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Describing symptoms
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Understand questions about health and how long a problem has lasted.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
Audio and answer checking: https://joy-english.com/listening-lessons/describing-symptoms
Words to know
- symptom
- A sign of an illness, such as a cough or fever.
- unwell
- Ill; not feeling healthy.
- dizzy
- Feeling that you might fall, or that things are spinning.
Answer key
- How long have you been feeling unwell?“Have you been” is quick: “hav-ya-bin”.
- Since Monday, and it's getting worse.“Since Monday” gives the start time. The -ing of “getting” joins “worse”.
- Do you have a temperature or a cough?“Have a temperature” means have a fever. “Cough” ends with an f sound.
- I feel hot at night and a bit dizzy in the morning.“A bit” means a little. “Hot at night” links: “ho-ta-night”.
- I'm going to check your blood pressure first.Write both words in “going to”. The stress is on “blood”.