A selection of English ESL doctor ppt slides

This presentation, titled "Visiting the Doctor," is an English language learning module focused on medical scenarios and healthcare vocabulary. It guides students through the process of describing physical symptoms and interacting with medical professionals.

The content begins by introducing common ailments such as the flu, fever, sore throat, and various aches (stomachache, earache, toothache). It also covers essential verbs and phrases like "making an appointment," "examining a patient," and "checking blood pressure." Visual aids and structured examples help learners differentiate between nouns, adjectives, and phrasal verbs within a clinical context.

A central feature of the document is a scripted dialogue between a doctor and a patient named Jane, who feels unwell after eating junk food. This conversation illustrates practical language use, such as explaining how long symptoms have lasted and receiving medical advice. The presentation concludes with interactive discussion questions regarding personal experiences with doctors, the cost of healthcare, and general wellness tips, encouraging students to practice their conversational skills.

visiting the doctor

A lesson presentation for 2MS about going to the doctor, discussing an illness and doctor giving pieces of advice to their patient. Pictures + Conversation + Task + Rule. Easy and simple. Take it and use it. Good Luck.

At the doctor (Should / Shouldn't)

This hour long lesson plan involves teaching illness vocabulary and how to describe our illnesses with the verb 'to have' and 'to feel'. The students will also learn about symptoms of these illnesses plus how to give advice using 'should' and 'shouldn't'. This will provide them with all the vocabulary they need to perform their own doctor/patient roleplay.

Sickness and Going to the Doctor

This is a presentation that looks at different illnesses, talking about illnesses and body parts and making an appointment to see the doctor.



The hidden slides are the activities

Please, as always check for spelling errors ;)

feeling ill and going to the doctors

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How Do I Find a Top Vein Specialist Doctor Near Me

If you are struggling with knee pain and want to find a top knee doctor near me, consider booking an appointment with The Pain Treatment Specialists. A top knee doctor uses the latest techniques in regenerative medicine to provide the best minimally invasive treatments. 

Why Top Pain Doctors Use Cortisone Knee Injections to Treat Knee Pain

This presentation is for a lesson on going to the doctor. I first presented body parts in the previous class and this activity can be followed by a role play where a student plays the doctor and another student plays the patient describing what's wrong. 
 all images in the presentation are from pixabay.

Going to the doctor: what's hurt/broken/bleeding? Body parts and describing what's wrong.

PLEASE NOTE- there are some missing articles in this PowerPoint such as- I have an earache, I have a headache. Please add before using.



This can be used along side my other PowerPoint as a recap. It also introduces other common health problems that you may wish to introduce before showing your students this PP.

I introduced it by printing off the pictures as flashcards. 

Illnesses (what's the matter?) and health problems

Please NOTE- there are mistakes in this PowerPoint that need correcting before using with your students-

The titles should have question marks and some of the sentences are missing articles, such as- I have an earache, I have a headache. 



A power point to introduce students to the vocabulary we use to say we are ill. 



I printed off each picture as well to hand out to each SS to practice the correct vocabulary.



Please note- mistakes in this PP have been updated



Illnesses (what's the matter?) 

A PowerPoint presentation about health problems and feelings. 

1st part:

Give advice using should and shouldn't, fill in the missing words. 

2nd part:

Practise dialogues with your partner or say what's wrong and give advice.

What's the matter? Giving advice w. should / shouldn't

This game is created in order to review the health vocabulary! The students have to match the problem with the corresponding picture! They must open the squares following the numbers. You have to click on stop if you find the correct pair. Enjoy this game. 

Memory game. Health problems! 



It's a reading comprehension exercise. It's about health problems. There are some vocabulary and grammar exercises about the use of modals should/ shouldn't as well.It's editable, hope it's useful.Hugs, Midah.

Health Problems

Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication

Adjectives to describe feelings, emotions

Adjectives to describe personality and character

Adjectives: Gradable / Non-gradable adjectives

Articles: Definite or indefinite article (a, an or the)

BE + infinitive structures (e.g. he was to become famous)

Clauses of contrast (e.g.  although, while)

Clauses of purpose (e.g. in order to, so that, so as to)

Clauses of reason (e.g. because, because of, due to, as, since)

Cleft sentences (e.g. It's Joey we're looking for)

Comparison: Comparative adjectives and structures

Comparison: Superlative adjectives and structures

Conditional 2 (second conditional) - would

Conditionals: Conditional phrases (e.g. unless, provided that, as long as)

Conjunctions (aka connectives, e.g. and, but, or, so, then)

Contractions (shortened forms, e.g. don't, aren't, etc.)

Determiners (words that can come before nouns)

Formal and informal English (politeness or colloquial language)

Future perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Future perfect simple and continuous (progressive) tense

Future phrases (e.g. be about to, bound to, likely to, due to, set to + INF)

Homonyms (two words with the same pronunciation - homophones and homographs)

It as preparatory subject (e.g. it's raining, it's nice of you to)

Linking verbs (aka copulas, e.g. I am a student)

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how to accuse somebody of something in English

how to apologize, say sorry, forgive and express regret in English

how to ask for information and make inquiries in English

how to ask for something, make requests in English

how to blame somebody for something in English

how to defend yourself from criticism in English

how to deny or admit something in English

how to describe things or people in English

how to emphasize important things in English

how to encourage or discourage people in English

how to evaluate people or progress in English

how to express agreement /disagreement in English

how to express approval and disapproval  in English

how to express cause and effect in English

how to express interest in something in English

how to express likelihood, probability in English

how to express likes and dislikes in English

how to express sequence and chronology in English

how to express shock and disbelief in English

how to express sympathy and condolences in English

how to give permission, authorization in English

how to inform somebody about some news in English

how to interpret what was said in English

how to keep a conversation going in English

how to make guesses about something in English

how to make, accept and refuse offers in English

how to order or make a booking in English

how to persuade, convince people in English

how to praise people and express appreciation in English

how to reassure somebody of something in English

how to refuse and object to something in English

how to remind people of something in English

how to rephrase, paraphrase what was said in English

how to say thank you, express gratitude in English

Nouns: Collective nouns (team, class, family, committee)

Nouns: Proper nouns (names of people, cities, companies)

Oxymorons (phrases with words of contradictory meaning, e.g. living dead)

Participles: Past participle (e.g. HAVING DONE)

Participles: Present participle (e.g. DOING)

Parts of Speech (aka word classes, e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs)

Past perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Phonetics (pronunciation, IPA, phonetic symbols)

Plural nouns: regular plurals with S ending

Prefixes (e.g. A, UN, IM, DIS, MIS, EN, etc. )

Prepositions vs adverbs (e.g. before me, saw him before.)

Prepositions: Double prepositions (e.g. out of)

Prepositions: Participle prepositions (e.g. pending, concerning)

Prepositions: Phrase prepositions (e.g. by means of)

Present perfect continuous (progressive) tense

Present perfect simple or present continuous tense

Present simple tense: S for third person singular verbs

Present simple vs continuous (progressive) tense

Pronouns: EACH OTHER, ONE ANOTHER (reciprocal pronouns)

Pronouns: Possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine)

Pronouns: Reflexive pronouns (e.g. myself, yourself))

Pronouns: SOMEBODY, ANYBODY, EVERYBODY, NO ONE, NOTHING, etc.

Pronouns: THIS, THAT, THESE, THOSE (demonstratives)

Pronouns: YOU and THEY to talk about people in general

Quantifiers (e.g. some, many, much, any, few, little)

Questions: WH questions (open-ended questions)

Reported speech: reported questions (indirect questions)

There is / there are / there was / there were / there will be, etc.

Verbs: Transitive or intransitive verbs (words that can or cannot stand with objects)

Working with Paragraphs: ordering, titling

Role play, miming, drama activity or improv game

Pictionary (picture dictionary) or picture matching

Writing an opinion essay (persuasive essay)

Learners who are Pre-A1 have just begun learning English and will first learn how to:<ul><li>Say the letters in the alphabet and numbers</li><li>Say hello, talk about names and age</li><li>Name the colors and dates, express likes and dislikes</li></ul>

Absolute beginners who have begun to learn the letters and numbers

Learners taking the A1 Elementary exam should be able to:<ul><li>Introduce themselves and ask and answer questions about personal details such as where he/she lives, things he/she has, people he/she knows.</li><li>Communicate using very basic phrases as long as the other person talks slowly and clearly and is prepared to help.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: common adjectives & adverbs of frequency, going to, how much/how many, imperatives, I'd like, 's – possessive, common prepositions of place and time, present simple & continuous, there is/are</li></ul>

A very basic tourist level, which is enough for buying food and a bus ticket

Learners taking the A2 Pre-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand sentences and frequently used expressions (e.g. very basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography, employment).</li><li>Complete tasks that are routine and exchange information about familiar matters.</li><li>Describe matters of immediate need in simple terms.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: countable/uncountable nouns, adverbs of frequency, future will/going to, much/many, present perfect, past simple, past continuous, common phrasal verbs, common modals: can/should</li></ul>

A tourist who can do basic conversations about the past, present and future

Learners taking the B1 Intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand points regarding family, work, school or leisure-related topics.</li><li>Deal with most travel situations in areas where the language is spoken.</li><li>Create simple texts on topics of personal interest.</li><li>Describe experiences, events, dreams, and ambitions, as well as opinions or plans in brief.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: question tags, intensifiers: too/enough, future tenses, past tenses, modals, conditionals, wh-questions in the past</li></ul>

Learners who can deal with both familiar and routine situations, in friendly and work contexts

Learners taking the B2 Upper-intermediate exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.</li><li>Interact with fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible without difficulty for either party.</li><li>Produce clear, detailed text on a wide range of subjects and explain an opinion on a topical issue giving the advantages and disadvantages of various options.</li><li>Main grammar points to know: perfect tenses, mixed conditionals, modals in the present, phrasal verbs, reported speech, wish, relative clauses</li></ul>

The level where you can be a tour guide for your foreign friends and talk about a lot of topics, even abstract ones, with ease and fluency

Learners taking the C1 Advanced exam should be able to: Express ideas fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions. Use language flexibly and effectively for social, academic and professional purposes. Understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts. Produce clear, well-structured, detailed text on complex subjects, using linking phrases (=words that connect ideas between sentences). Main grammar points to know: inversion, mixed conditionals, modals in the past, all passive forms, phrasal verbs (all patterns), wish/if only for regrets

Learners who can smoothly communicate in every walk of life, read long texts and write well

Learners taking the C2 Proficient exam should be able to:<ul><li>Understand almost everything read or heard with ease.</li><li>Summarize information from a variety of sources into a coherent presentation.</li><li>Express themselves using precise meaning in complex scenarios.</li><li>Can express him/herself spontaneously, very fluently and precisely, differentiating finer shades of meaning even in the most complex situations</li></ul>

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