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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems When someone has a health problem, the verb have is often used. I have an allergy. You have an allergy. He has an allergy. She has an allergy.
We have an allergy. All of you have an allergy. They have an allergy.
Health Problems
Write the health problem under the picture.
asthma
burn
cold
cough
fever
headache
earache
toothache
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chicken pox
sore throat
backache stomachache
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Fill in the blank with the correct form of have. 1. I__________ a backache. 2. You __________ an earache. 3. She __________ a fever. 4. We __________ an allergy. 5. He __________ a cough. 6. They _________ a stomach ache. 7. We __________ a toothache.
8. He __________ asthma. 9. You __________ a headache. 10. He __________ a sore throat. 11. She __________ a burn. 12. I __________ a cold. 13. They __________ chicken pox.
Read each sentence and review any vocabulary that you do not know. Then, fill in the blank with the correct form of have. 1. His ear hurts. He __________ an earache. 2. My tooth hurts. I__________ a toothache. 3. Jill is short of breath. She __________ asthma. 4. Your back hurts. You __________ a backache. 5. Your throat hurts. You __________ a sore throat. 6. Bill and Don ate too much food. They __________ a stomach ache. 7. My nose is congested. I __________ a cold. 8. Kelly and I __________ a temperature over 100F. We __________ a fever. 9. I spilled hot water on my hand. I __________ a burn on my hand. 10. Mary __________ red spots on her skin. She __________ chicken pox. 11. Carl takes cough medicine. He __________ a cough. 12. Erin’s head hurts. She __________ a headache. 13. I sneeze when I am outside. I __________ an allergy. Free handout – http://sites.google.com/eite/eslhelpfulhandouts Photos: www.flickr.com (Creative Commons License)/ mcfarlandmo, PNASH, kerryj.com, Jess and Colin, Dragon Freak, moonlight on celluloid, assbacjh, Tattoo-Lover, Amarand Agasi; www.freedigitalphotos.net/Yaron Jeroen van Oostrom, renjith Krishnan, m-bartosch
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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems
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Look at the picture and read the sentence. If the sentence matches the picture, write one of these sentences: Yes, he does. Yes, she does. If the sentence does not match the picture, write one of these sentences: No, he doesn’t. No, she doesn’t. Example: Alfred has asthma. Alfred has a backache.
Howard has a fever.
Yes, he does. No, he doesn’t.
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Elizabeth has chicken pox.
Justin has an earache.
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Abigail has a burn on her hand. __________________________
Fletcher has a sore throat. _______________________________
Farrah has a headache. ____________________________
Bradley has a toothache. _______________________________
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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems
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Information Question Formation With Have.
What does Alfred have? Alfred has asthma.
What do you have? I have a headache.
When you ask an information question, use the base form of have. What What What
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do/does does do
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subject Alfred you
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have? have? have?
The verb that changes form in an information question is do. It changes according to the subject. What do I have? What do we have? What do you have? What do they have? What does he have? What does she have? In an information question, do/does comes before the subject and have comes after the subject. What does Elizabeth have?
What does Elizabeth have?
Don’t forget to use the base form of have. What do I have? What do you have? What does he have? What does she have? What does Alfred have? What does Abigail have?
What do we have? What do they have?
Fill in the blank with the correct form of have. Choose a partner and practice asking and answering the questions. What does Alfred __________? Alfred has asthma.
What does Abigail _______? Abigail has a cold.
What does Bradley __________? Bradley has a toothache.
What does Farrah __________? Farrah has a headache.
What does Fletcher __________? Fletcher has a sore throat.
What does Howard __________? Howard has a stomachache.
What does Elizabeth have? Elizabeth ______ chicken pox.
What does Justin have? Justin ______ an earache.
What does Alfred have? Alfred ______ asthma.
What does Abigail have? Abigail ______ a cold.
What does Bradley have? Bradley ______ a toothache.
What does Farrah have? Farrah ______ a headache.
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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems Card Game
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Instructions. This card game uses name cards (see pages 5and 6) and health problem cards (see page7). 1. This game can be played in groups of 2, 3, or 4. 2. Copy a set of pages 5 through 7 for each group of card players. Cut out the cards. 3. Shuffle the name cards and place them in the middle of the table. 4. Shuffle the heath problem cards and deal them out evenly to the players. 5. The first player turns up a name card from the pile and places it in the middle of the table. 6. The first player decides which health problem card in his/her own hand to use. He/She also decides to which player to ask a question. This question is formed from both the name card and the health problem card chosen. Example: Fred, Wilma, Betty, and Barney are playing the card game. Fred draws a name card. The name card is Mary. Fred chooses a health problem card from his own hand. He has these cards: asthma, a cold, a backache, and a headache. Fred chooses a cold. Fred decides to whom he would like to ask a question. Fred decides to ask Barney a question. Fred asks Barney, “What does Mary have?”. 7. The second player answers by guessing what the selected health problem card is. If the second player answers using the selected health problem, then the first player discards that health problem card. If the second player does not guess the selected health problem, the first player keeps that card without showing it to the group. Example: Fred asks Barney, “What does Mary have?”. Barney tries to guess what the health problem is. If Barney answers, “Mary has a cold”, then Fred says, “Yes she does”. Fred discards the card that says a cold. If Barney answers, “Mary has chicken pox” , then Fred says, “No, she doesn’t”. Fred keeps the card that says a cold. Fred does not show this card to the group. 8. The first player to discard all of his/her cards wins the game.
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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems Card Game The Name Cards
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Mary
Jane
Bridget
Larry
Ted
Peter
Lulu
Todd
Laura
Linda
Carol
Kelly
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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems Card Game The Name Cards
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Eva
Jim
Paul
Sharon
Charles
Dave
Harry
Jerry
Joe
Helen
Jessica
Scott
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The Verb Have Talking About Health Problems Card Game Health Problem Cards
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an allergy
asthma
a burn
a cold
chicken pox
a cough
a fever
a headache
a sore throat
an earache
a toothache
a backache
a stomachache
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