to the doctor:

What´s wrong (the matter)? - I´ve got a cold, sore throat, stomach-ache, headache etc.
How long have you had it? - For a week.
What other symptoms do you have? - I´m tired and feel dizzy.
Let me examine you/take you temperature/blood pressure.
I´ll prescribe you ...
You should ...

If you want to practise more check out these links:
Listening Exercise
Video Practice
Video Practice 2
Vocabulary Exercise

Also we learnt the difference between some similar words (hurt, pain, ache):

HURT can be a verb - He hurt his knee playing football. (to injure) Also "to hurt one´s feelings" or to feel pain - My back hurts a lot.
an adjective -  Fortunately, no one was badly hurt.
a noun - usually has a different meaning "a feeling of great unhappiness": She saw the hurt in his eyes.

PAIN can be a noun - the feeling when smth hurts: She felt a sharp pain in her leg.
He was in a lot of pain.
a verb - difficult or upseting for smb to have to do smth

ACHE can be a verb - when you feel  continuous, but not very sharp pain: His feet were aching from standing so long.
a noun - a continuous pain, that is not sharp or strong: a stomach ache.

Now check yourself and do the exercise: Link.

We also practised the First Conditional. We can use it in superstitions:
If you break a mirror, you might have bad luck or somebody might die.
If a black cat crosses the street in front of you, you´ll have bad luck.

First Conditional Link

Your homework is to read some vocabulary in your copies.