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🇬🇧 AT the DOCTOR'S: useful vocabulary for doctors & patients

Karina Multilingual

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Warm-up Questions

When was the last time you went to the doctor, and what was the problem?
What English words do you already know for places at the doctor’s (for example: waiting room)?
Do you think doctors need different English vocabulary than patients? Why?

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🇬🇧 AT the DOCTOR'S: useful vocabulary for doctors & patients

Story at the clinic + basic vocabulary (00:00 – 03:32)

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1. Why did the patient call the doctor’s reception?

To make an appointment
To buy painkillers
To ask for a vaccine
To get an X-ray immediately

2. What did the patient have to show at the clinic?

A passport
A sick note
A health insurance card
A prescription

3. What did the doctor write for the patient’s headache?

A vaccination card
An appointment for surgery
A prescription for a painkiller
A referral to a dentist

🇬🇧 AT the DOCTOR'S: useful vocabulary for doctors & patients

More medical verbs + types of doctors (03:32 – 05:47)

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1. In the video, what does it mean “to undergo surgery”?

To have an appointment
To have an operation
To take someone’s blood
To have a headache

2. Why might someone have an X-ray (example in the video)?

To check blood pressure
To see if any ribs were broken
To cure the flu
To get vaccinated

3. Which doctor is described as a “heart specialist”?

ENT doctor
Dentist
Pediatrician
Cardiologist

🇬🇧 AT the DOCTOR'S: useful vocabulary for doctors & patients

Common symptoms + ending (05:47 – 08:10)

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1. What does it mean if you feel dizzy?

You cannot feel your leg at all
You feel very hungry
You have red spots on your skin
You have no good sense of balance and might fall

2. In the video, nausea is described as the feeling that you are going to…

sleep
sneeze
cough
vomit

3. If you are allergic to something, what might you get (according to the video)?

A rash
A stethoscope
A prescription
A broken rib

🇬🇧 AT the DOCTOR'S: useful vocabulary for doctors & patients

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1. Who is this video designed to help?

Only children
Only patients
Only doctors
Both doctors and patients

2. Which topic is NOT a main part of the video?

Typical symptoms of sickness
Cooking vocabulary for winter meals
Names of common doctors
Useful verbs for medical situations

3. What is one purpose of the story about the patient at the beginning?

To explain how to become a doctor
To show medical vocabulary in a realistic situation
To teach British history
To practice spelling of country names

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

🇬🇧 AT the DOCTOR'S: useful vocabulary for doctors & patients

Which words from the video are most useful for you personally, and why?
If you are a patient, what information should you be ready to tell a GP about your symptoms?
Do you prefer to learn vocabulary through a story (like the patient at the clinic) or through lists? Why?
What health problems are common in winter in your country, and what do people usually do about them?