I was looking for some interesting material to talk about diseases in classes. But at the time we need to use some specific vocabulary, teachers (and I´m included for sure), tend to present in a inconsistent way ... So I thought about some kind of clues to challenge "Intermediate Students" to guess about this theme and comprehend some new expressions.
Hope it´d be useful!
:)
HEALTH AND MEDICINE REVISION RACE: How many of these words can you complete in three minutes?
1. Flu and colds are caused by a kind of v_____________.
2. She fell over when she was training and now her ankle is really s________________.
3. You should eat less salt with your meals as your b____________ p_________________ is very high.
4. I can´t eat nuts – I have an a________________ to them.
5. Natural medicine which treats the cause of na illness not the symptoms is called h____________________.
6. My brother drank too much last night and now he´s got a terrible h_________________.
7. A surgeon does an operation in the o_____________ th____________.
8. Some tablets give you strange symptoms. These are called s___________ e______________.
9. People over 40 should have a c___________-u_____________ at least once every two years.
10. If you smoke, are overweight, and do no exercise you run the risk of having a h_____________ a______________.
*Answer-key: virus; swollen; body pressure; allergy; homeopathy; hangover or headache; operation theater or room-OR; side effects; check-up; heart attack.
