ESL Helpful Handouts
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