Health problems in English
There are different ways of asking how someone is.
You can say:
How are you?
How are you today?
How do you feel?
How do you feel today?
How are you today?
I'm sick.
I feel sick.
Not so good.
Not very well.
These are different ways of responding.
To say how you are,
you can use: I feel + an adjective.
For example with positive adjectives
I feel fine.
I feel good. (da da da da da da da)
I feel great.
I feel fantastic.
Or we can use negative adjectives.
I feel sick.
I feel awful.
I feel terrible.
I feel miserable.
When you hear or see that someone is not well,
then you can ask: What's the matter?
What's wrong?
And the person who is sick or has a health problem may respond:
I have + the health problem or I've got + the health problem
For example
I have a sore throat ...or... I've got a sore throat.
Let's look at this dialogue.
How do you feel?
Not so good.
What's the matter?
I have a headache.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Let's look at different types of health problems.
Pay attention to the article
that goes before each health problem and note that sometimes there are no articles.
I have asthma.
asthma
I have a backache.
a backache
I have a broken leg.
a broken leg
I have a cold.
a cold
I have a cough.
a cough
I have an earache.
an earache
I have a fever.
a fever
I have the flu.
the flu
I have a headache.
a headache
I have heartburn.
heartburn
I have measles ...or... I have the measles.
measles
I have a rash.
a rash
I have a sore throat.
a sore throat
I have a stomachache.
a stomach ache
Notice the difference in spelling.
I have sunburn.
sunburn
I have a toothache.
a toothache
Let's practice.
Complete the blank spaces.
How do you
feel?
Not so
good.
What's the
matter?
I have
a headache.
I'm
sorry to hear that.
How
are you?
Not
very well.
What's
wrong? or what's the matter?
I have
a cold.
I'm sorry to
hear that.
What's the matter?
I have
a backache.
What's wrong?
I have
a broken leg.
What's the matter?
I have
a cough.
What's the matter?
I have
a fever.
What's wrong?
I have
a sore throat.
What's the matter?
I have
sunburn
Health problems
asthma, a backache,
a broken leg, a cold,
a cough, an earache,
a fever, the flu,
a headache, heartburn,
measles, a rash,
a sore throat, a stomachache,
sunburn, a toothache.
How do you feel today?
Let us know in the comments.