19 Divide the names of illnesses into groups.

1 INFECTIOUS DISEASES:

2 MENTAL DISORDERS:

3 RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ILLNESSES:

4 STOMACH AND INTESTINAL ILLNESSES:

5 HEART AND BLOOD VESSELS ILLNESSES

20 Choose the main symptom or symptoms from the table given below for the illnesses (1-6).

Symptoms: I want to vomit (= be sick), a sore throat, sneezing, headache, feeling sick, a cough, aching muscles and a temperature( e.g. 39.5), runny nose, sore eyes, difficulty in breathing, I keep going to the toilet

Illnesses:

1 a cold: ........................................................................................

2 flu: ............................................................................................

3 hay fever: ..................................................................................

4 a hangover: ................................................................................

5 diarrhoea: ..................................................................................

6 asthma: .....................................................................................

21 Study the following examples of synonyms and words usually confused by Russian learners and fill in the missing words into the sentences below.

ILL — SICK In modern English to be ill means to be in bad health, to be unwell, while in the USA to be sick is used in this meaning. Thus when an American says that he was sick he means that he was ill but when an Englishman says he was sick he means that he threw up or was ready to throw up food from his stomach (vomiting). Mind: both in England and in the USA the sick man means one who is ill. The word ill is never used before a noun in this meaning. When used before a noun it means bad e. g. He is an ill-tempered person

1 The nurse mixed the medicine with a tea-spoon and gave it to the____ man who sat up in bed to take it.

2 When people are ____ and have a temperature of over 39 degrees we say they are in a high fever.

3 When I go on board a ship or a boat, I feel____.

4 He was suddenly taken ___.

ILLNESS — DISEASE Illness and disease are often used in the same ways. Disease is a more general word. illness: the state of being ill. e. g. His illness prevented him from taking his examinations together with his group. disease: refers to a particular kind of illness with special symptoms and name; is used for a serious condition. e. g. The grippe, scarlet fever and measles are diseases.

1 What did comrade X. die of? Did he suffer from any chronic ___ or complications after a serious ___?

2 The ____ was catching, and the doctor said he would put me on the sick-list.

3 The grippe scarlet fever and measles are catching ____.

4 His____ prevented him from going to school together with his friends.