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Opticians and Dentists LearnEnglish Kids

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A. Read the sentences below. Do they talk about opticians, dentists – or both!


opticians

dentists

Answers: A 1=dentist; 2=optician; 3=optician; 4=optician; 5=dentist;6=dentist; 7=optician; 8=both; 9=dentist
B 1=optician; 2=light; 3=eyes; 4=letters; 5=glasses;6=dentist;7=teeth;8=filling; 9=toothache;9=check ups

1. When you see this person you
must open your mouth very wide!

2. You visit this person if you
can’t see very well.

3. This person shines a light into your
eyes.

5. This person cleans and repairs
your teeth, or sometimes takes one
of them out!

4. This person may ask you to read
some letters from the other side of
the room.

6. This person shines a light
into your mouth to see what the
problem is.

7. This person may decide that
you need to wear glasses.

9. You might a get a filling to stop your toothache when you visit this person.

8. You should visit this person
regularly for check ups.

B. What are the words? Look at the sentences above!

1. p o n i c t i a

6. t i d s t n e

2. l t i g h

7. t h e t e

3. y e s e

8. g i l f i l n

4. s e r t t e l

9. e h t a t o h o c

5. s e g a s l s

10. c e k h c p u s