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Health and Fitness Vocabulary- Ask and Tell Speaking Game

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

A fun speaking game where students make questions about healthiness, diseases, exercise, etc then flip a coin to see who should answer, with suggested questions about health and useful medical vocabulary, good for both ESP and General English students.

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Health and fitness vocabulary ask and tell speaking game

Choose one of the lines on the following pages and ask a question about that thing and/ or using that word, e.g. a personal question about headaches or an opinion question about homeopathy. Then flip a coin to decide if you can ask the question to anyone else (heads) or if you have to answer your own question (tails, meaning “tell”). People can then ask more questions if they like, but any follow-up questions don’t have to be answered.

Possible questions about health and fitness

  • Are you optimistic/ pessimistic/ worried about…?
  • Do you believe in…?
  • Do you have (too many/ too much/ a lot of/ any)…?
  • Do you prefer… or…?
  • Do you think it’s true that…?
  • Do you think scientists will (ever)…?
  • Do you think that… is (really) good for you/ bad for you/ over-used?
  • Do you think there is any such thing as (good)…?
  • Do you think… helps with…?
  • Do you think… is doing enough about…?
  • Do you worry about…?/ Do you worry more about… or…?
  • Have you ever read about/ suffered from/ tried/…?
  • How common is… (in your country/ in people your age)?
  • How do you feel about…?
  • How effective is… (for…)?
  • How important is…?
  • How interested in… are…?
  • How long…?
  • How many…?
  • How much of a problem is… (in…)?
  • How much…?
  • How often do you…?
  • Is… important to…?
  • Is… worthwhile/ worth it?
  • What are the (possible) advantages/ disadvantages/ dangers of…?
  • What causes…?
  • What do you usually do if/ when…?
  • What effect…?
  • What is the (main) reason for…?
  • What is the usual…?
  • What would you do if…?
  • What would your advice be for…?
  • What’s the best cure for…?
  • Why is… (so) common (in…)?
  • Would you recommend…?
  • Would you like to…?
  • Would you… if…?

Ask about any questions above you are not sure how to complete, etc, working together to make and answer suitable questions each time.


Health and fitness topic cards

 

(Head/ Back/ Stomach) ache

 

 

Acne/ Teenage spots/ Zits

 

 

Acupuncture

 

 

Addict/ Addiction/...oholic

 

 

Aerobics/ Aerobic exercise

 

 

Allergy/ Allergic/ Hay fever

 

 

Alternative medicine

 

 

Anti-oxidants

 

 

Bacteria/ Antibiotics

 

 

Bi-polar

 

 

(Nose) bleed/ Bleeding

 

 

(High/ Low) blood pressure

 

 

Body building

 

 

Body image (problems)

 

 

Broken/ Fracture(d)

 

 

Bruise(d)

 

 

Burn/ Scald

 

 

Calories

 

 

(Lung/ Stomach/ Bowel/ Breast) cancer

 

 

(Complex) carb(ohydrate)s/ Starch

 

 

(Bad/ High) cholesterol

 

 

Cloning

 

 

A cold/ A sniffle

 

 

Constipated/ Constipation

 

 

Cough (syrup)

 

 

Cut/ Graze/ Scratch

 

 

Dementia/ Alzheimer’s

 

 

Dengue fever

 

 

(Clinically) depressed/ (Clinical) depression

 

 

Diarrhoea/ The runs

 

 

Dieting/ Slimming

 

 

Dizzy/ Dizziness

 

 

(Blood/ Organ) donor/ donation

 

 

Eating disorder/ Anorexia/ Bulimia

 

 

Eczema/ Rash

 

 

Endorphins

 

 

Epidemic/ Pandemic

 

 

(Light/ Strenuous) exercise

 

 

(Food/ Exercise) fad(s)

 

 

(Saturated/ Trans-) fat

 

 

Fever/ Temperature

 

 

(Dietary/ High) fibre

 

 

Fitness/ Keeping fit

 

 

Five a day

 


 

Flu/ Influenza

 

 

Folk cures/ Folk medicine

 

 

Generic drugs

 

 

Hangover

 

 

(National/ Private) health insurance

 

 

Health scare(s)

 

 

Heart attack/ Heart problems

 

 

Herbs/ Herbal remedies

 

 

Homeopathy

 

 

Immune system/ Immunity

 

 

Infection/ Infected

 

 

Injection/ Jab

 

 

Injure/ Injury

 

 

Insomnia/ Sleeping problems

 

 

Itch/ Itchy/ Itchiness

 

 

Jogging/ Running

 

 

Lifestyle diseases/ Diabetes

 

 

Massage/ Masseur

 

 

Medical expenses

 

 

Medical technology

 

 

Meditate/ Meditation

 

 

Menopause

 

     

 

Mental disease

 

 

Mental health (problems)

 

 

Mind over matter

 

 

Minerals

 

 

Moxibustion

 

 

Muscle tone/ Ripped

 

 

Nursing homes/ Nursing care

 

 

Obese/ Overweight/ Obesity

 

 

Occupational therapy

 

 

Painful/ (Lower back) pain

 

 

Painkiller

 

 

PE

 

 

Pill/ Tablet

 

 

Placebo (effect)

 

 

Plaster

 

 

Positive thinking/ Positivity

 

 

Post-natal (care/ depression)

 

 

Pregnancy/ Pregnant

 

 

(Reconstructive/ Cosmetic) plastic surgery

 

 

Nose job

 

 

Face lift

 

 

Botox (for wrinkles)

 

Liposuction

 

 

Eyelid surgery

 

Prescription (drugs)

 

 

Protein (shakes)

 

 

Psychosomatic (illnesses)

                                       

 

Relaxation

 

 

RSI

 

 

Running machine/ Treadmill

 

 

(MRI) scan

 

 

Shivering

 

 

Short sighted

 

 

Sit ups/ (Abdominal) crunches

 

 

 

 

Six pack/ Abs

 

 

Snore/ Snoring

 


 

Sore (feet/ throat/…)

 

 

Sports (injury)

 

 

Steroids

 

 

Stethoscope

 

 

Stiff (muscles/ shoulders)

 

 

Stimulants (caffeine, etc)

 

 

Stress(ed/ful)

 

 

Stretching/ Stretches

 

 

Sugar(y…)

 

 

Superbugs (MRMA etc)

 

 

Supplements

 

 

Surgery/ Operation

 

 

Tai chi

 

 

Tiredness/ Fatigue

 

 

Traditional (Chinese) medicine

 

 

Treating yourself

 

 

Vaccinate/ Vaccination(s)

 

 

Virus

 

 

Vitamin (tablets)

 

 

Weights/ Weight training

 

 

Whole grains/ Whole foods

 

 

Working out

 

 

X-ray

 

 

(Hot) yoga

 

 

Sprain(ed)/ Strain(ed)

 

 

Side effects

Ask about anything above that you don’t understand, working together to make suitable questions each time. You don’t need to answer the questions if you don’t want to at this stage. 

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