Illness Collocations

Writing - English Language

Illness Collocations

 

I. Find five verbs and five nouns or adjectives to make illness collocations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

0. FEEL SICK

1. _________________

2. _________________

3. _________________

4. _________________

5. _________________

 

 

 

II. Put the letters in order to make collocations.

    a). leef ciks

    b). ese a rctood

    c). amek na mpitntpoean

    d). vaeh na oiranpteo

    e). teg teertb

    f). etka rome scexiere

 

III. Complete the text with collocations from exercise 2. Use the correct form of the verbs.

     I was __0  feeling sick __  one day a few months ago. I didn`t think much about it, but the next day I was still feeling ill and I was also feeling very tired. It was the same the next day and the day after that. My wife told me I should __1 ________ . Now, I don`t really like going to the doctor`s, but I was starting to get a bit worried. Something just didn`t feel right. So I phoned the surgery that afternoon to __ 2 _________ for the next day.

   The doctor did a few tests and and he seemed really quite worried. In fact, he was so worried that he phoned immediately for an ambulance. I was rushed to hospital, where they did more tests. Finally, after about five hours, a doctor came and saw me. He said I could have a heart attack at any moment and that I needed to __ 3 __________ immediately.

    It was a real shock, but what could I say? So I followed the doctor`s orders and spent the next few months __ 4 __________ . I went for a check – up the other day and the doctor says I`m fine. I just need to eat a little less and __ 5 ________ .

    

Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings.

Writing - English Language

1. I am interested in learning English. 

=> I like _________________________________________________

2. Lan likes using the computer best in her free time

=> Lan's favorite

3. I am interested in going camping with my close friends.

=> I fancy

4. Mr. Pike is a big fan of water polo.

=> Mr. Pike is fond

5. It is not a problem to me whether I have to pick her up to the cinema or not.

=> I don’t mind

6. John cannot bear listening to such kind of noisy music.

=> John dislikes

7. Watching historical films is very interesting to my younger brother.

=> My younger brother enjoys

8. She cannot bear talking with him about what he likes.

=> She hates

9. The thing that I hate most is motor racing, and I will never do it in my life.

=> I detest

10. It is really interesting for him to talk with his music teacher about jazz.

=> He fancies

11. He uses all his free time to look after his garden.

=> He spends

12. Making crafts or collecting things like stamps and coins are very interesting.

=> It’s very

13. We usually visit museums when we have leisure time.

=> We enjoy

14. I don’t like to get up early and prepare breakfast in the cold winter days.

=> I hate

15. It took us 30 minutes to rehearse the song.

=> We spent

16. It took Tom one hour to travel to his hometown last week.

=> Tom spent

17. It took him 30 minutes to watch the play.

=> He spent

18. He likes swimming and sunbathing.

=> He is interested

19. It took her nearly an hour to do the crossword.

=> She spent

20. My teacher enjoys listening to folk songs in her free time as this helps her to reduce stress.

=> My teacher likes

21. Jane likes skateboarding although this has hurt her leg and arm some times.         

=> Jane fancies

22. My aunt really loves surfing the Internet. She can even do it all day without being tired at all.

=> My aunt adores

23. Ngoc dislikes doing any sports or exercises, so her health is not good enough to study.

=> Ngoc doesn’t like

24. Some of my friends fancy making crafts. They often save money for some craft kits.

=> Some of my friends enjoy

25. Cindy is extremely interested in taking care of her pets. She doesn’t mind doing it every day.

=> Cindy adores ______________________________________________________________________

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