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Vocabulary Activities

Words related to Health

CONTENTS

1. Mixed letters......................................................................................................................................2

2. ...............................................................................................................................2 Cards for games

3. .........................................................................................................................................3 Crossword

4. ..............................................................................................................................6 Mixed Sentences

5. ..............................................................................................8 Wordsearch – Verbs related to health

6. ...................................................................................10 Gap fill sentences – words related to health

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1. Mixed letters

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters of each word. Write a word or words on the board. The students then race to identify the vocabulary.

elef feel eatproe operate hatcc catch escallop collapse rhut hurt ovedple develop falk oeort look after tnfai faint kaet take chit itch deble bleed thraccs scratch ubnr burn tranis strain hugoc cough waset sweat junire injure retta treat

2. Cards for games These pre-prepared cards can be used for a variety of games and activities. For more ideas take

a look at Quick Vocabulary Activities on the Teacher Support website. Click here.

feel treat

feel treat

catch sweat

catch sweat

hurt strain

hurt strain

look scratch

look scratch

take itch

take itch

bleed faint

bleed faint

burn develop

burn develop

cough collapse

cough collapse

injure operate

injure operate




1. Crossword

Across 3. to lose blood (5) 5. to experience something physical or emotional (4)

7. to damage a muscle or similar soft part of the body caused by using that part too much (6) 8. to cut a body open for medical reasons (7) 9. to use drugs, exercises, etc. to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury (5) 13. to produce liquid through your skin because you are hot or nervous (5) 14. to fall down because of illness or weakness (8) 15. to feel pain in a part of your body (4) 16. to make air come out of your throat with a short sound (5)

Down 1. to hurt or cause physical harm to a person (6) 2. to suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down (5) 3. to cause something to be hurt by heat (4) 4. to swallow or use a medicine or drug (4) 6. to take care of someone or something (4-5) 10. to rub your skin with your nails (7) 11. to have or cause an uncomfortable feeling on the skin (4) 12. (an illness) to become more serious (7) 14. to get an illness, especially one caused by bacteria or a virus (5)



Solution

Across 3. BLEED 5. FEEL 7. STRAIN 8. OPERATE 9. TREAT 13. SWEAT 14. COLLAPSE 15. HURT 16. COUGH

Down 1. INJURE 2. FAINT 3. BURN 4. TAKE 6. LOOK AFTER 10. SCRATCH 11. ITCH 12. DEVELOP 14. CATCH

For more ideas on how to use crosswords in class have a look at Quick Vocabulary Activities on the Teacher Support website. Click here.




2. Mixed Sentences

Rearrange the words to make complete sentences.

1. too / feel / I / today / hot

2. I / a / caught / when / was / on / disease / holiday / I

3. hurt / eyes / really / my / much / if / I / computer / use / too / the

4. nurses / the / in / will / look / hospital / after / you / the

5. this / three / a / medicine / take / day / times

6. bleeding / bandage / with / stop / the / try / to / a

7. oven / hot / careful / don’t / on / burn / yourself / the / you / be

8. because / all / coughed / day / I / cold / had / a / I

9. my / playing / I / injured / football / leg

10. she / operate / if / better / get / need / doesn’t / the / will / to / doctor

11. died / he / collapsed / heart / and / of / attack / a

12. develop / might / your / into / illness / serious / something / more

13. blood / saw / she / when / fainted / she / the

14. hat / head / my / this / itch / makes /

15. mosquito / don’t / your / bites / scratch

16. strained / computer / using / all / wrist / day / I / my / mouse / the / my / on / by

17. sweating / ran / I / was / and / was / I / day / as / hot / it / a

18. cancer / he’s / for / treated / being



Mixed Sentences - Answers

1. I feel too hot today.

2. I caught a disease when I was on holiday.

3. My eyes really hurt if I use the computer too much.

4. The nurses in the hospital will look after you.

5. Take this medicine three times a day.

6. Try to stop the bleeding with a bandage.

7. Be careful you don’t burn yourself on the hot oven.

8. I coughed all day because I had a cold.

9. I injured my leg playing football.

10. If she doesn’t get better the doctor will need to operate.

11. He collapsed and died of a heart attack.

12. Your illness might develop into something more serious.

13. She fainted when she saw the blood.

14. This hat makes my head itch.

15. Don’t scratch your mosquito bites.

16. I strained my wrist by using the mouse on my computer all day.

17. It was a hot day and I was sweating as I ran.

18. He’s being treated for cancer.



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3. Wordsearch – Verbs related to health

c o t u l b l e e d n t g h h u

i o v s w e a t h i y c e r i r

b z u e s p a l l o c e a t k b

a a u g m i o h l u e o o t u i

o w r a h c f u r p n m i a c y

d o o o i a p r j s o t i g t h

n a r n t i r t b v c l l o a f

e i f e e l x f a a n r e w i v

a w l o o k a f t e r e a v o f

e t b s r g s e f a i n t t e w

d a i t r i w r n h s e s a c d

e e n a a s a r c a e a t e s h

i r j k h t u t z e u a r a i d

i t u e n b i a r i w t a x v c

i a r o p e r a t e e i i i s n

c z e e e l e b o e t o n w e k

Can you find these health words in the puzzle?

feel catch hurt

look after take

bleed

burn cough injure

operate collapse develop

faint itch

scratch strain sweat treat

Words related to health Word Search - Solution

c o t u l b l e e d n t g h h u

i o v s w e a t h i y c e r i r

b z u e s p a l l o c e a t k b

a a u g m i o h l u e o o t u i

o w r a h c f u r p n m i a c y

d o o o i a p r j s o t i g t h

n a r n t i r t b v c l l o a f

e i f e e l x f a a n r e w i v

a w l o o k a f t e r e a v o f

e t b s r g s e f a i n t t e w

d a i t r i w r n h s e s a c d

e e n a a s a r c a e a t e s h

i r j k h t u t z e u a r a i d

i t u e n b i a r i w t a x v c

i a r o p e r a t e e i i i s n

c z e e e l e b o e t o n w e k

For more ideas on how to use wordsearches in class have a look at Quick Vocabulary Activities on the Teacher Support website. Click here.




4. Gap fill sentences – words related to health

These can be used with a wordsearch, crossword, another exercise or just on their own. More than one tense may be used. Regular and continuous tenses are indicated.

1. I …… too hot today.

2. I ……… a disease when I was on holiday.

3. My eyes really …... if I use the computer too much.

4. The nurses in the hospital will …………. you.

5. …… this medicine three times a day.

6. Try to stop the …….ing with a bandage.

7. Be careful you don’t …… yourself on the hot oven.

8. I ……ed all day because I had a cold.

9. I ……ed my leg playing football.

10. If she doesn’t get better the doctor will need to……...

11. He ………ed and died of a heart attack.

12. Your illness might ………… into something more serious.

13. She ………ed when she saw the blood.

14. This hat makes my head ……….

15. Don’t ………. your mosquito bites.

16. I …………ed my wrist by using the mouse on my computer all day.

17. It was a hot day and I was …….ing as I ran.

18. He’s being ……..ed for cancer.





Gap fill Sentences – Answers

1. I feel too hot today.

2. I caught a disease when I was on holiday.

3. My eyes really hurt if I use the computer too much.

4. The nurses in the hospital will look after you.

5. Take this medicine three times a day.

6. Try to stop the bleeding with a bandage.

7. Be careful you don’t burn yourself on the hot oven.

8. I coughed all day because I had a cold.

9. I injured my leg playing football.

10. If she doesn’t get better the doctor will need to operate.

11. He collapsed and died of a heart attack.

12. Your illness might develop into something more serious.

13. She fainted when she saw the blood.

14. This hat makes my head itch.

15. Don’t scratch your mosquito bites.

16. I strained my wrist by using the mouse on my computer all day.

17. It was a hot day and I was sweating as I ran.

18. He’s being treated for cancer.

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