Vocabulary related to health with Simple past tense practice

Lets learn a few good words and sentences related to health today. If someone asks you about your health, or if you visit a doctor, how to answer? What words to use? What language to use?

Answer lies in this post! Lets learn.

1. Disease – an abnormal condition that affects the body or mind

2. Symptom – a physical or mental sign that something is wrong with the body

3. Diagnosis – the process of identifying a disease or condition

4. Treatment – the actions taken to cure or manage a disease or condition

5. Medication – a drug or medicine used to treat a disease or condition

6. Prescription – a written order from a doctor for a medication or treatment

7. Antibiotic – a medication used to treat bacterial infections

8. Allergy – a reaction of the immune system to a foreign substance

9. Immunization – the process of making a person immune to a disease through vaccination

10. Vaccine – a substance that stimulates the body’s immune system to fight a disease

11. Therapy – a treatment designed to improve a person’s health or well-being

12. Rehabilitation – the process of restoring a person’s physical or mental health after an illness or injury

13. Chronic – a condition or disease that lasts for a long time or is recurrent

14. Acute – a condition or disease that occurs suddenly and is severe

15. Wellness – the state of being in good physical and mental health

16. Hydration- process of adding water or other fluids to the body to maintain proper bodily functions.

Doctor: Good morning, ________(1) can I help you today?

Patient: Yes, I’m not feeling well. I have a lot of ________(2) and a headache.

Doctor: Okay, let me take your ________(3). You have a high fever. I think you might have the flu.

I’ll write you a ________(4) for some medication to help bring your fever down.

Patient: Thank you, doctor. I also have this rash on my arm. What do you think it is?

Doctor: Hmm, let me take a look. It might be an ________(5). Do you have any allergies?

Patient: Yes, I’m allergic to penicillin.

Doctor: Okay, we’ll need to prescribe a different medication for you.

Have you had your ________(6) for this year?

Patient: No, I haven’t. Should I get one now?

Doctor: Yes, it’s a good idea to get an ________(7) to protect yourself from the flu and other diseases. I’ll give you a prescription for that too.

Patient: Thank you, doctor. Is there anything else I can do to feel better?

Doctor: Rest and ________(8) are the best things for you right now. If your symptoms get worse or don’t improve, come back and see me again. Patient: Okay, I will. Thank you for your help, doctor. Doctor: You’re welcome. Take care and get plenty of rest.

The simple past tense is used to describe an action or event that happened in the past and is now completed. The sentence structure for simple past tense is subject + past tense verb.

Here are examples of the sentence structure for different types of sentences in the simple past tense:

1. Affirmative sentence: I visited my grandparents last weekend.

2. Negative sentence: She didn’t go to the party last night.

3. Interrogative sentence: Did you finish your homework yesterday?

4. Interrogative-negative sentence: Didn’t they leave for the airport on time?

5. Wh-question: What did you do on your vacation last year?

6. Tag question: She went to the concert, didn’t she?

It’s important to note that irregular verbs have a different form in the past tense. For example:

• Base form: go / Past tense: went

• Base form: eat / Past tense: ate

• Base form: swim / Past tense: swam

In sentences with irregular verbs, the past tense form is used instead of adding “-ed” to the base form.

Overall, the simple past tense is used to describe completed actions or events in the past. By using the correct sentence structure and verb form, learners can communicate effectively in the simple past tense.

Hi, my name is Emily, and I ________(1) sick last week. I ________(2) a fever, cough, and sore throat, so I went to see my doctor. She ________(3) my temperature and said I had a high fever, so she ________(4) me a prescription for antibiotics. I ________(5) the medication for a few days, but my symptoms ________(6) getting worse. I ________(7) to go back to the doctor.

The doctor ________(8) me to the hospital to get some tests done. They ________(9) blood tests, a chest X-ray, and a throat swab. The results ________(10) that I had pneumonia. I was really scared because I had never been seriously ill before. The doctor ________(11) me on a new medication and told me to rest and drink plenty of fluids.

Over the next few days, I ________(12) to feel better. My fever went down, and my cough and sore throat ________(13) to improve. The medication ________(14) working, and I could feel myself getting stronger. The doctor ________(15) me to stay in the hospital for a few more days, just to make sure that I ________(16) fully recovered.

When I ________(17) home, I ________(18) still feeling weak and tired, but I knew I needed to rest and take care of myself. It took a few more days, but eventually, I ________(19) back to my normal self. Looking back, I realized how important it is to take care of our health and not to ignore any symptoms that might indicate a serious illness. I ________(20) grateful to my doctor and the hospital staff for taking care of me during my illness.

1. John ___________ (go) to the store yesterday.

2. I ___________ (watch) a movie last night.

3. She ___________ (play) the piano when I arrived at her house.

4. They ___________ (eat) dinner at the restaurant last weekend.

5. We ___________ (study) for the exam for two hours last night.

6. He ___________ (travel) to Europe last summer.

7. She ___________ (meet) her friends at the park yesterday afternoon.

8. They ___________ (dance) at the party all night long.

9. I ___________ (call) my parents this morning.

10. He ___________ (run) in the park for an hour this morning.

I hope these exercises help you practice. You can mention the answers in the comment section and I will be happy to help!

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