Teaching Health: Sickness worksheets for ESL Classrooms

 Teaching Health: Sickness worksheets for ESL Classrooms

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These sickness unit worksheets help English language learners practice real-life vocabulary through matching, writing, sorting, drawing, and simple question-and-answer activities. These worksheets are easy to use for independent work, pair work, or small groups, making them a practical and engaging addition to any elementary ESL classroom.

Write the Word Worksheet
This worksheet helps beginner connect pictures with written words in a simple way. By writing each word, students practice correct spelling while reinforcing sickness vocabulary through visual cues. It’s ideal for early learners.

Easy Extension Ideas for the Matching Worksheet.  Say and Point

After matching, students point to each picture and say the word aloud with a partner or the teacher.
This reinforces pronunciation and oral vocabulary.

Decorate and Present Medical Items

In this worksheet, students decorate common medical items such as a thermometer, medicine, pills, and band-aids. This activity helps learners recognize key sickness vocabulary.

Extension Activity:
Students cut out the medical items and present them orally or in writing. They can say or write simple sentences such as:

• “I use a thermometer for a fever.”
• “This is medicine. I take it when I have a sore throat.”

This extension encourages speaking and sentence formation.

Sort Sickness and Remedies

In this worksheet, students sort vocabulary into two clear categories: sickness and remedies. This activity helps learners understand the meaning of each word by thinking about how illnesses and treatments are connected.

Sorting builds critical thinking and helps students organize new vocabulary in meaningful ways.

Draw and Write: A Sickness I Have Had

In this worksheet, students draw themselves with a sickness they have had and write a short sentence to describe it (for example: “I had a broken leg.”). They also follow with a short written text.

Grammar Practice: Using I have… and Completing a Short Text

These two grammar worksheets help students move from single words to meaningful sentences.

In the “I have a…” worksheet, learners practice a key sentence structure used to talk about sickness (e.g., I have a headache). This repetition builds confidence.

The text completion worksheet with cue words takes learning one step further. Students read a short, meaningful dialogue and use word banks to complete it, reinforcing grammar, reading comprehension, and vocabulary in context.

Drawing and Describing a First-Aid Kit

This worksheet invites students to draw items they would put inside a first-aid kit and then describe what is inside using simple sentences. It combines creativity with language practice. It’s a great way to integrate art, writing, and health-related vocabulary in one engaging task.

Questions & Answers: Grammar Practice

These worksheets help students practice asking and answering questions about sickness using simple, meaningful sentences. Learners work with patterns such as “What’s the matter?”, “Do you have…?”, and short answers like “Yes, I do.” or “No, he doesn’t.”

Questionnaire: Class Survey Activity

In this worksheet, students ask classmates the question “Have you had a broken arm or leg?” and record up to eight answers. After collecting the information, they work in small groups to tally and discuss the results.

This activity encourages real communication and purposeful speaking. Students practice asking questions, listening for answers, and writing simple responses in a meaningful context.

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