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🏥 Health Both Levels

Body parts, illnesses, symptoms & medical advice

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📚 Both Levels: All vocabulary on this page is useful for CE preparation. Level 1 students should focus on the most common/essential words first. Level 2 students need to know all vocabulary shown.

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Comment ça va?

Body Parts (Les Parties du Corps)

French English
la têtehead
un œil / les yeux (m.)eye / eyes
le neznose
la bouchemouth
la denttooth
la gorgethroat
une oreilleear
le brasarm
la mainhand
le doigtfinger
l'estomacstomach
le ventrebelly
le dosback
la jambeleg
le genouknee
le piedfoot

Health Problems & Illnesses

French English
le rhumecold
la grippeflu
la fièvrefever
le comprimétablet
le sparadrapadhesive bandage/plaster
le lait solairesuncream
maladesick/ill
cassébroken
en formein shape/fit

Medical Professionals & Places

French English
le médecin / le docteurdoctor
le/la dentistedentist
un infirmier / une infirmièrenurse
une ambulanceambulance
un hôpitalhospital
le cabinetsurgery/practice
les heures de consultationconsultation hours
le rendez-vousappointment

Key Phrases & Expressions

Saying What Hurts

avoir mal à + body part

J'ai mal au pied = My foot hurts

Tu as mal à la tête = You have a headache

Elle a mal aux dents = She has toothache

J'ai mal au cœur = I feel sick/nauseous

Remember the contractions!

  • à + le = au (J'ai mal au bras)
  • à + la = à la (J'ai mal à la gorge)
  • à + l' = à l' (J'ai mal à l'estomac)
  • à + les = aux (J'ai mal aux yeux)

Other Useful Verbs

  • aller bien = to be well
  • tousser = to cough
  • se couper = to cut oneself
  • avoir un coup de soleil = to get sunburned

Temperature

Il a 37° = He has a temperature of 37 degrees

Je suis malade. J'ai 38°, et j'ai mal à la tête = I'm sick. I have a temperature of 38 degrees and a headache

Emergency Phrase

Au secours! = Help!

Il a le bras cassé. Appelez une ambulance tout de suite.

= He has a broken arm. Call an ambulance straight away.

Sentence Builder: At the Doctor's

Build sentences by combining elements from each column:

Subject Problem Body Part Extra
J'ai mal à la tête
à la gorge
au ventre
aux dents		 depuis hier
depuis deux jours
depuis ce matin
Je suis malade J'ai 38°
J'ai le rhume
la grippe
de la fièvre		 et je tousse beaucoup

Example sentences:

J'ai mal à la tête depuis hier.

Je suis malade. J'ai 38°.

J'ai mal à la gorge et je tousse beaucoup.

Practice Activities

📝 Exercise 1: Body Part Labels (10 mins)

Dual Coding Practice:

  1. Draw a simple stick figure on paper
  2. Label at least 10 body parts in French (include the gender: la tête, le bras, etc.)
  3. Cover your labels and test yourself - can you remember them all?
  4. Repeat tomorrow to strengthen your memory!

🗣️ Exercise 2: At the Doctor's Role Play (15 mins)

Retrieval Practice:

  1. Write out a conversation between a doctor and patient
  2. Patient: Describe at least 3 symptoms using "J'ai mal à..." and other expressions
  3. Doctor: Ask questions and suggest treatment
  4. Example start: "Bonjour docteur. Je suis malade. J'ai mal à la tête et j'ai 38°..."
  5. Practise reading it aloud - can you do it without looking?

🃏 Exercise 3: Flashcard Boxing (Leitner System)

Spaced Practice:

  1. Create flashcards for body parts and illnesses (French on one side, English + gender on the other)
  2. Make 3 boxes: Box 1 (every day), Box 2 (every 3 days), Box 3 (weekly)
  3. Start all cards in Box 1. If you get it right, move it to Box 2. Wrong? Back to Box 1.
  4. This way you focus more on words you find difficult!

✍️ Exercise 4: Translation Challenge (10 mins)

Active Recall: Translate these without looking at your notes first:

  1. "My stomach hurts since yesterday"
  2. "She has a broken arm"
  3. "I have toothache and I have a fever"
  4. "We need to call an ambulance immediately"
  5. "He has a cold and he's coughing a lot"

Check your answers, then try again tomorrow!

🎯 Exercise 5: Brain Dump (5 mins)

Before you look at this page:

  1. Set a timer for 5 minutes
  2. Write down EVERYTHING you can remember about health vocabulary
  3. Body parts, illnesses, symptoms, phrases - don't look at your notes!
  4. After 5 mins, check what you missed. That's what you need to study more!
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