Focus 3 - Unit 6 - Good health

Choose the correct option.

1. Alex goes to the skate park with his friends every day but his parents wish he                [wouldn't spend, doesn't spend] so much time there.

2. I don't have enough money to take a taxi. If only taxis         [weren't, aren't] so expensive in London!

3. Jenny has been studying all summer. She wishes she            [would stop, could stop] , but her exams are next week.

4. Everyone in my family hates going to the dentist. If only we                  [didn't have to, wouldn't have to] go twice a year!

5. My favourite band is coming to the UK next summer. I wish they      [come, came] to play a concert in my city.

6. A band at my school is looking for a singer. If only I            [would sing, could sing] well!

7. I know that sometimes I can be quite impatient. I just wish I         [were, weren't] so impatient.

Health

When you go to         ^{[see, look, watch]} a new doctor, you are likely to hear the same questions that you've answered hundreds of times before. ‘Do you take any medication? Are you allergic to anything? Have you ever broken a bone or              ^{[removed, dislocated, turned]} your shoulder?’

Actually, I had lots of accidents when I was a child. For example, when I was ten, I had to spend a month in bed after a bad fall. My mother blamed herself and would repeat, ‘If you hadn't climbed that tree, you                     ^{[won't break, wouldn't break, would have broken]}two ribs.’ She became overprotective after the accident. She was always worried about my health, and I knew that it          ^{[broke, damaged, hurt]}her heart every time I got ill or injured. That didn’t change my behaviour, though.

I don't have any children, but if I          ^{[have, did, had had]}, I wouldn't try to protect them from all possible dangers. It never works. Sometimes you just can’t prevent them         ^{[off, from, out of]} getting hurt. And I think it is the lack of physical activity that is more dangerous for most people nowadays.

I've just taken up running. I want to take____ in the New York City marathon next year.