A selection of English ESL health, going to the doctor ppt slides with general vocabulary practice, vocabulary practice

I use a lot of images that show various health problems with the corresponding descriptions. Then students are challenged to look at the images again and describe the health problems. You could probably write the terms on the board so that when students see the images without the terms, they can have some help remembering the term.

Describing Health Problems

THE FIVE MAJOR FOOD GROUPS: CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN ETC. THE TOPIC CONTAINS EDUCATIONAL HEALTH AWARENESS FOR THE CHILDREN THAT IS APPLICABLE TO THEIR DAILY LIFE FOOD CONSUMPTIONS. 

THE FIVE MAJOR FOOD GROUPS (PART 1) CARBOHYDRATES, PROTEIN ETC..

A brief cultural lesson about the The Black Death, 'The Bubonic Plague'. Great for conversations, reading comprehension, etc. For elementary school - ESL students. If you like the lesson, please leave a comment. Thank you!

The Black Death Presentation

Kids find pairs , wins the team which got more pairs. Can use together in same class with these 2 more resources:

1https://en. Islcollective. Com/english-esl-powerpoints/speaking-practice/general-speaking-practice/covid/how-to-prevent-covid-19/147191

2https://en. Islcollective. Com/english-esl-powerpoints/speaking-practice/general-speaking-practice/covid/prevent-covid-19-wheel-game/147192

Prevent Covid-19 Memory Game

Use the picture clues to guess the hospital themed vocabulary. I created these for Thai Nursing students so the clues for 'wheelchair' is based on local Thai's usage of the clues.

Pictoword - Hospital Edition

This includes some leading questions to elicit students to engage into the topics. There are some trivia questions to make students speak out what they have known about their teeth as well.

Our teeth and how to protect our teeth from decay

Just a presentation of knowledge about nutrients and different body systems which I prepared to meet the common core standards of a chapter (even though the US Common Core Standards are another joke being played on the gullible).

Nutrients and the human body

This presentation includes some vocabulary words of health risks related to food. It can be specially useful for students in the medical area or anyone interested in expanding their vocabulary as much as posible. Better suited for older stutents.

Health Vocabulary Risks with food

The presentation titled "Healthy and Unhealthy Lifestyle" is an educational guide designed to help English language learners discuss personal habits, health choices, and modern dietary trends. It introduces a wide range of vocabulary focused on daily actions, such as "gaining weight," "skipping meals," and "overusing painkillers," while contrasting them with positive habits like flossing or saving time.

The material incorporates useful idioms and phrasal verbs, such as "kick the habit" and "give up," providing contextual examples to help students apply these terms to real-life situations like smoking or nail-biting. Interactive elements include discussion prompts about digital health, exercise, and advice for others. A significant portion of the presentation is dedicated to the "Impossible Hamburger," a case study on meat alternatives. It explores why people are transitioning to plant-based diets—citing health, animal welfare, and environmental concerns—while explaining the science behind a burger that mimics the taste and smell of real meat.

healthy & unhealthy lifestyle

This presentations  contains general words on the topic " First Aid". It can be used for teaching medical students or any other students. It may be helpful in your work

First Aid presentation

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

In this presentation we talk about smoking , the composition of a cigarette , the reasons that push teenagers to start smoking , the harmful effects of smoking on our health 

Smoking and its harmful impacts on our health

General vocabulary practice

Health, going to the doctor

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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12 Health, going to the doctor, General vocabulary practice, Vocabulary Practice English ESL powerpoints