Use This Thermometer and Take His Fever/heat/temperature
Use This Thermometer and Take His Fever/heat/temperature
Use This Thermometer and Take His Fever/heat/temperature
2 Replace the words in italics with one of the words from the box. Use each word once
only.
1. Janet fell from her horse and injured her backbone spine
2. I had a very bad toothache, and was in great pain all night
3. The police discovered the dead person buried in the garden
4. One thing you can say about Ann, she has certainly got intelligence.
5. They have a new house right in the centre of the countryside.
6. Italian is actually Mary's native language
7. Before I dived in the water, I took a deep mouthful of air
8. After dinner, Jack had a pain from eating too much
9. Shirley had a strange expression on her face
10. David managed to grow a lot of hair on his face
3 Complete each sentence with a word from the box. Use each word once only.
1. After speaking for two hours, the lecturer had a sore throat
2. Terry was on his hands and ………….., looking for the fallen coin.
3. Paul gave his aunt an affectionate kiss on the ……………….
4. There was such a terrible smell that I had to hold my …………..
5. Stan is deaf, but he can understand people by reading their ……………..
6. I never wear a watch because I don't like the weight on my…………….
7. One of the boxers punched the other on the……………and knocked him out.
8. When Diane was a baby, she used to suck her …………..
9. I've lost a lot of weight, especially around the ……………
10. Norma wears a heart on a gold chain around her …………..
4 Complete each sentence (a-j) with a suitable ending (1-10). Use each ending once.
a) I think we should send for an ambulance
b) Some people go jogging every morning
c) It would be a good idea for you to go to the dentist's
d) The doctor gave Andy an injection
e) I'm going into hospital tomorrow
f) We took the cat to the vet
g) Susan took two aspirins
h) Nobody could find a stretcher
i) The doctor gave Helen a prescription
j) I bought some special cream
1 to have that bad tooth of yours taken out.
2 to check whether it had recovered from its accident.
3 to take old Mrs Jones to hospital.
4 to put on my sunburnt arms and legs.
5 to get rid of her headache.
6 to reduce the pain and help him sleep.
7 to take to the chemist's.
8 to keep fit, or to lose some weight.
9 to carry the injured man out of the building. 10 to have an operation on foot.
VOCABULARY 15 HEALTH AND THE BODY
Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the
space in the same line.
A visit to the doctor's
Jim decided to visit the doctor after his trip to the jungle.
He was normally a tall (1) ..muscular. person, but over the past MUSCLE
month he had lost a lot of (2)……. He had also noticed WEIGH
that his ankles and knees had become rather (3) ……….. PAIN
He thought that he might have eaten or
drunk something (4) …………or caught POISON
some kind of (5) ………..disease. The doctor INFECT
took some blood for tests and told Jim to go back a week
later. This time the doctor had an optimistic (6) ………..on her EXPRESS
face, and Jim felt quite (7) ……….'Don't worry,' said the HEART
doctor, 'it's nothing serious. You haven't caught an (8) ……………. CURE
disease, or anything terrible like that. It's a simple virus, and
you will need some (9) …………Take these tablets twice a TREAT
day for two weeks, and you'll make a full (10) ' ………… RECOVER
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7 Match each sentence (a-j) with a suitable sentence (1-10) below which has the same
meaning.
a) Henry's heart was in the right place .4
b) Paul held his tongue
c) Richard jawed away for at least an hour
d) Dave had a lot of cheek to talk like that
e) Keith couldn't stomach his new boss
f) Harry backed his boss
g) William kept poking his nose in
h) Graham thumbed a lift to work
i) Charles put his foot in it
j) Jack's heart ached to be where he belonged
1 He talked.
2 He supported him.
3 He said the wrong thing.
4 He was kind.
5 He was rather rude.
6 He didn't say anything.
7 He interfered in other people's business.
8 He hitchhiked.
9 He missed home. 10 He didn't like him.