CURSO

ACTIVIDAD

2
Departamento de Educacin
y Ciencia

N FICHA

C.E.

Escuela Oficial de Idiomas n 2

de Zaragoza

SOPORTE

03

VOCABULARIO

INGLS

AULA DE
AUTOAPRENDIZAJE

HEALTH AND ILLNESS

1. Choose the correct word underlined in each sentence.
a. I couldnt wash because there wasnt any soap/soup.
b. The doctor told me that I have to have/suffer an operation.
c. I didnt go to school because I had cold/a cold.
d. Mary decided to do/have a hot bath.
e. Dont forget to wash/clean your hands!
f. Ive got a pain/hurt in my leg.
g. When Michael snored/sneezed, everyone said, Bless you!
h. Little Jimmy was crying because he had a/an ill ear/earache.
i.

Kate had a fever/temperature of 41.

2. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

bleeding

broken

dangerous

fit

healthy

injured

sore

well

a. A .. diet includes lots of fruit and vegetables.

b. John is very ill and wont come to school until he is .. .
c. Helens leg was .. so the doctor put it in plaster for a month.
d. It is .. to take more than four of these tablets in 24 hours.
e. George has cut his hand and its .. .
f. David keeps .. by doing exercises in the gym twice a week.
g. Edward walked all day in his new shoes, and now his feet are ..
h. The bus crashed into a tree, but luckily nobody was .. .
From Elementary Language Practice for Spanish Students by Michael Vince, Ed. Heinemann

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KEY
1. a. soap

b. have

2. a. healthy

b. well

c. a cold
c. broken

d. have

e. wash

d. dangerous

f. pain

e. bleeding

g. sneezed
f. fit

h. earache

g. sore

h. injured

For further vocabulary work you can consult in the library

Stuart Redman & Ruth Gairns, English Vocabulary in Use, pre-intermediate, C.U.P.

i. temperature