Practical English: Asking for medicine; find the mistakes

Question

Find the sentences with a mistake, not all of them have one In your answers, please "bold" the mistake or leave the sentence as it is, some are tricky

Asking for medicine:

1 I have a too bad cold. Do you have something I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?

3 I have me a headache and a cough.

4 Do you have a temperature?

5 No, I don't think it so.

6 Does your back hurt you ?

7 No doesn't .

8 Are you allergic to any of drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. These are aspirin. These will make you to feel better.

No peeking please!!! , Once you posted, you cannot edit, please read carefully before posting

Those are great Heidi, there are a couple that will be very difficult for non natives. - Yeser007, Feb 3, 2011

Number 3 is how we talk in Texas. ;) - jeezzle, Feb 3, 2011

hahaaa, I was going to say that but didn't want to offend anyone :) - Yeser007, Feb 3, 2011

Answer 1

1 I have a very bad cold. Do you have something I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?

3 I have a headache and a cough.

4 Do you have a fever?

5 No, I don't think so.

6 Does your back hurts ?

7 No, it doesn't .

8 Are you addicted to any of drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. These are aspirins. These will help you to feel better.

Thanks a lot for the exercise, Heidi :) - 00b6f46c, Feb 3, 2011

ery nice, lovely, I hope nobody peeks! jeje, Still not perfect though, I am not saying anything and you cant edit, jeje, stay tuned;) - 00494d19, Feb 3, 2011

Ouch I should have checked my answers before posting them jejeje will I guess I'll wait to see the correct answers ;) - 00b6f46c, Feb 3, 2011

As you were the bravest to answer first, jeje, I am accepting yours, everybody made a couple of mistakes so I guess that is fair enough, have a look at Yesero's post for the correct answer:) - 00494d19, Feb 8, 2011

Answer 2

1 I have a terrible cold. Could you give me something I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?/ Which are the symptoms?

3 I have a headache and cough.

4 Do you have fever?

5 No, I don't think so.

6 Does your back hurt?

7 No, it doesn't.

8 Are you allergic to any drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. This is aspirin. It will make you feel better.

muy bien, cogu...aún hay alguna faltilla, esto es complicadillo, jeje - 00494d19, Feb 4, 2011

Very good Cogumela, you made some changes that are good but weren't necessary and I see one missing letter. - Yeser007, Feb 4, 2011

Thank you, Yesero and Heidi :) - cogumela, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 3

1 I have a too bad cold. Do you have something I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?

3 I have me a headache and a cough. The correct answer: I have a headache and a cough.

4 Do you have a temperature?

5 No, I don't think it so. The correct answer: No, I don't think so.

6 Does your back hurt you ?. The correct answer: Does your back hurt?

7 No doesn't . (The correct answer is "no, it doesn't)

8 Are you allergic to any of drugs?. The correct answer: are you allergic to any drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. These are aspirin. These will make you to feel better. The correct answer: These are aspirins. These will make you feel better.

Then, the other sentences I haven't corrected are all right.

Answer 4

These are the correct answers, if you still want to try your skills, just don't peek.

Asking for medicine:

1 I have a too bad cold. Do you have something I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?

3 I have me a headache and a cough.

4 Do you have a (temperature)(fever)? this could go, and is often used, either way but fever makes more sense. No matter what you would always have some temperature in your body

5 No, I don't think it so.

6 Does your back hurt you ?

7 No it doesn't .

8 Are you allergic to any of drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. These are aspirin. (These) They will make you to feel better. The word These works here but sounds too repetitious, my choise would be They.

you missed three mistakes, men! ::.rolling eyes:::: eejeje - 00494d19, Feb 6, 2011

Some people wrote "cough" instead of "a cough". Both are correct. - Leatha, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 5

1 I have a too bad cold. Do you have something I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?

3 I have me a headache and a cough.

4 Do you have a temperature?

5 No, I don't think it so.

6 Does your back hurt you ?

7 No it doesn't .

8 Are you allergic to any of drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. These are aspirin. These will make you to feel better.

Thank you so much for the exercise. I hope to be ok.

wellldone, dakie, look at yesero's post with the answers, - 00494d19, Feb 6, 2011

Answer 6

1 I have a cold. Do you have something that I can take?

2 What symptoms do you have?

3 I have a headache and a cough.

4 Do you have temperature?

5 No, I don't think so.

6 Does your back hurts?

7 No it doesn't.

8 Are you allergic to any drugs?

9 I'm allergic to penicillin.

10 No problem. These are aspirins. These will make you feel better.

Nice job Ashis,#6 has the only real error but you made some changes and omissions that weren't necessary. - Yeser007, Feb 4, 2011

Answer 7

1- I have a very bad cold/flu. Do you have something I should take?

2- What symptom do you have?

3- I have a headache and a cough.

4- Do you have a fever?

5- No, I don't think so.

6- Does your back hurt ?

7- No, it doesn't .

8- Are you addicted to anykind of drugs?

9- I'm allergic to penicillin.

10- No problem. Take aspirin. These will help you feeling better.

Good Miro, have a look at #'s2 and 10, they need something. - Yeser007, Feb 4, 2011

Oops, #8 also. - Yeser007, Feb 4, 2011

10- It will help you feeling better. - Miro74, Feb 4, 2011

2- which symptom do you have? 8- any kind - Miro74, Feb 4, 2011

Answer 8

I am sure not many of you have seen these, go try them NO natives please