Unit 2: Keeping Fit
Summary: How Are You Feeling?
Key points
- We ask about health with What’s the matter? or How are you feeling?
- For a pain or an illness: have / has + a + ailment (a headache, a toothache, a stomachache, a cold, a fever).
- For a feeling: be + adjective (sick, tired, hot, hungry).
- We give advice with should and wish a friend: Get well soon!
- We only take medicine from a parent or a doctor.
Rules to remember
have a + ailment
I have a headache. She has a toothache. He has a cold.
be + adjective
I am sick. We are tired. She is hot.
-ache = pain
head + ache = headache; tooth + ache = toothache; stomach + ache = stomachache. ache sounds /eɪk/ like cake.
How to do it
- Is it a pain or an illness? ➡️ have / has a…
- Is it an adjective? ➡️ am / is / are…
- Give one piece of advice with should.
Example
What’s the matter? — I have a toothache. ➡️ You should see a dentist.
Common mistakes
- *I am a headache.* ➡️ I have a headache.
- *I have tired.* ➡️ I am tired.
- *She have a cold.* ➡️ She has a cold.
Key words
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