Lesson 17: Sign Language Practice

💬📖 Sentence Zone – Lesson 17 🤟📝

🔍 Sign each health-related sentence to a friend, then ask if they understood it and whether the statement is true or false. 

1. You must queue when waiting to see a nurse at the clinic. ✅ True

2. You should always hide your sickness from family and friends.

3. Nurses must use gloves to prevent infection. ✅ True

4. When you’re feeling sick, it’s good to run to your friend’s house instead of visiting the hospital. ✖️ False

5. Doctors should always punish patients who don’t take their medicine. ✖️ False

6. A clean hospital prevents the spread of disease. ✅ True

7. It's okay to reject vaccines if your friend says they're unnecessary. ✖️ False

8. If you don't feel sick, there is no need to use health services. ✖️ False 

9. You should always wash your hands with soap before eating kenkey or fufu. ✅ True

10. Eating mushroom soup is dangerous during menses. ✖️ False

11. If someone is hospitalized, they may lie down for days to recover. ✅ True

12. Smoking every day improves your breath and health. ✖️ False

13. You can spread COVID-19 through touching your mouth, nose, or eyes. ✅ True

14. If your temperature is very high, you should arrive at the hospital immediately. ✅ True

15. Condom use helps to prevent STIs and unwanted sperm transfer. ✅ True

16. A disabled person must be abandoned when there is an emergency. ✖️ False

17. You must not criticize someone who uses a wheelchair. ✅ True

18. You must blame the doctor if your sickness continues. ✖️ False

19. Germs and viruses can be seen with the eye. ✖️ False

20. T.B. can be transmitted through sweat. ✖️ False

21. Using hand sanitizer helps prevent Covid-19 and other infections. ✅ True

22. A laboratory is used to check blood and body samples. ✅ True

23. A baby can become healthy if they are breastfed regularly. ✅ True

24. It is good to drink akpeteshie when you have a sore throat. ✖️ False

25. If someone vomits after taking a pill, they should check with a doctor. ✅ True

26. You must encourage people to use condoms to protect their health. ✅ True

27.  Criticizing others about their menses in school is respectful. ✖️ False

28. Touching someone’s penis or vagina without permission is dangerous and wrong. ✅ True

29. People with cancer should always be supported, not rejected. ✅ True

30. You should copy the wrong behavior of those who don’t wash their hands. ✖️ False

31. You can advertise health products that are fake and harmful. ✖️ False