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Joy English · Level A2 · Healthjoy-english.com

Hay fever

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Understand a short conversation about an allergy.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

hay fever
An allergy to pollen that makes you sneeze.
sneeze
To push air suddenly out of your nose.
tablet
A small solid piece of medicine.

Answer key

  1. My eyes are itchy and I keep sneezing.“Keep sneezing” means sneeze again and again.
  2. It sounds like hay fever.“Hayfever” as one word is also accepted.
  3. Is there anything that can help?The stress is on “help”.
  4. These tablets work well, and they shouldn't make you sleepy.“Shouldn’t” is “should not”.
  5. Try to keep your windows closed on sunny days.“Windows” ends with a z sound; “closed” ends with zd: “klohzd”.

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