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UNIT 7. FEELING SICK. LESSON B. Grammar: Articles and Simple Tenses Articles We use articles with illness, usually, in British English, names of diseases are uncountable nouns including with illness ending with “s” For example, the measles, the flu can be used
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UNIT 7 FEELING SICK
LESSON B Grammar: Articles and Simple Tenses Articles We use articles with illness, usually, in British English, names of diseases are uncountable nouns including with illness ending with “s” For example, the measles, the flu can be used informally before common diseases • I think I’ve got (the) measles. • Have you had appendicitis? • I’m getting toothache. (US : a toothache)
LESSON B Grammar: Articles and Simple Tenses Articles An illness that is not serious is a countable noun : a cold, a sore throat, a headache, however, toothache, earache, stomachache and backache are often used as uncountable nouns in American English • I’ve got a horrible cold. • Have you got a headache? • Dara has a scratch on her hand.
LESSON B Grammar: Articles and Simple Tenses Simple Tenses Simple Tense here is Present Simple Tense and Past Simple Tense. The details are as follow: Present Simple Tense We use Present Simple Tense to indicate illness including with aches and pains. For example:
LESSON B • Tata has a pain in her right ear. • She has an earache. • She’sgot an earache. • Kiat’s head hurts. • My tooth hurts. • He has a headache. • I have a toothache. • He’sgot a headache.
LESSON B • I’ve got a toothache. • Somsak’s back hurts. • The muscles in Sak’s right arm are sore. • He has a backache. • His muscles ache. • He’s got a pain in his back. • His right arm is sore.
LESSON B Practice 1 Fill in the blanks. A. Somporn’s back hurts. She ……………… a backache. B. His muscles are ……………… . His muscles ……………… . C. Samut’s tooth ……………… . He has a ……………… . D. Dang’s feet are ……………… . Dang’s feet ……………… . Dang has ……………… . has sore ache hurts toothache sore hurts sore feet
LESSON B Grammar: Articles and Simple Tenses Past Simple Tense We use Past Simple Tense to fill the things that take place in the past and the illness : • Thaweesprained his ankle. • He twisted his ankle yesterday. • Tina bruised her knee.
LESSON B burned Practice 2. Complete the word to fill in each blank. A. Sawitree ……………… her thumb. She burned ……………… . B. Nisit’s knee is black and blue. He has a ……………… on his knee. C. Patama ……………… her twist. It’s only a ……………… . D. Did Jiab ……………… her arm? Did she cut ……………… ? herself bruise sprained sprain cut herself