Exercises The following words are often confused

Verb	Noun	Adjective
to hurt	-	-
to ache	an ache	-
to injure	an injury	injured
-	a pain	painful
to wound [wu:nd]	a wound	wounded

People are wounded in wars or in a fight, and injured in an accident. Both are more serious that hurt.

Ache as a noun is mainly found in the following compounds: backache, earache, headache, stomachache, toothache. For other parts of the body we say a pain in my elbow, etc.

An ache is dull and continuous; a pain can be more extreme and more sudden.

When ache and hurt are used as verbs, it is more common to find them in the Present Simple that the Present Continuous to describe pain now: My leg hurts.

Ex. 1. Fill each gap with one of the words from the chart in the correct form.

1. The France football captain has … his ankle, and won’t be playing in next week’s international against Argentina. 2. The soldier had a bullet (пуля) … in his thigh ([ai] бедро). I have a terrible … in my chest. 4. When I cough, it really … . 5. Two people died and ten were … in a train crash yesterday. 6. I played tennis for the first time this year yesterday. Today my whole body … . 7. Two football fans were seriously … in a knife attack by rival fans earlier today. 8. Please don’t touch my ankle. It’s too … to move. 9. Doctor: I want to feel your bones. If it … , tell me and I’ll stop.

Ex. 2. Translate the sentences paying attention to the use of synonyms.

to treat – лечить (процесс)

to cure – вылечить (результат)

to recover - выздоравливать

1. The doctors treated the patients attentively. They treated her for cancer. She was treated with antibiotics. 2. His cough is completely cured. It’s difficult to cure the patient, the disease is incurable. 3. You’ll recover from your illness soon, if you follow the doctor’s advice. He recovered his health after having a long rest in the Crimea.

Ex. 3.Match the words in the box with their definitions. Use a dictionary if necessary.

disease ailment malady sickness illness

1. the state or condition of being sick, whether in body or mind:

2. the state of being sick /ill health /inclination to vomit /stomach distress;

3. a particular kind of illness with special symptoms and name;

4. disease /physical disorder;

5. disease /illness (also social, spiritual).

Ex. 4. Choose between “illness” and “disease”.

1. What did he die of? Did he suffer from any chronic … or complications after a serious …? 2. The … was catching and the doctor said he would put me on the sick-leave. 3. The grippe, scarlet fever and measles are catching … . 4. His … prevented him from going to the University.

Ex. 5.Supply the missing word from the box:

1. One can ___ drugs. 2. One can ___ a prescription. 3. One can ___ a headache. 4. One can ___ feverish /sick. 5. One can ___ one’s hand. 6. One can ___ an injection. 7. One can ___ of poor health. 8. One can ___ ill. 9. One can ___ from the illness. 10. One can ___ some infection. 11. One can ___ the ambulance. 12. One can ___ a doctor.

take, have, feel, write, cut, be, fall, injure, prescribe, recover, send for, pick up, call

Ex. 6.Match the name of the doctor with the area in which he specializes.

1) a pediatrician	a) a doctor who treats animals only
2) a neurologist	b) a doctor who treats the intire family and who doesn’t specialize in only one area
3) a dentist	c) a doctor who treats people suffering from mental illness
4) a veterinarian (a vet)	d) a doctor whose job is to perform operations
5) a general practitioner	e) a doctor who treats eye problems
6) a surgeon	f) a person who is qualified to prepare and sell medicines
7) an ophthalmologist	g) a doctor who treats children only
8) a psychiatrist	h) a doctor who treats problems related to the nerves.
9) a plastic surgeon	i) a doctor who cares for teeth
10) a pharmacist	j) a doctor who performs cosmetic surgery

Ex. 7. Find the proper answer to the following questions.

1. Which of these things has nothing to do with illness or disease?

a) heart trouble b) high BP c) a heart attack d) a broken heart

2. How many of these things can you catch?

a) a ball b) a bus c) a toothache d) a cold e) a headache f) your death of cold

3. When people are homesick, they

a) have to stay at home because of illness b) don’t want to stay at home any more c) are unhappy because of wanting to go back home

4. Only two of these things bleed. Which?

a) a blister b) a cut c) a wound d) a pain

5. Which of these things can be sharp?

a) a knife b) a cold c) pain d) an illness

6. Which of these things can be heavy?

a) a lag b) a cold c) a smoker d) an illness

7. Which of these two things people usually think of as more serious?

a) an illness b) a disease

Ex. 8. Transform the sentences as in the model.

Model: I want to have my temperature taken. – I want the doctor to take my temperature.

1. I want to have my pulse felt. 2. I want to have my tooth filled. 3. I want to have my tooth pulled out. 4. I want to have my blood-count taken. 5. I want to have my lungs X-rayed. 6. I want to have a prescription made out. 7. I want to have the medicine prescribed.

Ex. 9. Match the problem and its solution.

1) I’ve got a headache	a) give up smoking
2) I’ve got a toothache	b) have it X-rayed
3) I’m coughing	c) apply some ointment (мазь)
4) My nose is blocked	d) consult a surgeon
5) My nose is running	e) use some gargle (ср-во для полоскания)
6) I’ve got a temperature	f) take some aspirin
7) I’ve broken my arm	g) stay in bed for a while
8) my stomach aches	h) take some medicine
9) I’ve burnt my hand	i) go to the dentist
10) I’ve cut my finger	j) lie in the sun for a day or two
11) I can’t move my leg	k) use nasal drops
12) I’ve got a sore throat	l) use some antiseptic

Ex. 10. What medical problems might you have if…

1. You wear shoes that rub (натирают)?

2. You eat too fast?

3. You smoke a lot?

4. You stay too long in the sun?

5. You eat food that is bad?

6. You get wet on a cold day?

7. You think you’re ill all the time?

Ex. 11.What are the symptoms of these diseases?

sun-stroke food poisoning pneumonia

[nju`mounj]

flu quinsy

Ex.12.Read and decide which responses should follow the patient’s question.

1. I have a sore throat and my tonsils ([tnslz] – миндалины) are inflamed. Do you think it could be flu?	a) Not necessary. But I’ll prescribe some sleeping pills – to help you get a good night’s rest.
2. I’ve been suffering from insomnia lately. Do you think I might be heading for a nervous breakdown?	b) Well, sounds a bit like it. I’ll make you out a prescription for some antibiotics and sprays.
3. My daughter is in bed with a heavy cold and headache. How can I help her?	c) You’ll have to go to hospital for an X-ray. Now keep it in bandage for a time.
4. I’ve twisted my ankle. The pain is very sharp. Is it possible that I have broken or sprained my leg?	d) It’s just possible. I’ll strap it up anyway and put it in a sling. That should reduce your discomfort a lot.
5. Sally is very pale and anaemic but she has no complaints. What would you advice her?	e) Give her half an aspirin. Some painkillers will also ease the pain. If she is not better consult a doctor.
6. My child has a rash in his chest. Do you think it could be a skin disease?	f) She must follow the diet, take more exercise in the fresh air. Apart from that I’ll give her some vitamin pills.

Ex. 13.Put the sentences in the right order to make the story of some short illness.

1. The following morning I still didn’t feel any better, so I went down to the surgery.

2. When I woke up on Tuesday I felt sick and dizzy.

3. It cleared up the sore throat very quickly.

4. I was shivering one minute and sweating the next.

5. I started feeling ill on Monday evening. I had a bit of a temperature, so I took an aspirin and had an early night.

6. When I was at the doctor I explained my symptoms.

7. I took the prescription to the chemist, where I got an antibiotic.

8. He examined me, and said I had the flu and a sore throat.

9. I took things easy, and by the weekend I had completely recovered.

10. He gave me a prescription for the sore throat, and said that I should go to bed for a few days.

11. I had some toast, but I was sick immediately, so I went back to bed. I had a fever.

Ex. 14.a) Read the text and mark unknown words and some medical words and word combinations.

I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some slight ailment. I got down the book and read all I came to read; and then, in an unthinking moment, I idly turned the leaves and began to study diseases, generally. I forget which was the first, and before I had glanced half down the list of “premonitory symptoms”, I was sure that I had got it.

I sat for a while frozen with horror; and then in despair I again turned over the pages. I came to typhoid fever – read the symptoms – discovered that I had typhoid fever – began to get interested in my case, and so started alphabetically.

Cholera I had, with severe complications; and diphtheria I seemed to have been born with. I looked through the twenty-six letters, and the only disease I had not got was housemaid’s knee.

I sat and thought what an interesting case I must be from a medical point of view. Students would have no need to “walk the hospitals” if they had me. I was a hospital in myself. All they need do would be to walk round me, and, after that, take their diploma.

Then I wondered how long I had to live. I tried to examine myself. I felt my pulse. I couldn’t at first feel any pulse at all. Then, all of a sudden, it seemed to start off. I pulled out my watch and timed it. I made it a hundred and forty-seven to the minute. I tried to feel my heart. I could not feel my heart. It had stopped beating. I patted myself all over my front, from what I call my waist up to my head but I could not feel or heat anything. I tried to look at my tongue. I stuck it out as far ever it would go, and I shut one eye and tried to examine it with the other. I could only see the tip, but I felt more certain that before that I had scarlet fever.

I had walked into the reading-room a happy, healthy man. I crawled out a miserable wreck.

I went to my medical man. He is an old chum of mine, and feels my pulse, and looks at my tongue, and talks about the weather, all for nothing, when I fancy I’m ill. So I went up and saw him, and he said:

“Well, what’s the matter with you?”

I said:

“I will not take up your time, dear boy, with telling you what is the matter with me. Life is short and you might pass away before I had finished. But I will tell you what is not the matter with me. Everything else, however, I have got”.

And I told him how I came to discover it all.

Then he opened me and looked down me, and took hold of my wrist, and then he hit me over the chest when I wasn’t expecting it – a cowardly thing to do, I call it. After that, he sat down and wrote out a prescription, and folded it up and gave it me, and I put it in my pocket and went out.

I did not open it, I took it to the nearest chemist’s, and handed it in. The man read it, and then handed it back. He sad he didn’t keep it.

I said: ”You are a chemist?”

He said: “I am a chemist. If I was a co-operative stores and family hotel combined, I might be able to oblige you.”

I read the prescription. It ran:

“ lb¹ beefsteak, with

pt² bitter beer

every six hours.

ten-mile walk every morning.

bed at 11 sharp every night.

And don’t stuff up your head with things you don’t understand”.

I followed the directions with the happy result that my life was preserved.

b) Note down as many diseases the author had as possible.

c) What do the following words and expressions mean?

premonitory symptoms, to time the pulse, miserable wreck, to stuff up the head?

d) Give a brief-summary of the text in the third person singular.

e) What is the name of the disease which the author was really suffering?

Ex. 15. a) Read the text and say what George does not to get older and not to rust. What are the secrets of his long life?

“How to live to be 100 or more”