What's the matter?
When someone looks sick, we ask: What’s the matter? The sick person answers: I have a cold. I have a headache. We say a before cold, cough, fever and headache: a cold, a fever. We tell a grown-up and a doctor can help us. A doctor often says: Rest and drink water. We never take medicine alone: a grown-up or a doctor decides.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What’s the matter? | I have a cold. |
| What’s the matter? | I have a cough. |
| What’s the matter? | I have a fever. |
| What’s the matter? | I have a headache. |
Yara, you look tired. What’s the matter?
I have a headache, Mum.
Do you have a fever too?
No, I don’t. But I have a cough.
Let’s see the doctor.
Doctor Sameh asks a boy, What’s the matter? The boy says, I have a cough and a fever. The doctor looks at his throat. He says, Rest at home and drink water. The boy says, Thank you, doctor.
Doctor game. One person is the doctor and the other is the sick child. The doctor asks: What’s the matter? The child answers: I have a … (cold, cough, fever or headache). The doctor says: Rest and drink water. Then change places.
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