Level A Unit 4

Vocabulary 4
VOCABULARY PRACTICE
Complete the sentences with a word from the box.

1 Complete the sentences with a word from the box. ambulance injection prescription
temperature contagious
fish smoke alcohol
1 The doctor said my illness is
exercise vegetables
so I have to stay at home
until I’m better.
1 I hate . I never eat
2 Can you go to the pharmacy to get my
anything green!
, please?
2 I don’t drink much ,
just a glass or two at the weekend. 3 Oh no, not an ! I hate
needles!
3 I don’t get much . I prefer
4 I think his arm is broken. We’d better call
watching the TV.
an .
4 I do sometimes. I like
5 Look at this thermometer! Your
a cigarette when I have a drink.
is really high.
5 I eat a lot of oily . I love it!

2 a) Decide if the habits in exercise 1 are healthy ( ) Word Building

or unhealthy (x).
5 a) Match suffixes (1–6) with verbs (a–f).
b) Write 2 more healthy habits and 2 unhealthy 1 -ance a) construct
habits. 2 -ation b) arrive
3 -al c) restore
1
4 -ing d) appear
2
5 -ment e) learn
3 6 -ion f) develop
4
b) Write the nouns.
3 Match symptoms and illnesses (1–5) with advice 1 4
(a–e).
2 5
1 feel dizzy
3 6
2 have the flu
3 have a headache 6 Complete the sentences with the noun form
4 have toothache of the verb in brackets.
5 have a leg injury
1 I need to go to the doctor. The
(medicate) for my cough has finished.
a) don’t go for a run
2 It’s Friday night and I’m sitting at home watching
b) take an aspirin
TV. My (live) is so boring!
c) lie down
d) stay in bed for a few days 3 The (arrive) of the flight
e) go to the dentist from London is delayed by thirty minutes.
4 Medical (research) shows
that a healthy diet helps prevent illness.
5 The (populate) in the
Western world is decreasing.

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Level B Unit 4

Vocabulary 4 I think his arm is broken. We’d better call an

.
1 a) Match phrases (1–5) with words (a–e) to make 5 Look at this thermometer! Your
healthy habits is really high.
1 visit your doctor for a) oily fish
2 get enough b) sleep Word Building
3 eat plenty of c) check ups
4 five portions of d) exercise 5 Form nouns from the verbs in brackets.
5 take regular e) fruit and vegetables
1 Your work has shown a big
recently. Well done! (improve)
b) Write sentences about the healthy habits in
exercise 1. 2 You can’t go out this way. It says
only. (enter)
1
3 The of endangered
2
species is one of the most important
3 environmental issues. (preserve)
4 4 The is almost unbearable
5 as the two teams fight it out for the cup. (excite)
5 I can’t stop thinking about it. It’s becoming an
2 Write 5 unhealthy habits.
. (obsess)
1
2 6 Write 3 nouns for each suffix.
3 1 -ance:
4 2 -ation:
5 3 -al:
4 -ing:
3 Write advice for the symptoms and illnesses.
5 -ment:
1 I feel dizzy.
6 -ion:

2 I think I’ve got the flu. 7 Complete the sentences with the noun form
of a verb from the box.
3 I’ve got a headache.
medicate research live populate arrive

4 I’ve got really bad toothache.

1 I need to go to the doctor. The
for my cough has finished.
5 My leg really hurts!
2 It’s Friday night and I’m sitting at home watching
TV. My is so boring!

4 Complete the sentences with a word from Unit 4.

3 The of the flight from
London is delayed by thirty minutes.
1 The doctor said my illness is
4 Medical shows that a
so I can’t see anyone in case they catch it.
healthy diet helps prevent illness.
2 The doctor’s given me a
5 The in the Western world
so I need to go to the pharmacy to get it.
is decreasing.
3 Oh no, not an ! I hate
needles!

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