Vocabulary: Injuries and illnesses

1. Alex gets seriously ill if she eats peanuts because she has an allergic ________ to them.

• attack

• condition

• reaction

2. My youngest son keeps having to go to the toilet. He’s got ________.

• a rash

• diahrroea

• a blister

           You should cover your mouth when you ________ to stop any illnesses spreading

• sneeze

• swallow

• vomit

4. Jack cut his foot badly on some broken glass and had to have five

• injections

• stitches

• wounds

5. I suddenly ________ and then I fainted.

• felt dizzy

• was unconscious

• had a blister

6. I hate ________ but I need to have some before I go travelling in Asia.

• bandages

• injections

• syringes

7. I’ve got a(n) ________. It really hurts when I speak.

• earache

• headache

• sore throat

8. A woman in the restaurant’s ________ on a fish bone! Can you help?

• swallowing

• choking

• vomiting

9. My head ________ if I spend too long staring at a computer screen.

• aches

• vomits

• bleeds

10. It was difficult to walk when I ________ my ankle, but luckily it got better quickly.

• bandaged

• swollen

• sprained