I. Word building.

The word in capitals at the end of each of the following

sentences can be used to form a word that fits suitably in the blank space.

Example:
The International Olympic Committee was founded in 1894 on the INITIATIVE of
a French nobleman, Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin.
INITIATE

1. After getting a cut, scratch, or abrasion, your skin may …………. BLOOD
2. Sometimes the doctor may use stitches that …………….. on their own over time.
SOLVE
3. Sometimes, a small scar forms after stitches are …………….. MOVE
4. If you don’t get the proper care for a serious cut, a more …………………. scar may
form. NOTICE
5. The doctor might prescribe an …………………. medicine to prevent infection.
BIOTIC
6. Certain cuts or bites could develop into tetanus, another serious …………. ILL
7. ……………… most small cuts, scrapes, or abrasions will heal well without any
special care. LUCK
8. To stop bleeding your parent might press a piece of cloth with an
…………………… substance over the wound. BACTERIA
9. The ……………….. will kill germs and a bandage will keep your wound from
getting irritated. OINT
10. If you use a bandage, it should be changed ………………… and when it gets wet
or dirty. DAY
11. Infected wounds may hurt, look red and swollen, feel warm to touch, or contain pus,
which is a yellow- ………………. thick liquid. GREEN
12. An ……………………. happens when there are too many germs for your body’s
white blood cells and immune system to handle. INFECT
13. The …………………….. works like a plug to keep blood and other fluids from
leaking out. CLOT
14. A scab, a …………………….. and dried clot, forms a crust over the wound.
HARD
15. For extra …………………….., you’ll want to clean the wound, using warm water
and a gentle soap to get all the dirt or gravel out of the wound. PROTECT

II. Too many words. Replace the words in bold type in the following
sentences with a single or a compound word. The first letter of the word is
given.
1. Caitlin walked out of the accident without a s………………….. (a slight injury
like a cut).
2. The sole of the shoe should be designed to sustain severe and constant
a…………….. (the process of wearing down or rubbing away by means of
friction).
3. The hospital official says there is a shortage of p…………………. (a minute cell
in the blood involved in the clotting of the blood) concentrate in their blood
bank.
4. The wounds will eventually form a s………… (the crust-like surface of a healing
skin).
5. W……….. b……….. c………. (various cells produced in the bone marrow and
function in the immune system) attack any germs that may get into the wound and
fight infections.
6. If you pick at a scab, the new skin underneath can be ripped and the wound will take
longer to heal and may leave a s……… (a mark left on the skin after an injury).
7. If the wound isn’t very bad, the b………………….. (the flow of blood from the
rupture of a blood vessel) should stop in a few minutes.
8. Michael claimed the other boy hit him and made him many wounds for which he
needed several s…………… (move of a threaded needle in sewing or surgical
suturing).
9. Can you recommend me a range of o…………………. (substance, usually
containing a medicine, applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation) for the treatment of eczema?
10. If you use a b………………….. (a piece of material used to dress a wound or
bind a broken limb), it should be changed daily and when it gets wet or dirty.
11. The doctor will use some type of a……………….. (a drug causing a temporary
loss of bodily sensations) on your skin to numb the area.
12. Idealism was the g…………. (a strong adhesive liquid) that held our group
together.
13. Whiskers may be enough to detect r………………. (an animal infection
transmitted to humans by the bite of the sick animal) in dogs and other animals
once a new test is developed and produced by a Japanese team.
14. The symptoms of t……………….. (an infectious disease characterized by the
rigidity of muscles caused by bacteria which enter the body through open
wounds) and poisoning by vegetable substances are the same.
15. They had to cut the skin and drain the p……………(the yellow-greenish fluid
produced by an inflammation) from the wound which made me scream with pain.

III. Synonyms. Give a synonym for each of the words in brackets in the
following sentences. Choose from the ones below: bandage, damp, edges,
gravel, heal, injury, ointment, platelets, scar, sharp, shot, snip, stitches, swollen,
white blood cells.

1. When a wound is bleeding, the …………………. (thrombocytes) in your blood

helps keep the blood from flowing out.
2. If the cut is too deep or too long, the doctor might consider you need …………..
(sutures).
3. After the wound heals, the doctor will ………. (cut) the thread of the stitches with
a pair of scissors and pull out these threads.
4. You start bleeding because the …………… (wound) breaks or tears the tiny blood
vessels, which are right under the skin’s surface.
5. When the wound is healing, the ……………………. (leukocytes) attack any germs
that may get into the wound.
6. Infected wounds may hurt, look red and ……………….. (puffy), feel warm to
touch.
7. Cuts are injuries to the skin caused by something …………. (not blunt), like a
knife.
8. For extra protection, your parent might use an antibacterial …………………..
(salve) or a …………. (patch).
9. One needs to clean the wound, using warm water and a gentle soap to get all the dirt
or …………… (pebbles) out of the wound.
10. A soft, ……………… (humid) cloth can help remove these bits of dust or dirt.
11. If a wound is very long or deep or if its …………….. (margins) are far apart, then
you may need stitches.
12. The numbing medicine used by doctors as anesthetic might be applied directly or
through a …………….. (injection).
13. The stitch holds the sides of the cut together, so the skin can begin to …………….
(cure).
14. If you don’t get the proper care for a serious cut, a more noticeable …………………
(cicatrix) may form.

IV. Hangman. Read through the following definitions and fill in the missing
letters.
1. - - - - - - - - (a scraped area on the skin or mucous membrane, resulting
from friction or irritation)
2. - - - - - - - - (the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid)
3. - - - - - V - - - - - (an elastic tubular channel, such as an artery, vein, or
capillary, through which the blood circulates)
4. - - - - - (an injury to the skin when the external surface is torn, pierced, cut or
broken)
5. – I – (to cut, to tear away quickly and violently)
6. - - - - - - (to rub a surface with something rough and sharp)
7. - - - E - - - - (the flow of blood coming from a ruptured blood vessel)
8. - - - - - H - - - - (a drug that numbs a particular part of the body)
9. – H - - - - (the fine cord of a fibrous material, such as cotton or flax or plastic)
10. - - - - (to cut, to clip with short and quick stokes)
11. - - - - - I - - - - (a substance used for the prevention and treatment of
bacteria)
12. - - M - - - (protected against a specific disease)
13. - - S - - - - - (to cause to disappear or vanish)
14. - - Y - - (stratum, level or coating on a surface)
15. - - - - B - - - - - I - - (destroying or inhibiting the growth of bacteria)

V. Put the following words into the correct sentences: against, antibacterial,
bandage, clotting, glue, kneepads, layer, numb, pus, rusty, scab, underneath.
1. You might get an abrasion when you fall off a skateboard and you don’t wear
…………………….
2. …………………… the scab, new skin cells are produced to repair the cut.
3. You can’t see under the scab, but a new ………………….. of skin is formed.
4. Stop the bleeding by pressing a clean, soft cloth ………………… the wound.
5. If you use a ……………………, this should be changed daily and when it gets wet
or dirty.
6. The doctor usually use anesthetic on your skin to ………….. it when he wants to
suture the cut.
7. ………………………… works like a plug to keep blood or other fluids from
leaking out.
8. For protection, you may use an …………………………….. balm to clean the
wound.
9. In order to stop the bleeding, platelets stick together, like ………………….
10. If you cut yourself on something …………….., you can develop tetanus.
11. Infected wounds may hurt, look red and swollen, feel warm to touch, or contain
…………
12. A ………………, a hardened and dried clot, forms a crust over the wound.

VI. Find the opposites of the words on the left. Choose from the ones on the
right. Number 1 has been done for you.
1. sharp a) major
2. tiny b) common
3. hardened c) undetectable
4. dried d) ancient
5. underneath e) gigantic
6. new f) blunt
7. lukewarm g) moistened
8. gentle h) careless
9. damp i) improper
10. dirty j) softened
11. special k) above
12. minor l) tidy
13. careful m) arid
 14. proper n) rough
15. noticeable o) cool

VII. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words:

Abrasions (say: uh-BRAY-zhunz)
Platelets (say: PLAYT-litz)
Antibacterial (say: an-tye-bak-TEER-ee-ul)
Suture (say: SOO-chur)
Tetanus (say: TET-uh-niss)
ligaments (say: LIH-guh-muntz)
compression (say: kum-PREH-shun)
Wound (say: WOOND)
Anesthetic (say: an-iss-THET-ik)
Antibiotic (say: an-tye-bye-AH-tik)
Infection (say: in-FEK-shun)