Main Topic 5: Performance Lesson 35: Sick Day (20-25 minutes) Today, you will: 1. Learn useful vocabulary related to SICK DAY. 2. Review Adverbs of Time I. VOCABULARY Exercise 1: What s the meaning? (5-6 minutes) Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the choices that follow. Then practice using the words in your own sentences. 1. Bob woke up with a fever on the day that he was scheduled for an interview. a. high energy b. low energy c. high temperature d. low temperature 2. My secretary had to call in sick this morning due to headache. a. to be absent from work due to illness b. to be late for work due to illness c. to be sent home from work due to illness d. to be sent to the hospital due to illness 3. Did you hear the terrible news? Our boss was sent to the hospital yesterday. a. awful b. grateful c. careful d. doubtful 4. Some construction workers fainted because of too much exposure to the sun. a. slept b. cried c. rested d. collapsed Page 1
5. The company has guidelines regarding sudden medical emergencies at the office. a. unknown b. unexpected c. unannounced d. uncomfortable Page 2
Exercise 2: What s the word? (5-7 minutes) Read the following dialog with your tutor and try to use context clues to fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. You can find the missing word from the pool of words at the bottom. The boss is out of town. He called his secretary to check on his company. Boss: Good afternoon Jean. How are things at the office? Jean: Unfortunately sir, one of our employees, Bob, complained of a stomach (1) this morning. Boss: Oh. How were you able to help him? Jean: When he started complaining, our nurse took his (2) and found out he had a fever. We had to send him to the hospital immediately. Boss: That s terrible! Have you already heard from the hospital? Jean: Yes, sir. The doctor said that Bob was infected by a certain (3) spreading around town but we don t have to worry because only a few days of rest will help Bob feel better. Boss: That s good. Please continue to check on him and give me (4) on his condition regularly. Jean: I will, sir. Boss: I highly value our employees (5) so make sure that proper care will be given to him. Choices: a. temperature b. updates c. medicine d. virus e. ache f. health Page 3
II. GRAMMAR REVIEW: Topic: Adverbs of Time (5-6 minutes) Adverbs are modifiers of adjectives, verbs and other adverbs. Adverbs of time are types of adverbs that tell when an action/event happened. They can also tell us how long the action happened or how often. They are usually one of the following kinds: Common time expressions ex. today, tomorrow, next week, next Monday, last year a. With prepositions ex. at night, on Christmas, for three months, since 1998 b. Other time expressions ex. later, soon, eventually, now, finally, already, afterwards Remember : Adverbs of time should be in connection to the tense of the verb used in the sentence. (ex. If the verb is in past tense, use adverbs such as yesterday or last month. ) Examples : Tense Adverb of time Past I went to the hospital yesterday. Future I will visit my cousins in September. Present perfect progressive I have been working at this company since 2004. Comprehension Check: True or False: Adverbs of time tells where an action/event happened. Page 4
Exercise 1: Incomplete Sentences (5-6 minutes) Choose the word or phrase that would best complete the following sentences. 1. I went to the drug store to buy medicine. a. now b. later c. yesterday d. rarely 2. She will be absent from work. a. yesterday b. today c. tomorrow d. now 3. I need to call my office. a. finally b. yesterday c. now d. last night 4. The meeting was cancelled because our boss got sick. a. last Monday b. next day c. afterwards d. later 5. I may ask for a leave of absence from work. a. always b. soon c. yesterday d. this morning Page 5