Health and Sickness PowerPoint for Kids and Beginners

This PowerPoint is designed to teach sickness and health vocabulary to kids and beginner ESL students. The slides introduce common illnesses and health-related words. This presentation is ideal for lessons that introduce expressions such as “What’s the matter?” and “I have a headache.”

Inside This Health and Sickness Vocabulary PowerPoint

The presentation begins with slides introducing the names of common illnesses and conditions. Vocabulary includes headache, toothache, cold, fever, stomachache, rash, and sore throat.

After learning the words, students practice using them in context with a Q&A section. They are encouraged to answer the question “What’s the matter?” using full sentences such as “I have a headache.”

Tips for Teaching With This PowerPoint

• Use actions to support meaning – When teaching young learners, acting out the vocabulary helps them understand and remember. For example, hold your head with both hands to show “I have a headache,” cough for “I have a cold,” or hold your stomach for “I have a stomachache.”
• Turn it into a guessing game – Choose one student to act out an illness while the rest of the class asks “What’s the matter?” The student responds by miming the condition, and the class guesses the correct answer. You can also use these Health and Sickness Flashcards to play a similar game where students pick a card and act out the illness.
• Practice role-plays – Put students in pairs as doctor and patient. The “patient” answers questions like “What’s the matter?” with sentences from the slides, while the “doctor” suggests simple advice such as “You should rest” or “Drink some water.” This helps extend the vocabulary into real communication.