Lesson 1: My toe is bleeding

A. Using a dictionary, check the meaning of any words you don't know. Write the words below in the correct set. there are five words in each set.

• Treatment: bandage, cream, medicine, plaster, pills.
• Joints: ankle, elbow, knee, shoulder, wrist.
• Verbs: breathe, cough, faint, sneeze, swallow.
• Inside and outside the body: blood, bones, heart, skin, stomach.

C. Complete each sentence with a word from the box.

1. Have you got a cold? No, I always sneeze when I put pepper on my food.
2. He was sick three times in the night. I think the food at the restaurant where he ate wasn't very fresh.
3. She cut her hand while she was chopping vegetables. It was a very deep cut and it was bleeding a lot, so she had to go to hospital and have it stitched.
4. My back pain all time. It only feels OK when I am lying down.
5. She can't play tennis. She has broken her right arm.
6. I went swimming yesterday and now my eyes are sore from the chemicals in the pool.
7. Where exactly is the hurts and how long have you had it?
8. It was a very hot day and she hadn't eaten or drunk anything all day. That's why she suddenly went pale and felt dizzy during the lesson.