5 What doctor will you go to?

The words below may help you.

ear, nose and throat specialist / therapeutist / oculist / dentist cardiologist / surgeon / neuropathologist / endocrinologist ur(in)ologist / psychiatrist

What doctor will you go to if you

• need to have a tooth filled / stopped / pulled out

• need to be operated on for appendicitis

• have a sore eye

• suffer from insomnia

• have high blood pressure

• are hard of hearing

• have kidney trouble

• have a back problem

• have a heart murmur

• have a running nose

• have metabolic disorders

• have a vocal cords problem?

6 Here is a list of some diseases.

Pay attention to the word-building patterns:

a) ~ ache	b) suffix ~ itis	c) sore + noun
headache toothache heart-ache stomach-ache	appendicitis bronchitis arthritis tonsillitis	sore throat sore finger sore eye sore lip

Can you add a few more items to the lists above?

7 Use the suffixes ~ness, ~ity, ~ment to form the equivalents of

the noun “disease” from the following words:

adj.: ill, sick, infirm verb: to ail

Make up your own sentences with these words.

8 Match these diseases with their symptoms.

1) flu 2) pneumonia 3) rheumatism 4) chickenpox 5) mumps 6) an ulcer 7) a sprain 8) h(a)emorrhage 9) cancer 10) tuberculosis 11) malaria 12) quinsy

a) wasting disease, affecting various parts of the body’s tissues, esp. lungs; b) excessive bleeding; escape of blood (e.g. in the brain); c) kinds of fever conveyed by mosquitoes; d) swelling and pain in a joint after an accident; e) a malignant tumor that tends to invade surrounding tissue and spread to new body sites; f) acute inflammation of the tonsils and the surrounding tissue; g) dry cough, high fever, chest pain, rapid breathing; h) swollen glands in front of ear, earache or pain on eating; i) rash starting on body, slightly raised temperature; j) burning pain in abdomen, pain or nausea after eating; k) headache, aching muscles, fever, cough, sneezing; l) swollen, painful joints, stiffness, limited movement.

9 What medical problem might you have if ………………………….

1) you wear shoes that rub? 2) you eat too fast? 3) you smoke a lot? 4) you play football? 5) you go skiing? 6) you stay too long in the sun?

8) you run unusually fast for a bus? 9) you eat food that is bad? 10) a mosquito bites you? 11) you get wet on a cold day? 12) you think you’re ill all the time?

10 When and what for can the following things be used?

cups drops a hot-water bottle an injection an inoculation/ a vaccination

a mustard plaster an ointment scales a thermometer crutches

wheel-chair plaster cast anaesthetic contact lenses glasses/ spectacles

11 Complete the following table:

noun	adjective	verb
.………………… …………………. …………………. …………………. ache .................... treatment............. .………………… ………………….	breathless faint shivery dislocated .………………… …………………. swollen painful (~less)	.………………… …………………. …………………. …………………. .………………… …………………. .………………… ………………….

12 Fill the gaps with suitable words.

1. If you want to find out someone’s temperature, use a ............... .

2. Please don’t cough all over everyone! Don’t forget that a cold is ........................................................................................................ .

As it is a virus, there is no .................................................. for it.

3. I hurt my wrist yesterday playing football and today it’s .......... .

4. I had to wait three-quarters of an hour in the doctor’s ............... .

5. I went to the doctor about my insomnia and she prescribed some

..................................................................................................... .

6. The main symptom of hay fever is that you keep ...................... .

7. It was quite a bad cut and it was bleeding a lot, so I put on a .... .

8. I think he’s broken his leg! Quick, someone call an ….............. .

9. If someone is seriously ill they may need to go to hospital to

have an ....................................................................................... .

10. I hate going to the dentist — I’ve got to have two

…….................................................................................... done.

11. If you want to stay fit, don’t eat too much and take plenty of

................................................................................................... .

12. Her mother sent her to bed because she had a …..................... .

13. He was ten kilos overweight and was advised to go on a ….... .

14. You’ve eaten too much, that’s why you have a pain in your ... .

15. Oh dear, I feel awful. I think I’m going to ............................... .

13 Choose the best alternative to fill each of the gaps.

1. If you want antibiotics, you’ll have to ask the doctor for a ….... .

medicine note prescription receipt recipe

2. She was in terrible pain, so the nurse gave her a(n) ................... .

injection scratch stab vaccine wound

3. If you’ve got measles, your skin is covered in ........................... .

blots dots freckles spots stains

4. Why not take up tennis? It’ll help you to keep fit and it’s a great ………………………………………………………………..…... .

amusement game match play tournament

5. He didn’t feel like going to the party because he had a terrible …………………………………………………………………… .

disease headache homesickness infection nostalgia.