UNIT 11 FURTHER PRACTICE

ENGLISH 7- UNIT 11 (FURTHER PRACTICE)

I. Circle the odd one out.
1. ate drink speak take
2. ill sick sad unwell
3. doctor nurse dentist teacher
4. tablet chocolate medicine pill
5. virus flu headache stomachache
6. coughing sneezing disease running nose
II. Reorder the sentences to make up a dialogue.
………………. Did you go to the doctor’s?
………………. Yes, I’m fine now, thanks.
………………. Were you here last week, Kien?
………………. I had a sore throat and a headache.
………………. Do you feel better now?
………………. Oh, I’m sorry to hear that. What was wrong?
………………. No, I didn’t. I just stayed in bed.
………………. No, I wasn’t. I didn’t feel well.
III. Complete the blank in each sentence with the right form of the word in brackets.
1. Mrs. Oanh’s daughter is having a ……………………………… check-up. (medicine)
2. We need to know your ………………………………, Minh. (weigh)
3. An has a toothache. It’s very ……………………………… (pain)
4. Catching a common cold is ……………………………… for everybody. (please)
5. Don’t worry! Your cold will last for a few days and then ……………………………… (appear)
IV. Rewrite these clauses with “had better”
Ex: It’s raining heavily. Don’t go out
You had better not go out (because it’s raining heavily)
1. I advise you to brush your teeth at least twice a day.
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2. Linh shouldn’t stay up too late.
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3. You should do morning exercises regularly.
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4. She has a headache. I advise her to take some aspirin.
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5. You shouldn’t make a noise in hospital.
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6. I advise him to have regular meals.
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7. We shouldn’t smoke and drink wine.
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8. It’s getting dark. The boys should stop playing football.
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9. It’s very cold. Don’t open the window.
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10. Nam is so tired. He should take a rest.
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V. Choose the best answer to complete each blank below.
Your head aches and you sneeze and cough. Your (0) ………………… is all stuffed up, and it keeps running, so you have to blow it every few minutes. You know by these (1) ………………… that you have a cold, and you feel completely (2) ………………… You are not sure if you will live through the day.
Everyone suffers (3) ………………… the common cold at some time or other. It isn’t serious (4) …………………, but over a billion dollars a year is spent on different kinds of cold medicine every year. This medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make you cough (5) …………………, make your head less intense, and stop your nose (6) ………………… for a while. However, it can’t cure your cold. So far, (7) ………………… no cure for the common cold and no medicine to prevent it.
(8) ………………… there is no cure or preventive medicine for colds, people have all kinds of ideas about (9) ………………… prevent and treat colds. Some people think that if you eat lots of onions, you won’t catch cold. (10) ………………… say that you should avoid getting wet and chilled, or you will catch cold. However, this is apparently not so.

0. A. nose B. face C. head D. mouth
1. A. diseases B. fevers C. cures D. symptoms
2. A. sad B. hungry C. miserable D. thirsty
3. A. from B. of C. with D. about
4. A. misery B. illness C. headache D. wrong
5. A. less B. fewer C. much D. more
6. A. walking B. jogging C. running D. flowing
7. A. it is B. there is C. they are D. there are
8. A. Although B. Despite C. In spite D. But
9. A. what B. why C. where D. how
10. A. Other’s B. Another C. Others D. Other
VI. Rewrite the sentence using the word in bracket.
Ex: How old is your grandfather? (