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1DiseasenamesVocabulary,Pronunciation
Mat ch t he di sease names w i t h t hei r phonet i cs.
HEalTH and diSEaSE
Seriousdiseases
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2DiseasedescriptionsListening
Wor k i n t eams. Li st en t o your t eacher descr i be a di sease. Tak e t ur ns i n your
t eams t o guess w hi ch di sease i t i s. Your t eam w i ns poi nt s f or each cor r ect
di sease.
Possi bl e di seases:
aidS beriberi BSE cancer diabetes epilepsy
goitre haemophilia infuenza leukaemia malaria measles
pneumonia rabies rickets rubella rubella scurvy
3QuestionloopReading
Your t eacher w i l l gi ve you t he begi nni ng of a di sease descr i pt i on, and t he end of
anot her one. Read t hem, and deci de w hi ch di seases t hey bel ong t o.
Look at t he sent ence end: w hen you hear someone r ead t he begi nni ng of t hat
sent ence, you r ead t he end al oud t o t he cl ass.
Then you r ead out your sent ence begi nni ng.
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beriberi
BSE
diabetes
epilepsy
goitre
haemophilia
leukaemia
malaria
measles
pneumonia
rabies
rickets
rubella
scurvy
tuberculosis
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/mlri/
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/briberi/
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/biesi/
/lukimi/
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/rIkts/
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Teachers Notes and Answer Key
This wor ksheet will t ake about 90 minut es t o complet e. I t is suit able for lower secondar y
school st udent s and pr ovides a gener al inst r uct ion t o ser ious diseases. I t ends wit h a
quest ion loop t ask for which you will need t o cut up and dist r ibut e t he car ds pr ovided.
HealtH and disease
Serious diseases
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Aims
t o lear n t he names of some common diseases
t o pr onounce t he names cor r ect ly
Put the students in pairs and let them try to match the diseases to their phonetic
transcriptions. then bring the whole class together and write each of the disease
names on the board. drill the disease name until they can pronounce it correctly.
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aids /Idz/
beriberi /briberi/
Bse /biesi/
diabetes /daIbitiz/
epilepsy /epIlepsi/
goitre /gIt/
haemophilia /himfIli/
leukaemia /lukimi/
malaria /mlri/
measles /mizlz/
pneumonia /njumonj/
rabies /rIbilz/
rickets /rIkts/
rubella /rubl/
scurvy /skvi/
tuberculosis /tbkloss/
Aims
t o lear n about some maj or diseases
t o under st and t echnical infor mat ion given or ally
t o guess t he meaning of wor ds fr om cont ext and by eliminat ion
Or ganise t he class int o t wo t eams. The t eams can choose names for t hemselves fr om
t he list of diseases in exer cise 1.
Read out t he descr ipt ions one at a t ime. Af t er each one, t he t eams t ake t ur ns (a dif fer ent
team goes frst every time). The frst team agree together, and call out the name of a
disease which t hey t hink has j ust been descr ibed. Make sur e t hat t hey all agr ee, and
that you have the teams fnal answer. If it is correct they get fve points and you play the
next r ecor ding. I f it is wr ong, t he ot her t eam agr ee and give an answer. I f t hey ar e r ight
they get four points if not it goes back to the frst team, who can win three. If they are
still wrong the second team get another try for two points, and if thats wrong the frst
t eam can t r y for one point . Then t ell t hem t he answer and play t he next r ecor ding.
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1. A neur ological disor der t hat makes t he pat ient suddenly shake in an uncont r olled
spasm or become unconscious.
2. A ver y cont agious disease caused by a vir us, which of t en appear s in epidemics, and
can be ext r emely danger ous t o older people.
3. An illness t hat causes fever, shiver ing, and sweat ing, and can be fat al, which you
can get if a mosquit o infect ed wit h a par t icular par asit e bit es you.
4. An infect ious vir al disease t hat causes r ed spot s on t he skin, which can cause ser ious
damage t o t he foet us if a pr egnant woman cat ches it .
5. An illness caused by not eat ing enough foods t hat cont ain vit amin C which causes
bleeding gums and loss of t eet h.
6. A disease t hat dest r oys t he bodys abilit y t o defend it self against infect ion, caused
by t he vir us HI V.
7. A vir al disease t hat af fect s t he cent r al ner vous syst em, passed on in t he saliva of an
infect ed animal when it bit es you.
8. An infammatory illness of the lung in which the alveolar or air sacs fll with fuid.
9. A serious illness t hat is caused when cells in t he body increase in an uncont rolled way.
10. A disease t hat af fect s your t hyr oid gland and makes your neck swollen.
11. A condit ion in which t he body cannot pr oduce or use insulin, causing danger ously
high levels of sugar in t he blood.
12. A disease that affects the nerves, caused by a lack of thiamin (vitamin B1). Its
sympt oms include swelling in t he ar ms and legs and par alysis.
13. A deadly bact er ial disease of t he lungs, which is dor mant in about a t hir d of t he
wor lds populat ion.
14. A ver y infect ious vir al disease t hat causes r ed spot s t o appear on t he body and a
high t emper at ur e.
15. A softening of the bones in children which is caused mainly by a vitamin D defciency
and a lack of sunlight on t he skin.
16. A disease in cows t hat can be spr ead t o humans if t hey eat meat fr om an infect ed
cow, wher e it appear s in t he for m of Cr eut zfeldt-Jakob disease.
17. A t ype of cancer in which not enough nor mal blood cells ar e pr oduced because t oo
many whit e blood cells t hat ar e not nor mal ar e pr oduced inst ead.
18. A ser ious genet ic disease t hat pr event s t he blood fr om clot t ing, so t hat t he blood
loss fr om an inj ur y or cut cannot be st opped.
Key
1 epilepsy; 2 infuenza; 3 malaria; 4 rubella; 5 scurvy; 6 AIDS; 7 rabies; 8 pneumonia;
9 cancer; 10 goit r e; 11 diabet es; 12 ber iber i; 13 t uber culosis; 14 measles; 15 r icket s;
16 BSE; 17 leukaemia; 18 haemophilia
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t o r emember t he basic char act er ist ics of a r ange of diseases
t o r ecognise t he gr ammat ical links wit hin sent ences
For t his act ivit y you will need t o cut up t he car ds on t he separ at e sheet , and give one
car d t o each st udent . Ther e ar e eight een car ds, so some st udent s may need t o be in
pair s. Keep one car d for your self.
Each card contains the frst half of one sentence and the second half of another. Students
have t o r ecognise when t hey have t he second half of t he cur r ent sent ence: you will need
t o pr ompt t hem wit h some usef ul infor mat ion fr om t ime t o t ime.
Begin the game by reading out the frst half of the frst sentence.
The game ends when you r ead in t he end of t he last sent ence.
The answer key is t he same as for exer cise 2.
The cut- out car ds should follow on af t er t his - pr obably st ar t ing on a new page.
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... a vitamin D defciency and a lack of sunlight on the skin.
AIDS (Acquired Immune Defciency Syndrome) is a disease that destroys the
bodys ability to...
... because too many white blood cells that are not normal are produced instead.
epilepsy is a neurological disorder that makes the patient suddenly...
... can be spread to humans if they eat meat from an infected cow, where it appears
in the form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Infuenza is a very contagious disease caused by a virus, which often appears in...
... cells in the body increase in an uncontrolled way.
Malaria is an illness that causes fever, shivering, and sweating, and can be fatal,
which ...
... clotting, so that the blood loss from an injury or cut cannot be stopped.
rabies is a viral disease that affects the central nervous system, ...
... defend itself against infection, caused by the virus HiV.
Rubella (or German measles) is an infectious viral disease that causes red spots on
the...

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... epidemics, and can be extremely dangerous to older people.
scurvy is an illness caused by not eating enough...
... foods that contain vitamin C which causes bleeding gums and loss of teeth.
Pneumonia is an infammatory illness of the
... gland and makes your neck swollen.
Cancer is a serious illness that is caused when...
... insulin, causing dangerously high levels of sugar in the blood.
Goitre is a disease that affects your thyroid...
lung in which the alveolar or air sacs fll with fuid.
diabetes is a condition in which the body cannot produce or use...
... passed on in the saliva of an infected animal when it bites you.
Beriberi is a disease that affects the nerves, caused by a lack of...

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... red spots to appear on the body and a high temperature.
tuberculosis is a deadly bacterial disease of the lungs, ...
... shake in an uncontrolled spasm or become unconscious.
Measles is a very infectious viral disease that causes...
... skin, which can cause serious damage to the foetus if a pregnant woman
catches it.
Rickets is a softening of the bones in children which is caused mainly by
... thiamin (vitamin B1). Its symptoms include swelling in the arms and legs and
paralysis.
BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), also called Mad Cow Disease, is a
disease in cows that...
... which is dormant is about a third of the worlds population.
leukaemia is a type of cancer in which not enough normal blood cells are
produced...
... you can get if a mosquito infected with a particular parasite bites you.
Haemophilia is a serious genetic disease that prevents the blood from...

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