26th February, 2021

Health and illness

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?
I'm very well/ fine thanks.
I don't feel very well./I feel terrible./ I feel ill/ poorly/ under the weather.
What's the matter? What's wrong with you?
ACHES AND PAINS
I've got a headache.
I've got (a) stomachache/ earache/ toothache/ backache.
Ie got a pain in my leg/ shoulder/ foot.
I've got a sore throat.
I've got sore eyes.
I'ver got a cold./ Ive got the flu./I've got a temperature./ I've got a
cough./ I sneeze all day./ I' ve got a runny nose.
My throat hurts when I speak. It's very painful.
She suffers from a disease affecting the liver(ficat)/ lungs, (plamani,
the heart (inima).
I've broken my leg/ arm. I've got a broken leg
I've cut / burnt my thumb.
My ankle is very swollen.
Have you taken anything for it?---drink some tea/ have a lozenge/ take a
medicine/ pill/ painkiller/ aspirin/ use some cream/ eye drops/ use a
nasal spray.
I hope you feel better soon./ RECOVER
1. Write the correct words:
1. I can’t play football because I have a leg ___________________.
2. I can’t eat chocolate because I have tooth ________________.
3. I can’t speak at the moment . I’ve got a cold and I’ve got a
____________ throat.
4. I can’t carry this box because I’ve got _____________.
5. Stop that music! I’ve got a terrible ________________.
2. Match the sentences:
1. I’ve got a swollen ankle. _____
2. I’ve got a burn on my finger.___
3. I’ve got a broken leg.___
4. I’ve got a nasty cut on my foot.____
5. I’ve got a black eye. _____
a. I fell off my motorbike.
b. I touched a hot iron.
c. I stepped on some broken glass.
d. I slipped while I was running.
e. I got into a fight.
5. Translate the sentences.
1. There was blood all over the place.
2. Do you bleed easily?
3. The operation only left one small scar.
4. The bruise will disappear in a few days.
5. Are you in pain?
 6. Look where the cat scratched me.
7. I've sprained my ankle./ wrist.
8. Be careful or that wasp will sting you.

3. Put these event in order.

___He said I had a chest infection.
___I went to see the doctor.
___He gave me a prescription for antibiotics.
___I made an appointment to see the doctor.
___I went too the chemist's to get the medicine.
___I didn't feel very well.
___He examined me.