If you drop very hot liquid on your skin, you will ____ yourself.
burn
Name the UK and USA words for something you should put on a small cut.
a plaster (UK)
a band aid (USA)
What should you do when you feel unwell? l__ d___ (on a sofa)
lie down
/ʃiːz gɒt ə haɪ ˈtɛmprɪʧə/
She's got a high temperature.
When you have a cold, you s____ and c____
sneeze and cough
Name an infectious illness like a bad cold that causes fever, pain and weakness.
flu
If a piece of food gets stuck in your throat, you might
choke
Name something you might get if you eat food which is past its use-by-date.
food poisoning
Name two ways of describing an injury that can happen to your ankle.
a twisted ankle, a sprained ankle
Name two verbs that mean 'to vomit'.
to throw up, to be sick
When something you’ve eaten, breathed in or touched makes you ill and you need antihistamines, you have an
allergic reaction
How would you describe a part of your body that has got bigger because of an injury?
swollen
This is a bubble of skin you might get after you burn yourself or if your shoes are too small.
a blister
Name verb and a phrasal verb that mean to become unconscious and a phrasal verb that means to become conscious again.
to faint, to pass out, to come round
You might feel like this if you stand up too quickly.
dizzy
/aɪv gɒt ə ˈtɛrəbl ˈstʌmək eɪk/
I've got a terrible stomach ache.
ʃiːz ˈhævɪŋ ən əˈlɜːʤɪk ri:ˈækʃən.
She's having an allergic reaction.
This is un unpleasant symptom of food poisoning.
diarrhoea
Name something you might get on the beach if you’re not careful.
sunburn
Name three parts of your body that we use with ‘ache’.
back, ear, head, stomach, tooth
Name something that can be high, often because of stress or bad diet.
blood pressure
Symptoms of coronavirus include a r_____ n_____ and n_____ c_____.
a runny nose, nasal congestion
Name a phrasal verb that means to recover from an illness.
to get over
If you cut your finger with a sharp object, it will
bleed