Utter below word groups 4-5 times aloud. 

Language patients use

General illness

Group 1:

After a short rest, the pain went off.

All my father’s relatives have this disease.

All the food stays up in the chest.

Can it be cured?

Can you come and have a look at my grandfather?

Can you do something about it?

Can you tell me what’s wrong?

Dairy products seem to make me break out in a rash.

Do I need stitches?

Do I need surgery?

Do you have anything good for my cold?

Do you think the baby’s small?

Doctor, I keep having nosebleeds.

Doctor, I’m losing my hair.

Doctor, I’ve got buzzing/humming in my ears.

Doctor, my ears are blocked up/clogged.

Doctor, my eyes sting/itch.

Doctor, my head throbs.

Doctor, my lips feel dry/chapped.

Doctor, my nails keep breaking easily.

Doctor, my nose is congested.

Doctor, my scalp’s itchy.

Doctor, my scalp’s lumpy/bumpy.

Doctor, my tooth throbs.

Doctor, what do you think is giving me these headaches?

Group 2:

Doctor, I’m seeing double.

Does he have anything serious?

Everything goes round.

Everything’s fuzzy/blurred round the edges.

Food makes it worse.

Food seems to stick in my throat.

Give me some tablets to ease the pain.

Have they figured out what’s wrong?

How is it, doctor?

How serious is it?

I am allergic to penicillin.

I am short-sighted.

I am too tired to do anything.

I blacked out/fainted.

I break out when I eat chocolate.

I can hardly bear the pain.

I can hardly breathe.

I can hardly hold this book properly.

I can hardly speak.

I can’t bear to look at food.

I can’t bend my legs.

I can’t bend over.

I can’t breathe.

I can’t digest milk.

I can’t drink milk.

Group 3:

I can’t eat grapes.

I can’t get up.

I can’t go (to the toilet).

I can’t have chocolate.

I can’t have dairy products.

I can’t hear as well as I used to.

I can’t hold food down.

I can’t keep anything down.

I can’t move.

I can’t pass water.

I can’t pee/piss/wee.

I can’t put pressure on my foot.

I can’t see out?

I can’t seem to stay away.

I can’t sleep.

I can’t step down on my foot.

I can’t stop coughing.

I can’t straighten up easily.

I can’t swallow.

I can’t touch my throat – it is sore.

I come over woozy/queer/peculiar when I get up suddenly.

I cough a lot.

I didn’t sleep a wink last night.

I don’t feel quite right.

I don’t feel so well.

Group 4:

I don’t feel well.

I don’t have a good appetite.

I don’t have any appetite.

I don’t want to catch it.

I feel a bit off colour.

I feel a bit queasy.

I feel a bit under the weather.

I feel a tightness in my chest.

I feel a tightness in my throat.

I feel absolutely rotten.

I feel as if my stomach is going to burst open.

I feel awful.

I feel better today.

I feel dizzy.

I feel downright awful.

I feel drowsy.

I feel faint.

I feel feverish.

I feel funny.

I feel funny/light-headed when I get up suddenly.

I feel giddy.

I feel I’ll collapse now.

I feel ill.

I feel itchy.

I feel like a million bucks.

Group 5:

I feel like a million dollars.

I feel like a new person.

I feel like hell.

I feel like I’m going to vomit/throw up/be sick.

I feel like throwing up.

I feel lousy.

I feel nauseous.

I feel pins and needles in my foot.

I feel quite sick.

I feel rather dizzy.

I feel rather feverish.

I feel rotten.

I feel sick.

I feel sick to my stomach.

I feel terrible.

I feel the room spinning.

I feel very hot.

I feel weak.

I fell down the stairs.

I fell off a ladder.

I felt tired all day long.

I find it difficult to breathe.

I get a burning sensation when urinating.

I get cramp in my leg.

I get cramps in my toes.

Group 6:

I get dizzy spells.

I get nauseated.

I get out of breath easily.

I get pain in my shins.

I get pain in the back of my leg.

I get pins and needles in my legs.

I get the chills.

I got a bad pain in my chest when I was walking.

I got hit with a ball.

I got hit with a bat.

I had a hernia.

I had an appendicitis when I was a boy.

I have a backache.

I have a bad stomach.

I have a bad throat.

I have a burning sensation in the soles of my feet.

I have a crick in my neck.

I have a dreadful/terrible headache.

I have a hacking/racking cough.

I have a headache.

I have a heart condition.

I have a lump here.

I have a lump under my arm.

I have a migraine.

I have a pacemaker.

Group 7:

I have a pain in my back.

I have a rash.

I have a swelling in the groin.

I have a terrible pain in the stomach.

I have a terrible stomach-ache.

I have a very bad ear-ache.

I have an abscess.

I have an aching back.

I have an acne problem.

I have an environmental illness.

I have an excruciating headache.

I have an upset tummy.

I have arthritis.

I have asthma.

I have bad breath.

I have blackheads/whiteheads/ open pores.

I have buck teeth.

I have chilblains.

I have cramps in my stomach.

I have got a pain in the chest.

I have hay fever.

I have insomnia.

I have lost weight, about 10 kilos.

I have nits/lice/vermin.

I have pains in my chest only if I take a deep breath.

Group 8:

I have to get up two or three times at night to pass water.

I have varicose veins.

I have warts on my fingers.

I have waxy ears.

I have white patches on my nails.

I just don’t seem to have any energy.

I keep feeling exhausted/tired.

I keep gasping for breath.

I keep getting (having) nosebleeds.

I keep getting a roaring in my ears.

I keep getting cramp in my calves/thigh.

I keep getting giddiness.

I keep getting pins and needles in my feet.

I keep retching/barfing.

I keep scratching.

I keep sneezing.

I keep sneezing and coughing.

I keep wanting to go to pass water.

I keep wetting myself.

I lie awake all night long.

I lost my appetite four days ago.

I notice the pain when I wake up.

I pulled a muscle.

I pulled my back.

I see double when I bend down.

Group 9:

I see flashing lights.

I see stars when I get up suddenly.

I seem to be getting a bit deaf.

I seem to have lost some weight.

I should have the results back in a week.

I smell under the armpits.

I sometimes bring up a lot of phlegm.

I sometimes leak/have the occasional accident.

I sprained my wrist.

I strained a muscle.

I strained my groin.

I strained my neck.

I think I’m catching a cold.

I think I’m dying.

I think I’m going to deaf.

I think I’m going to be sick (= to vomit).

I think I’m going to throw up (= to vomit).

I think I’m going to vomit.

I think I’m pregnant.

I think I’ve broken my toes.

I think I’ve ricked my neck.

I think I’ve slipped a disk.

I think I’ve snapped a tendon in my leg.

I think my heart keeps skipping/jumping a beat.

I think my sinuses are blocked.

Group 10:

I think my skin’s greasy/clammy.

I think my urine is straw-coloured.

I threw my back out.

I twisted my ankle.

I wanted to have a check up.

I was in a fight.

I was in an accident.

I was laid up for three months.

I was so weak that I began to go limp.

I was so weak that my legs gave way.

I went over on my ankle.

I’m croaky.

I’m a bit stiff.

I’m a bit stuffed up.

I’m a little under the weather.

I’m all better.

I’m allergic to bee stings.

I’m allergic to bees.

I’m allergic to cats.

I’m allergic to chocolate.

I’m allergic to dogs.

I’m allergic to dust.

I’m allergic to penicillin.

I’m allergic to pollen.

I’m allergic to shrimp.

Group 11:

I’m allergic to strawberries.

I’m always drowsy.

I’m as good as new.

I’m asthmatic.

I’m better than I was.

I’m bleeding.

I’m blind as a bat.

I’m blue round the eyes.

I’m bouncing back.

I’m breaking out.

I’m breaking out in hives.

I’m bringing up mucus/phlegm/blood.

I’m completely over it.

I’m constipated.

I’m coughing my guts up.

I’m coughing up bloody/frothy stuff.

I’m diabetic.

I’m dizzy.

I’m exhausted.

I’m expecting a baby/going to have a baby.

I’m feeling a bit woozy at the moment.

I’m feeling a little down in the mouth.

I’m feeling under the weather.

I’m feeling unwell/lousy.

I’m fighting for breath.

Group 12:

I’m getting a bald patch.

I’m getting back on my feet.

I’m getting back on my legs.

I’m getting back to normal.

I’m getting better.

I’m getting over it.

I’m going bald.

I’m having a bit of trouble sleeping.

I’m horse.

I’m improving.

I’m in therapy.

I’m incontinent.

I’m long-sighted/far-sighted.

I’m much better.

I’m not able to control my bladder and bowels.

I’m not feeling myself.

I’m not sleeping well.

I’m off my food.

I’m on medication.

I’m on the road to recovery.

I’m out of the woods.

I’m pregnant.

I’m seeing spots (in front of my eyes).

I’m short-sighted.

I’m sick.

Group 13:

I’m sick to my stomach.

I’m so dizzy I can’t stand up.

I’m so dizzy I have to sit down.

I’m sorry to hear that.

I’m still seeing a doctor.

I’m still under a doctor’s care.

I’m suffering from nits/lice/vermin.

I’m up every night.

I’m well now.

I’ve actually been very fit up till now.

I’ve been feeling a bit tired and weak.

I’ve been feeling a little down.

I’ve been having problems getting started while passing water.

I’ve been having these headaches for about a year now.

I’ve been in an accident.

I’ve been off food.

I’ve been on a diet recently.

I’ve been sick for a day.

I’ve been sick for two weeks.

I’ve been sweating a lot.

I’ve been taking aspirins, but the the pain keeps coming back again.

I’ve been throwing up.

I’ve been troubled with bronchitis ever since I was born.

I’ve broken out in a rash.

I’ve bruised my leg.

Group 14:

I’ve bruised my shoulder.

I’ve come out in a rash.

I’ve cricked my neck.

I’ve done my back in.

I’ve gone off my food.

I’ve got a bad back.

I’ve got a bad chest.

I’ve got a bad dose of flu.

I’ve got a bad head.

I’ve got a bad/terrible cough.

I’ve got a bit of a head-ache.

I’ve got a blister.

I’ve got a cartilage problem.

I’ve got a feeling of discomfort in my chest.

I’ve got a gassy stomach.

I’ve got a headache.

I’ve got a lot of wind.

I’ve got a migraine.

I’ve got a mole, and it’s getting bigger in size.

I’ve got a nosebleed.

I’ve got a pain in my elbow.

I’ve got a pain in my heel.

I’ve got a pain in my left/right eye.

I’ve got a pain in my stomach.

I’ve got a pain under my ribs.

Group 15:

I’ve got a poor appetite.

I’ve got a rash.

I’ve got a runny nose.

I’ve got a sore throat.

I’ve got a splitting headache.

I’ve got a splitting/terrible/bad headache.

I’ve got a stiff neck.

I’ve got a stinging sensation.

I’ve got a stye.

I’ve got a tickle in my throat.

I’ve got a tingling sensation in my fingers.

I’ve got a weak bladder.

I’ve got a wheezy chest.

I’ve got acne/spots/pimples.

I’ve got an overgrown toenail.

I’ve got badly sunburned.

I’ve got blisters.

I’ve got blotches all over my skin.

I’ve got body odour.

I’ve got catarrh.

I’ve got chilblains in my toes.

I’ve got constipation.

I’ve got cramp in my thigh.

I’ve got dandruff.

I’ve got diarrhoea.

Group 16:

I’ve got earache.

I’ve got eyestrain.

I’ve got frostbite.

I’ve got heartburn.

I’ve got indigestion.

I’ve got itchy eyes.

I’ve got morning sickness.

I’ve got mouth ulcers.

I’ve got piles.

I’ve got red eye.

I’ve got ringing/banging in my ears.

I’ve got sensitive skin.

I’ve got something in my eye.

I’ve got spots on my nails.

I’ve got stabbing pains in my stomach.

I’ve got stiff shoulders.

I’ve got stomach upset/tummy-ache.

I’ve got stomach-cramps.

I’ve got sweaty palms.

I’ve got swelling of the ankles.

I’ve got swollen ankles.

I’ve got swollen glands.

I’ve got swollen gums.

I’ve got terrible constipation.

I’ve got the runs.

Group 17:

I’ve got these bumps on my skin.

I’ve got this terrible pain for more than a week now.

I’ve got to get some relief.

I’ve got warts on my hands.

I’ve got wax in my ears.

I’ve got wind.

I’ve had a temperature all day.

I’ve had this before.

I’ve injured my knee.

I’ve lost my voice.

I’ve never had chicken pox.

I’ve noticed blood in my urine.

I’ve pulled hamstring muscle.

I’ve pulled a muscle in my leg.

I’ve pulled/twisted a muscle in my back.

I’ve pulled/twisted a muscle in my shoulder.

I’ve really been off food this last week.

I’ve snapped a tendon in my thigh.

I’ve sprained/turned my ankle.

I’ve strained my elbow.

I’ve strained/wrenched my arm badly.

I’ve torn a ligament.

I’ve twisted/strained my wrist.

I’ve twisted my ankle.

I’ve wrenched/strained my back.

Group 18:

If I eat, it gets better.

If I lie down for a while, the pain seems to go away.

If I stop for a bit, the pain goes away.

If I take a deep breath or cough, it’s really sore.

is it cancer?

Is it catching?

Is it curable?

Is it malignant?

Is it serious?

Is it treatable?

Is there any real cure for head-aches?

Is there anything broken?

It burns when I go to the bathroom.

It gets worse and worse, and then it goes away.

It hurts after I eat.

It hurts here.

It hurts when I breathe.

It hurts when I do this.

It hurts when I move about.

It hurts when I run.

It is nothing serious.

It keeps bleeding.

It stings.

It will get better of its own accord.

It won’t stop bleeding.

Group 19:

It’s a dull sort of ache.

It’s a dull throbbing pain.

It’s a gnawing kind of pain.

It’s a sharp stabbing pain.

It's all red and puffy.

It's been going around.

It's like a heavy weight pressing on my chest.

It’s like a knife.

It’s like it never happened.

My allergies are acting up.

My ankles have been swelling.

My ankle gave.

My ankle is swollen.

My ankle is swollen and painful.

My ankles are swollen.

My arm hurts when I move it like this.

My back aches/throbs.

My back hurts.

My back is painful/throbbing.

My back is sore.

My back’s bad.

My back’s giving me a bit of trouble.

My back’s killing me.

My chest feels raw inside.

My chest’s bad.

Group 20:

My ear aches.

My ear’s discharging/running.

My ears feel bunged up.

My ears hurt when it’s noisy.

My eye teeth are agony.

My eyelid flickers.

My eyes are itchy.

My eyes are puffy.

My eyes are red/cloudy.

My eyes are sore.

My eyes are bloodshot.

My eyes are swollen.

My eyes are watering a lot.

My eyes hurt in bright light.

My eyes hurt/ache.

My eyes itch.

My face is blotchy/spotty.

My fingers are numb.

My fingers tremble a lot.

My foot keeps going to sleep.

My glands are swollen.

My gums are bleeding.

My gums are swollen.

My gums bleed at times.

My hair's falling out/dropping out/coming out.

Group 21:

My hair’s greasy/dry/brittle.

My hair’s infested (with lice).

My hands are hot/cold.

My hands are sweaty.

My hands feel cold.

My hands have started shaking.

My head aches.

My head hurts.

My head is killing me.

My head is pounding.

My head is throbbing.

My head’s aching.

My heart keeps missing a beat.

My heart/stomach keeps fluttering.

My knee hurts.

My knees are stiff.

My left arm has gone numb.

My leg is sore.

My lips are bruised/cracked/flaky.

My lips feel sore/swollen/numb.

My lungs are clogged up.

My motions are hard.

My motions are loose and constipated.

My mouth feels dry.

My nails break off/chip easily.

Group 22:

My neck aches.

My nose is blocked/bunged up.

My nose is clogged.

My nose is congested.

My nose is itchy.

My nose is red/sore.

My nose is swollen.

My nose is stuffed up.

My nose is stuffy.

My nose keeps running.

My palms are sweaty.

My scalp itches.

My scalp’s flaky.

My shoulder hurts a bit.

My shoulders ache.

My shoulders are sore/stiff.

my sinuses ache.

My sinuses are acting up.

My sinuses are bothering me.

My sinuses are congested.

My skin is breaking out.

My skin itches.

My skin itches whenever I eat shrimp.

My skin’s cracking and weeping.

My skin’s flaky/dry.

Group 23:

My skin’s peeling/flaking.

My skin’s turned yellow.

My stomach is funny.

My stomach rumbles.

My stool is well formed.

My stool/excreta is runny/loose/watery.

My throat aches.

My throat is inflamed.

My throat is painful when I swallow.

My throat’s a bit dry.

My throat’s sore.

My tongue is furry/numb.

My tongue’s black/white/yellow.

My tongue’s furry/coated.

My tooth aches.

My tooth’s giving me hell.

My urine is yellowish/reddish.

My vision’s blurred.

My voice is croaky.

My voice is horse (and rough).

My weight has fallen.

My weight has picked up again.

My wisdom tooth’s erupting/impacted.

Please give me a thorough examination.

Sometimes I get a bit of indigestion.

Group 24:

The cut is healed.

The flu has been bothering me for two or three days.

The headache seems to come on suddenly.

The headache started about three months ago.

The indigestion comes on only if I have a hot curry.

The medicine was no good.

The pain comes on slowly.

The pain comes on suddenly.

The pain goes down my right leg.

The pain has ease off a bit.

The pain is getting worse and worse.

The pain was so bad I couldn’t breath.

The pain’s keeping me awake at night.

The results should be back in a week.

The room spins when I get up suddenly.

The room’s spinning.

The swelling has disappeared.

The swelling is getting larger.

The teeth at the back of my mouth are giving me trouble.

The tooth’s playing up a bit.

There’s a numbness in my arm.

There’s a cramp in my neck.

There’s a crick (= a muscle spasm) in my back.

There’s a hammering inside my head.

Things are looking up.

Group 25:

This cold is causing me great discomfort.

This problem runs in the family.

This started a week ago.

This tooth hurts me.

What are the chances of a full recovery?

What are the fees for a visit?

What are you going to do about it?

What can you do about insomnia?

What could be wrong?

What do you recommend for my cold?

What is the most effective remedy for this?

What’s the cause of my problem?

What’s the prognosis?

When I cough, it hurts the most.

when I move, I stagger.

when I wake up at night, I’m. drenched in sweat.

When I wake up at night, my whole-body shakes.

Which way round is the baby lying?

Will this illness last very long?

Will my insurance cover this?

Patients speaking about their mental state

I’m depressed/edgy/fed up/irritable/listless/moody/miserable/nervy/upset/unhappy/ weepy.

I feel down in the dumps/under the weather/at the end of my tether/out of sorts.

I can’t cope.

I can’t go on.

I’ve had enough.

I always have an uneasy feeling.

Everything seems to irritate me.

I get easy irritated.

I feel hateful about everything.

I’ve become very short-tempered.

I’m in no mood to do anything.

I’m afraid to go out.

I don’t feel myself.

I’m always brooding.

My memory is going.

Nothing seems worth bothering about any more.

I have difficulty in remembering things.

I have no confidence in myself.

I’ve been hearing voices.

I’ve been timid since I was a child.

I’m always on edge.

I worry about little things.

My nerves are bad.

I feel hopeless.

I’m in a constant state of anxiety.

I can’t get to sleep.

I suffer from insomnia.

I can’t wake up in the mornings.

All I want to do is sleep.

I have nightmares.

I keep having bad dreams.

I snore.

I talk in my sleep.

I walk in my sleep.

General word group about health & well-being:

Group 1:

Are you all right?

Are you feeling OK?

Are you OK?

Are you ill?

Do you feel all right?

Do you know a good dentist?

How’s your doctor?

Is she getting better?

Is the food as bad as they say?

Should I call a doctor?

Should I call for the nurse?

When are you being released?

When are you going home?

When do you get to go home?

When is your baby due?

Will she survive the operation?

Call the doctor if the temperature goes up?

Don’t give it to me?

Have you seen a doctor?

He doesn’t look very well.

He feels run down, but he is not in any pain.

He fell off a ladder.

He has a severe back-ache.

He has been stung by a swarm of bees.

He has difficulty in passing his motions.

Group 2:

He has got a little heavier.

He is long-sighted.

He looks great.

He looks much better.

He looks very healthy.

He looks very pale.

He must be taken to hospital.

He twisted his ankle.

He was in a fight and got his head hurt.

He was struggling for breath.

He’s at the top of his form.

He’s in top form.

He’s looking good.

He’s the picture of health.

His doctor gave him a clean bill of health.

His ears discharge frequently.

His illness got worse.

His tummy is swollen.

I brought you some candy.

I brought you some flowers.

I came as soon as I heard.

I got here as soon as I could.

I still have to go back to the doctor for a follow-up.

Is there anything I can do?

Let’s hope you soon get over it.

Group 3:

Nobody believed that he would recover.

She has got a pain in the shoulder.

She has hurt her wrist.

She tripped over on the pavement and twisted the ankle.

She’ll be O.K.

You’ve to come into the hospital for a few days.

It is only a sprain – nothing serious.

It’ll be gone by tomorrow.

It’ll go away soon.

You don’t look so good. (informal).

You don’t look too good. (Informal).

You don’t look (very) well.

You have nothing to fear.

You look a little peaked.

You look a sight.

You look dreadful.

You look fit as a fiddle.

You look flushed.

You look good.

You look green around the gills.

You look like death.

(informal) You look like hell.

You look like you need some sleep.

You look pale.

You look terrible.

Group 4:

You look tired.

You would be back to normal in a few days.

You’ll get over it soon.

You’re a sight.

You’re looking really good.

You’re looking well.

You’re white as a ghost.

You’ve been running around too much.

You’ve lost some weight.