1. Complete the labels.
1 s……………………..
2 f……………………..
3 l……………………..
4 c……………………..
5 j……………………..
6 c……………………..
7 e……………………..
8 e……………………..
9 s……………………..
10 w……………………..
11 t……………………..
12 w……………………..
13 h……………………..
14 t……………………..
15 k……………………..
16 s……………………..
17 e……………………..
18 n……………………..
19 b……………………..
20 s……………………..
21 t……………………..
22 c……………………..
23 a……………………..
24 h……………………..
Answer
1 skull 2 forehead 3 lip 4 chin 5 jaw 6 cheek
7 eyebrow 8 eyelid 9 skin 10 wrist 11 thumb
12 waist 13 hip 14 thigh 15 knee 16 shoulder
17 elbow 18 nail 19 bottom 20 shin 21 toe
22 calf 23 ankle 24 heel
2. Complete the accidents and injuries with the verbs below.
bang break bruise burn cut
have have sprain twist
1 …………………….. your ankle
2 …………………….. your wrist
3 …………………….. a bone
4 …………………….. yourself
5 …………………….. a bad nosebleed
6 …………………….. a black eye
7 …………………….. yourself
8 …………………….. your head
9 …………………….. yourself
Answer
1 twist 2 sprain 3 break 4 bruise / burn / cut
5 have 6 have 7 bruise / burn / cut 8 bang
9 bruise / burn / cut
3. Match the words below with the definitions.
blood brain heart intestine kidneys lungs
muscle ribs skull spine stomach throat
1 You use it to think. ……………………..
2 It allows you to move a part of your body. ……………………..
3 It’s made of bone and it runs down your back. ……………………..
4 The red liquid in your body. ……………………..
5 It’s a bone that surrounds your brain. ……………………..
6 The part of the neck where food and air go. ……………………..
7 It’s in your chest and it pumps blood around your body. ……………………..
8 When you eat, the food goes down your throat to this place. ……………………..
9 They’re in your chest. You use them to breathe. ……………………..
10 They are bones that go round your chest and protect your heart and lungs. ……………………..
11 The long tube below your stomach that digests food and gets rid of waste. ……………………..
12 They clean your blood. ……………………..
Answer
1 brain 2 muscle 3 spine 4 blood 5 skull
6 throat 7 heart 8 stomach 9 lungs 10 ribs
11 intestine 12 kidneys
4. Listen to three dialogues. What problem does each person have? Choose from the illnesses and injuries in exercise 2.
The patient has:
1 …………………………………
2 …………………………………
3 …………………………………
Answer
1 sprained her wrist 2 bruised his leg
3 burned herself
Transcript
See exercise 6.
5. Complete the treatments with a, e, i, o and y.
1 __nt__b__ __t__cs ◻
2 b__nd__g__ ◻
3 cr__ __m ◻
4 dr__ss__ng ◻
5 m__d__c__n__ ◻
6 p__ __nk__ll__rs ◻
7 X-r__ __ ◻
Answer
1 antibiotics 2 bandage 3 cream 4 dressing
5 medicine 6 painkillers 7 X-ray
6. Listen again to the dialogues. Which treatment or treatments in exercise 5 does the doctor give each patient? Write 1, 2 or 3 in the correct boxes.
Answer
2 bandage, 1 3 cream, 3 4 dressing, 3 7 X-ray, 2
Transcript
1
Doctor Good morning. What can I do for you?
Patient I’ve hurt my wrist. I think I’ve sprained it.
D When did you do it?
P Yesterday evening. I fell off my bike.
D Can you move your hand?
P Not really.
D Does it hurt?
P It hurt a lot when I did it, but it isn’t very painful now.
D I’ll put a bandage on it. Try not to use your hand for a few days.
2
Doctor Hello. How can I help you?
Patient I’ve bruised my leg.
D Can you show me?
P Here, just above my ankle.
D Yes, that’s a nasty bruise. How did you do it?
P I fell down the stairs. Do you think I’ve broken a bone? It really hurts when I walk.
D It’s possible. I’ll send you to the hospital for an X-ray.
3
Doctor Good afternoon. What can I do for you?
Patient I’ve burned myself.
D Oh dear. May I take a look?
P Sure.
D It’s quite red. When did you do it?
P This morning.
D I’ll put some cream and a dressing on it for you.
Extra exercises
1. Match the words with the parts of the body where they are found.
1 brain
2 calf
3 cheek
4 elbow
5 heart
6 heel
7 throat
8 thumb
a arm
b chest
c face
d foot
e hand
f head
g leg
h neck
Answer
1 f 2 g 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 d 7 h 8 e
2. Complete the sentences with the treatments below.
antibiotics bandage cream dressing painkiller X-ray
Doctors often …
1 put a ……………………….. around your ankle if you sprain it.
2 prescribe ……………………….. to cure an infection.
3 send you for an ……………………….. when they need to see inside your body.
4 tell you to cover a cut with a ……………………….. to protect it.
5 give you ……………………….. if a part of your body is hurting.
6 recommend a ……………………….. if you have a skin allergy.
Answer
1 bandage 2 antibiotics 3 X-ray 4 dressing
5 painkillers 6 cream
3. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs below.
bang break bruise burn cut have sprain
1 My little sister …………………………… a bone in her leg when she fell off the wall.
2 Josh …………………………… a bad nosebleed after walking into a lamp post.
3 She …………………………… their heads on the shelf when she got up from the table.
4 He …………………………… himself when he was putting a pizza in the oven.
5 I …………………………… myself badly while I was opening a tin.
6 One of the players …………………………… his wrist as he was catching the ball.
7 You …………………………… yourself badly when you fell down the stairs.
Answer
1 broke 2 had 3 banged 4 burned 5 cut
6 sprained 7 bruised
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