Every part

of my body
hurts right
now.
lesson description
You will be able to correctly employ
distributives, identify parts of the body
and illnesses, and use the past progressive form of the verbs fall, hurt, break,
worry, sneeze, cough, and recover.

objectives
Discuss injuries and illness
Recognize modals and form
negative modals
Practice the past progressive
verb tense

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vocabulary

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burn
backache
allergic reaction
stomachache
headache
doctor
bone fracture
bandage
sprain
earache
heart attack
nasal spray
pill
ointment
skull
toothache
nasal
congestion
eye drops

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brain
throat
skin
muscle
lungs
heart
liver
kidney
bone
stomach
intestines
patient
antibiotic

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key phrases

verbs
q Infinitive
q Present Tense
q Simple Past Tense
q Future Tense
q Present Progressive
q Past Progressive

to fall
you fall
you fell
you will fall
you are falling
you were falling

to sneeze
he sneezes
he sneezed
he will sneeze
he is sneezing
he was sneezing

to break
they break
they broke
they will break
they are breaking
they were breaking

to worry
she worries
she worried
she will worry
she is worrying
she was worrying

to cough
they cough
they coughed
they will cough
they are coughing
they were coughing

to recover
I recover
I recovered
I will recover
I are recovering
I were recovering

to hurt
we hurt
we hurt
we will hurt
we are hurting
we were hurting

My legs and arms hurt.

You will recover in no time.
Can you bend your arm/leg?
I feel sick.
I have a cold.
Go to the doctor.
Make a doctors appointment.
I didnt break any bones!
Inhale.
Exhale.

your turn
to break
Fill in each blank with the correct tense form of the verb in parentheses.
They break
They broke
For example:
They will break
She went to the doctor yesterday. She will recover soon. (recover)
They are breaking
They were breaking
1. Be careful! You will get ________ if you ______ down. (hurt, fall)
to worry
2. How are you ________?
(feel)
She worries
3. If you rest, your body
________. (recover)
Shewill
worried
Shewill
willget
worry
4. Dont ________. You
well soon. (worry)
She is worrying
5. You should cover your mouth if you are ________ and ________. (sneeze, cough)
She was worrying
6. She ________ her leg when she fell out of the tree. (break)
7. We ________ until we saw the doctor. (cough)
8. Your knee ________ for 15 minutes. (hurt)
9. We almost ________ in the parking lot. (fall)
10. The doctor said that I was ________ quickly. (recover)

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conversation
Read the following conversation
out loud five times.
Cindy: Brain, throat, lungs, heart, liver,
stomach, intestines, kidneys, muscle,
bone, skull, skin.
Todd: Cindy.
Cindy: What?
Todd: Cindy, inhale. Exhale. Okay. Now,
what are you doing?
Cindy: I found this poster Alexis had with
her books and I wanted to learn
everything.
Todd: Thats great that you want to keep
learning new things, but maybe you
should repeat what you do know
a little bit more, too. The more you
repeat what you know, the easier it is
to remember.
Cindy: Oh. Thats smart. Okay.

Bonus Feature: Watch the English Highway video to follow along! (Lesson ID: #0346)

distributives
Distributives are used to talk about a group of people/things or individual members of a group.
all, both, half, + OF: Of must be added when followed by a pronoun. Example: all of you, both of us, half of them, none of it.

all

everything; everyone (the whole number of )

All (of ) the people in the room were silent.

both

two of something (two together)

Both children were born in Italy.

half

one whole equally divided by two (a part of a pair)

You can have half (of ) the cake.

none

not any; no part

None of the students passed the test.

These distributives are usually used with singular nouns, and are placed before the noun:

each

a way of seeing the members of a group as individuals (an individual)

every

a way of seeing a group as a series of members (all Every child in the world deserves affection.
inclusive)

either
and
neither

makes a distinction between two things or groups I can stay at either hotel; they are both good.
two things together; either is positive, neither is
Neither chair is good; theyre both too small.
negative

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Each child in the room received a present.

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your turn

modal verbs, part I

Fill in each blank with the correct distributive from the word
bank. Some words will be used more than once.

There are several modal verbs. Three of the main ones are:
can (ability: to be able to)
must/have to* (advice/instruction)
may (permission: to be allowed to)

every

half

either

each

all

both

neither

none

I woke up with a stomachache (1) ____________ morning this

week. My mom said that I shouldnt worry until I went to see the
doctor. After the doctor told me what was wrong, my mom and

Rules for Modals:

1. Modals are always accompanied by other verbs.
2. Modals are never conjugated.
3. Modals are often followed by the simple present tense form of
the main verb.

1. May I go to the beach?

2. You have to clean your room before you can go to the beach.
3. We can go to the beach after I clean my room.

the doctor (2) ____________ agreed that I should stay in bed

for three and a (3) ____________ days. The nurse gave me the

can vs. may

option of taking (4) ____________ pills or liquid medicine (5)

____________ day for a total of five days. I didnt like

In informal conversation can sometimes is used instead of

may in asking or giving permission.

(6) ____________ option, but chose the liquid medicine. After I

took (7) ____________ the medicine, I felt a lot better. I told my

more modals

no s endings

could
might
should
shall
will
would
ought to

Modal verbs do
not take -s in the
third person.

mom that I didnt want to take any medicine again and that
(8) ____________ option was good. She laughed and I went back
to playing outside (9) ____________ day after school.
Fortunately, (10) ____________ of my friends got sick.

Cindy can do it.

He must talk to
her.

negative
modals
Add the word
not to make
modal verbs
negative.
I can not eat.
I cant eat.

See Lesson 17 for

more modals.

no past or future
Most modal verbs can NOT be used in past or future tenses.
INCORRECT: Cindy will can can cook a good dinner.
INCORRECT: Mack musted must talk to her.

*Note that have to isnt a true modal. It conjugates and

requires do for questions and negatives. We use it as the past
tense of must.
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your turn
Answer the following questions about modals.
1. When do we use can?

2. When do we use must/have to?

3. When do we use may?

4. What are the three rules for using modals?

putting it all together

Use your own information or your imagination to complete these sentences.
For example:
When I am sick, I have to eat soup and watch a lot of TV.
1. When I am sick, I have to ______________________________________ .
2. Every __________ (season), I get a sore throat and may be in pain for ______________________
(how long?) .
3. I ate a lot of cake for my birthday. Now both my ____________ and my __________ hurt a lot!
4. When I was a kid, my mom said I must ____________________________________ .
5. When I am sick, I may not ______________________________________ .
6. When I have a headache, I can ______________________________________ .
7. Each _________ (day of the week), I have to _________________________________ .
8. When my eyes burn, I must ______________________________________ .
9. When my brain is tired, I can not ____________________________________ .
10. Neither my ___________ or __________ ever hurts. I _______ (modal) be a superhero!
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answer key

your turn - exercise 1

your turn - exercise 2

1. hurt, fall
2. feeling
3. recover
4. worry
5. sneezing, coughing
6. broke
7. coughed/were coughing
8. hurt/was hurting
9. fell
10. recovering

1. every
2. both
3. half
4. either
5. every/each
6. either
7. all
8. neither
9. each/every
10. none

your turn - exercise 3

putting it all together - exercise 4

1.
2.
3.
4.

Students will complete the sentences based on their own

information.

ability: to be able to; informally: permission

advice/instruction
permission: to be allowed to
a. Modals are always accompanied by other verbs.
b. Modals are never conjugated.
c. Modals are often followed by the simple form
of the verb (without to).

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