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What doctor will you go to if you
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· need to have a tooth filled / stopped / pulled out
· need to be operated on for appendicitis
· have a sore eye
· suffer from insomnia
· have high blood pressure
· are hard of hearing
· have kidney trouble
· have a back problem
· have a heart murmur
· have a running nose
· have metabolic disorders
· have a vocal cords problem?
6 Here is a list of some diseases.
Pay attention to the word-building patterns:
| a) ~ ache | b) suffix ~ itis | c) sore + noun |
| headache toothache heart-ache stomach-ache | appendicitis bronchitis arthritis tonsillitis | sore throat sore finger sore eye sore lip |
Can you add a few more items to the lists above?
7 Use the suffixes ~ness, ~ity, ~ment to form the equivalents of
the noun “disease” from the following words:
adj.: ill, sick, infirm verb: to ail
Make up your own sentences with these words.
8 Match these diseases with their symptoms.
| 1) flu 2) pneumonia 3) rheumatism 4) chickenpox 5) mumps 6) an ulcer 7) a sprain 8) h(a)emorrhage 9) cancer 10) tuberculosis 11) malaria 12) quinsy | a) wasting disease, affecting various parts of the body’s tissues, esp. lungs; b) excessive bleeding; escape of blood (e.g. in the brain); c) kinds of fever conveyed by mosquitoes; d) swelling and pain in a joint after an accident; e) a malignant tumor that tends to invade surrounding tissue and spread to new body sites; f) acute inflammation of the tonsils and the surrounding tissue; g) dry cough, high fever, chest pain, rapid breathing; h) swollen glands in front of ear, earache or pain on eating; i) rash starting on body, slightly raised temperature; j) burning pain in abdomen, pain or nausea after eating; k) headache, aching muscles, fever, cough, sneezing; l) swollen, painful joints, stiffness, limited movement. |
9 What medical problem might you have if ………………………….
| 1) you wear shoes that rub? 2) you eat too fast? 3) you smoke a lot? 4) you play football? 5) you go skiing? 6) you stay too long in the sun? | 8) you run unusually fast for a bus? 9) you eat food that is bad? 10) a mosquito bites you? 11) you get wet on a cold day? 12) you think you’re ill all the time? |
10 When and what for can the following things be used?
| cups drops a hot-water bottle an injection an inoculation/ a vaccination | a mustard plaster an ointment scales a thermometer crutches | wheel-chair plaster cast anaesthetic contact lenses glasses/ spectacles |
11 Complete the following table:
| noun | adjective | verb |
| .………………… …………………. …………………. …………………. ache.................... treatment............. .………………… …………………. | breathless faint shivery dislocated .………………… …………………. swollen painful (~less) | .………………… …………………. …………………. …………………. .………………… …………………. .………………… …………………. |
12 Fill the gaps with suitable words.
1. If you want to find out someone’s temperature, use a................
2. Please don’t cough all over everyone! Don’t forget that a cold is.........................................................................................................
As it is a virus, there is no.................................................. for it.
3. I hurt my wrist yesterday playing football and today it’s...........
4. I had to wait three-quarters of an hour in the doctor’s................
5. I went to the doctor about my insomnia and she prescribed some
......................................................................................................
6. The main symptom of hay fever is that you keep.......................
7. It was quite a bad cut and it was bleeding a lot, so I put on a.....
8. I think he’s broken his leg! Quick, someone call an …...............
9. If someone is seriously ill they may need to go to hospital to
have an........................................................................................
10. I hate going to the dentist — I’ve got to have two
…….................................................................................... done.
11. If you want to stay fit, don’t eat too much and take plenty of
....................................................................................................
12. Her mother sent her to bed because she had a …......................
13. He was ten kilos overweight and was advised to go on a ….....
14. You’ve eaten too much, that’s why you have a pain in your....
15. Oh dear, I feel awful. I think I’m going to................................
13 Choose the best alternative to fill each of the gaps.
1. If you want antibiotics, you’ll have to ask the doctor for a ….....
medicine note prescription receipt recipe
2. She was in terrible pain, so the nurse gave her a(n)....................
injection scratch stab vaccine wound
3. If you’ve got measles, your skin is covered in............................
blots dots freckles spots stains
4. Why not take up tennis? It’ll help you to keep fit and it’s a great ………………………………………………………………..…....
amusement game match play tournament
5. He didn’t feel like going to the party because he had a terrible …………………………………………………………………….
disease headache homesickness infection nostalgia.