1. Pharmacies & Medicines
EL Civics Objective 30
ESL Department
Mt. San Antonio College

2. What’s in a Pharmacy?

3. first aid kit, hydrogen peroxide, vitamins
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software. You should have a copy of the software to use it.
Tablet, capsule, pill
Pharmacist, prescription, warning label, prescription medicine, throat lozenges,
ice pack, antacid, over-the-counter medicine, cough syrup, cough drops,
first aid kit, hydrogen peroxide, vitamins

4. What question is the man asking the pharmacist?
What is the pharmacist saying?

5. What questions can you ask a pharmacist?
How _________ can I take this?
Is there a ___________ brand of this medicine?
Are there any side ________?
Should I take this ________ food?
What is the correct _______ for children?
Will this make me ___________? Can I drive after taking this medicine?
Other questions? _______

6. What’s on
a prescription?

7. What’s on this prescription?
Phy_________’s business name, address & phone number
__________’s name
Patient’s date of ______
Name of ________
How many _______
Dosage/
How _____ to take
_______’s name

8. What do you think this prescription is for?
Is it a real prescription?

9. What is the patient’s
name?
Which doctor wrote
the prescription?
What medicines are
on the prescription?

10. What medicines are
listed?
What is the dosage
for each?
When should each
medicine be taken?
What is the
doctor’s name?

11. What “medicine” is this prescription for?
Who is the “doctor”?
What are the directions?
How many refills?
Is it a real prescription?

12. Let’s Practice We have several prescription bottles.
Let’s read them and answer these questions:
What doctor wrote this prescription?
What is the name of the medicine?
Is it a capsule, a tablet, or a liquid?
How much does the patient take?
How often does the patient take it?
When should we throw away the medicine?