Good health

1 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.

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

We are doing a run to help ___________ money for cancer research .

If you continue to eat sweets every day, you will definitely ___________ weight.

She is in a ___________ condition after the accident, and the doctors aren’t sure she will survive.

Did you learn how to give first ___________ at school? Would you be able to help somebody in danger?

I couldn't help notice that Carrie had a new gold watch on her ___________ and a diamond ring on her finger.

Many emergency workers         (bring into the world) a baby in someone’s home or on the way to hospital.

Instead of giving them gifts for their anniversary, my parents would like you to         (give for the purpose of providing help) money to their favourite charity.

Simple mosquito nets can       (protect) lives in areas where the insects spread disease.

I'm taking part in the charity walk next weekend. You can         (give money to someone who is taking part in an event organised by a charity) me if you want.

You won't be able to buy these tablets if a doctor doesn't write a              (an order for a medication) for you.

There isn't enough equipment to        (give medical care) this disease here. You need to go to the capital.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

be not have not hurt join learn stop

0 If I were you, I wouldn't touch the cut with a dirty hand.

1 My friend is complaining about his health all the time. I wish he            !

2 If I wanted to get more exercise,                you) a gym with me?

3 I've been walking all day! I'm really tired and I wish my feet             so much.

4 If George             a car, he would probably go to work by bike.

5 I would like to know more about being healthy. If only we                     more about eating habits at school!

Choose the correct option.

HEALTH

When you go to ⁰       [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 ¹            [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 ²                      [won't break, wouldn't break, wouldn’t have broken] two ribs.’ She became overprotective after the accident. She was always worried about my health, and I knew that it ³         [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 ⁴         [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 ⁵        [off, from, out of]getting hurt. And I think it is the lack of physical activity that is more dangerous for most people nowadays.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the

word in CAPITALS.

0 I often wash my hands so that I won’t get sick. AVOID

I often wash my hands to avoid getting sick.

1 Helen is staying home from work so that she won’t give others her flu. AS

Helen has been staying home from work so                           others.

2 These tablets are disgusting – I hate them. NOT

If                                     so disgusting!

3 I don't have enough money to study medicine in Oxford. IF

I would study medicine in Oxford          more money.

4 She wasn’t serious when she told you that. She was joking. LEG

She was just                  .

5 Helen broke her leg because she went snowboarding without any training. GONE

If Helen                          without any training, she wouldn't have broken her leg.