Health: Interactive Self-study Workbook
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Health: Interactive Workbook

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How to study: complete each task at home and check it. After checking Exercises 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9, copy the useful phrases into your notebook.

In class: use the two teacher discussion blocks to practise speaking and recycle the vocabulary.

Note: this workbook is for English practice, not medical advice.

Vocabulary: Healthy living

Learn and use vocabulary for a healthy lifestyle.

1

Rank the habits from 1 to 8. Use each number once.

1 = the most important to you. This task checks completion, not your opinion.

Human body and healthcare professionals

Revise body parts and medical jobs.

2

Match the body parts to their primary roles.

breathe airdigest foodmovecirculate blood

Example: Our lungs help us to breathe air.

3

Match the healthcare professionals to the statements.

midwifecardiologistdentistparamedicportersurgeonpaediatriciandermatologistspeech therapistGP
  1. “I perform operations on patients.”
  2. “I treat people who have problems with their skin.”
  3. “I treat ill children.”
  4. “I help women to give birth.”
  5. “I treat people’s teeth.”
  6. “I treat people who have problems with their heart.”
  7. “I take care of patients in an ambulance.”
  8. “I move patients and equipment around a hospital.”
  9. “I’m a doctor who provides general healthcare.”
  10. “I help people who have speech difficulties.”

Illnesses and injuries

Practise words for common illnesses and injuries.

4

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

muscleeyeblood pressuresicknessankleheartburnhearing
  1. The doctor says I have high and need to reduce my salt intake.
  2. My grandfather has very poor , which is why he wears a hearing aid.
  3. Yesterday, Sam fell over while he was running and twisted his .
  4. My dad suffers from , so he takes an antacid tablet when he finishes a meal.
  5. I think I’ve pulled a in my leg.
  6. How did you get that black ?
  7. I hate travelling by sea as I get motion .
5

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

scarstitchesbruiseslingcastgrazecrutches
  1. How long will your arm be in that for?
  2. It’s only a on your leg — you don’t need a bandage.
  3. I was on for three months after I broke my leg.
  4. That’s a nasty black on your leg.
  5. I have an old on my leg from a skiing accident when I was young.
  6. The bone’s broken so we’ll need to put your arm in a plaster .
  7. The doctor says I need five in my cut.

Symptoms and treatment

Practise symptoms and useful verbs.

6

Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

concussionrunny nosevomitingitchy eyesswollen glandsblurry vision
  1. I had mild after banging my head on the cupboard door.
  2. If I start to get , I know I’m about to have a migraine headache.
  3. The worst thing about a cold is the !
  4. When I had food poisoning, I spent the whole day .
  5. “The reason you have is that your body is fighting an infection,” said the doctor.
  6. Matt gets hay fever every spring and suffers from .
7

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct form.

relievehealapplycureprescribetreat
  1. Many types of cancer can be if the disease is found early enough.
  2. The doctor a course of antibiotics for his ear infection.
  3. She took some aspirin to the pain of her headache.
  4. This herbal ointment wounds fast.
  5. The dermatologist told her to the cream to her face twice a day.
  6. That doctor avoids his patients with antibiotics unless they are necessary.

Teacher discussion 1

Use this block in class after the first half of the self-study tasks.

Vocabulary check: answer in full sentences.

  1. What three habits are important for a healthy lifestyle? Use phrases from the first task.
  2. Which body parts help us circulate blood, digest food, breathe air, and move?
  3. Who treats teeth, skin, heart problems, ill children, and speech difficulties?
  4. What can happen if someone falls while running? Use at least three injury words.
  5. Which symptoms can a person have with a cold, hay fever, food poisoning, or a migraine?
  6. What is the difference between a bruise, a graze, and a scar?

Exam-style general questions.

  1. What do people usually do to keep fit and healthy?
  2. Why do some teenagers find it difficult to lead a healthy lifestyle?
  3. Should schools teach students more about health and first aid? Why?
  4. Is prevention more important than treatment? Give reasons.
  5. How can technology help people look after their health?

Disabilities: Word formation

Form the correct words in context.

8

Use the words in brackets to form new words.

The Paralympics

The Paralympics are an international sports event for athletes with (1) (physical) disabilities that are held once every four years. They allow athletes with disabilities ranging from (2) (blind) to cerebral palsy to compete on the world stage. (3) (compete) are placed in different categories so that athletes with similar disabilities compete against each other. For example, people who are (4) (visual) impaired do not compete with people who have had (5) (amputate). Some of the sports in the Paralympics are (6) (specific) designed for athletes with disabilities, such as wheelchair rugby, but most sports are the same as those in the Olympic Games. Nowadays, the Paralympics are a huge event, with increasing media (7) (cover) around the world.

Healthcare

Practise hospital vocabulary and medical fields.

9

Choose the correct word.

  1. The doctor wrote a(n) / for some pills.
  2. Lisa had to undergo a medical / before she could become a pilot.
  3. The patient was under anaesthetic throughout the /.
  4. They carried the injured football player off the field on a /.
  5. The porter wheeled the patient into the / theatre.
  6. Greg slept in a / that had four other patients.
  7. The ambulance rushed the man from the accident scene to the /.
  8. Her leg was in plaster for six weeks after she broke one of her /.
  9. When are the visiting /?
  10. He’s / to nuts. He always gets a / when he eats them.
10

Match the medical fields to their areas of speciality.

the eyespregnant womenX-rays and ultrasoundsthe heartthe elderlythe teeththe feetthe nervous system

Example: Neurology is the study of the nervous system.

Therapies

Use vocabulary connected with treatments and alternative therapies.

11

Complete the text with the words from the box.

pharmaceuticalailmentsalternativechronicmeditationtreatmentprescribe

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Teacher discussion 2

Use this block in class after the whole self-study page.

Vocabulary check: answer in full sentences.

  1. Which verbs collocate with disease, antibiotics, pain, wounds, cream, and patients?
  2. Describe the Paralympics using at least four words from the text.
  3. Where would an ambulance take an injured person after an accident?
  4. Which medical fields deal with the nervous system, the elderly, feet, eyes, X-rays, the heart, and teeth?
  5. Explain the difference between prescription and recipe, ward and carriage, rash and rush.
  6. What treatments or therapies might help a person with a chronic health problem?

Exam-style general questions.

  1. What qualities should doctors and nurses have?
  2. Should healthcare be free for everyone? Why or why not?
  3. How can society support people with disabilities better?
  4. Do you think alternative therapies can be useful? Give reasons.
  5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of looking for medical advice online?
  6. Why is media coverage of disability sport important?
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