English : Common Core Classes

Unit 6 (Health & Welfare) - Reading

 

 

Teacher : Mme ZAARA Asmae

 

Summary

 

I- Health Problems

1-1/ Reading 1

1-2/ Reading 2

II- At the Doctor's

2-1/ Reading 1

2-2/ Reading 2

III- Health around the World

3-1/ Reading 1

3-2/ Reading 2

 


I- Health Problems

 

1-1/ Reading 1

Text

Comprehension
  1. What's the matter with Bob?
  2. What does Jane want him to do?
  3. Why can't he go home?
  4. What does Jane offer to do?

 

 

1-2/ Reading 2

Text

Comprehension
  1. Can these patients take the medicines above ? Check (Yes) or (No). Write the name of the medicine if you check Yes :
Patient Health problem Yes No Medicine
Jane blood pressure      
Mike bad cold      
Salma indigestion      
Rachid insomnia      
Kate sore throat      
Omar tiredness      
Ryan toothache      
  1. Identify the medicines.

Children must not take it : _____________

You must have a prescription to buy it : _____________

You must take it only one time a day : _____________

You must not take it when you are driving : _____________

  1. Write "True" or "False" :

All children can take the same dosage of Relax as adults : _______

You can take Stomacid before lunch : _______

You can't take more than eight tablets of Activor daily : _______

You can buy Energetic without a prescription : _______

You can drink orange juice with Stomacid : _______

 

II- At the Doctor's

 

2-1/ Reading 1

Text

Comprehension
  • Write "True" or "False" :

Bob is better today : _______

He doesn't want to go to work.

He may go to work tomorrow.

He must stay in bed for one week.

 

 

2-2/ Reading 2

Text

Comprehension
  1. Find in the text words which mean almost the same as :

objective : ___________________
make better : ___________________
created : ___________________
located : ___________________
gives : ___________________
illnesses : ___________________

  1. Are these statements true or false ? Justify your answer.

The WHO is a new organisation : _________
_________________________________________________________________

The WHO is based in Europe : _________
_________________________________________________________________

The objective of the WHO is to help poor countries : _________
_________________________________________________________________

The passage mentions four actions of the WHO : _________
_________________________________________________________________

There are five diseases mentioned in the passage : _________
_________________________________________________________________

 

III- Health around the World

 

3-1/ Reading 1

Text

Comprehension
  • Write "True" or "False" :

Mary regularly visits Dr. Atkins' office : _______

Dr. Atkins has a busy schedule : _______

The doctor sometimes visits his patients at home : _______

Mary is seriously ill : _______

Mary will see the doctor on Wednesday : _______

 

 

3-2/ Reading 2

Text

Comprehension
  • Write "True" or "False". Justify with statistics when possible :

1- People do not use traditional medicine in Canada : ________
2- Traditional medicine is used to treat malaria in Africa : ________
3- Traditional medicine is used only for prevention : ________
4- In India, there are more traditional doctors than modern ones : ________
5- CAM is an adaptation of traditional medicine : ________
6- Traditional medicine is not used in developed countries : ________
7- In Mali, only 40% of children go to hospital to treat malaria : ________
8- The UK spends more money on traditional medicine than The USA : ________
9- In China, traditional medicine is more popular in the city than it is in the countryside : ________