AT THE DRUGSTORE
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Lesson Objectives
Lesson: At The Drugstore
By learning this lesson today, you will be:
• Able to ask about some medicines for your illness at the drugstore
• Aware of common pronunciation mistakes and pronounce vowel
sounds /e/ and /æ/ correctly
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Warm up
Match an illness with its suitable medicine
Flu
Headache
Stomach-ache
Fever
Toothache
B
A
C
Cough
D
E
F
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Free talk
Choose one role and act it out with your partner in 2 minutes.
Student A: You want to buy some medicines for your illness. Ask a
pharmacist about it.
Student B: You are the pharmacist. Help the customer with his/her illness.
Headache
Take 2 tablets before
going to bed
Backache
Take 2 tablets every 6
hours
Fever
Take 1 tablet after eating
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Dialogue
Learn how to ask about some medicines for your illness at the drugstore
Pharmacist
Good afternoon. How
may I help you?
When did the pain
start?
OK. This medicine will
relieve your pain.
Take 1 tablet after
eating, 3 times daily.
Customer
Do you have
something for stomach
pain?
It started last night.
How do I take this
medicine?
Thank you very much !
Recommended lesson: #3216 on LMS
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Speak Out Loud
Learn how to pronounce vowel sounds/e/ and /æ/ correctly
Read all the words below
Pack
Thank
Very
Back
Have
Let
Head
Ten
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Pronunciation
Learn how to pronounce vowel sounds/e/ and /æ/ correctly
Common mistakes:
/e/:
pack, very, have, head, thank, back, let, ten
Correct pronunciation:
/e/ : very,
head, let,
ten
/æ/: pack,
have, back,
thank
Recommended lesson: #3416 on LMS
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Conversation
Pair work: Choose a role and act it out with your teacher in 2 minutes.
Student A: You want to buy some medicines for your illness. Choose one
of the illnesses below and ask a pharmacist about it.
Student B: You are the pharmacist. Help the customer with his/her illness.
BACKACHE
Take 1 tablet
before eating
TOOTHACHE
Take 1 tablet
before going
to bed
FEVER
Take 2 tablets
after eating
FLU
Take 1 tablet
after eating
COUGH
Take 1 tablet
every 2 hours
HEADACHE
Take 2 tablets
after eating
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Assessments
Here are some comments on your performance
Students
Pronunciation
Grammar
#3416
#3216
Others
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Homework
Complete your mission and find more in related lessons.
Revise the lesson
Your homework
Take notes of what you need to improve according to
the teacher’s advice
#3416 ( Pronunciation: /e/ and/æ/)
#3016 ( Vocabulary: At the drugstore)
Recommendation
#3216 ( Grammar: Common structures)
#3616 ( Speaking: At the drugstore)
#3816 ( Listening: At the drugstore)
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