Vocabulary Unit

practice 3

Health Quantities and capacity

1 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences. 4 Match the quantities 1–8 with a–h.
1 Tina didn’t go to nursery today because she had an 1 12 h a a teaspoonful
eye infection / eye infected.
2 a pile of money d b a tonne of rubbish
2 The man was so overweight he suffered a stomach ache / 3 a tiny amount e c a heaped teaspoonful
heart attack.
4 a generous spoonful c d £2000
3 Dad needs to eat better because he is overweight /
weighted. 5 a small spoonful a e a drop
4 The children ate too many sweets at the party so they had 6 a vast population f f 10 million people
digestion / stomach ache last night. 7 20 sacks of waste b g loads of memory
5 The health service / health system in the UK is 8 1 gigabyte g h a dozen
becoming overloaded as more people have an
unhealthy diet.
6 A lot of the children were off school today because
they were feeling overweight / sick. 5 Choose the best answers to complete the sentences.

7 Non-processed food is better for the digestive system / 1 I can’t go out tonight because I’ve got c.
digested. a number of homework b a spot of homework
c a tonne of homework
2 Complete the sentences with the phrases from the box. 2 OK. Now we need a b of vanilla essence. Just a tiny bit
a heart of gold from the bottom of my heart hand on heart a hearty meal heart was broken the heart of the matter

because it’s very strong.

1 Jenny’s heart was broken when Nick broke
up with her. a cup b drop c spoonful
2 That girl has a heart of gold . She’s just 3 The children are in c because they disobeyed their
donated her lottery win to charity. mother.
3 I say with hand on heart that I will make a a drop of trouble b spot of trouble c heaps of trouble
real effort to give up smoking. 4 Can you buy me a b of flour, please?
We need to get to the heart of the matter to find the a tonne b kilo c gigabyte
cause of the problem.
5 We need to add two b of flour, mix all the ingredients
together and then bake it in the oven.
4 On a cold winter’s day, a hearty meal like a stew is a tonnes b cups c piles
perfect to warm you up.
6 They cancelled the walk because they felt a c of rain!
5 I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart
a heap b cup c spot
for all your help.

Idioms
6 Complete the sentences with the idioms from the box.

P
V I can’t believe Gran is 90 this year. She’s
3 Choose the best phrasal verbs to complete the text. as fit as a fiddl– fitter than some of us!
Toby said he was feelingso he wouldn’t go to the
John has really 1 grown up over party tonight.
the last year. He seems to be taking life more seriously 1 Jane is feeling down in the dumps because she
at last. He’s 2 put on a little
didn’t pass the exam.
weight, which suits him as he was very thin before.
He’s 3 picked up some computer
2 The doctor told me to take this medicine twice a day
skills by doing several online courses and he’s even for the next three days and then I would be as right
4 signed up for a course at university 3 as rain
in September. I think I can 5 sit back
and relax a little now, he seems to have a plan. 4

1 a b picked up c put on
2 a picked up b c gained on 5 That bed is so comfortable I slept like a
log under
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