Why Am I So Tired?
ESL Lesson PlansWhy Am I So Tired?

Why Am I So Tired?

This 60-minute B1 group lesson helps adult learners talk about health, body systems, and medical symptoms confidently. Students build vocabulary related to the human body, practice describing ongoing and recent health problems, review the present simple and present perfect in context, and role-play realistic doctor–patient conversations. Ideal for speaking-focused ESL lessons on health and body systems.

Skills

  • Can describe symptoms in a simple way and ask for advice when using health services, and can understand the answer, provided this is given clearly in everyday language.
Online Interactive
Based on CEFR
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1

Look at the pictures. What do you think is wrong with each person?

  1. When was the last time you visited a doctor?
  2. What symptoms do people often ignore?
  3. Have you ever felt tired for several weeks?
2

Study the words.

3

Read the text and choose the right answer.

4

Read again and answer the following questions.

5

Choose the correct tense.

6

Complete the sentences.

7

Discuss the questions.

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