English Vocabulary Exercises - Health & the Body - Exercise 4-1

Matching exercise

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. She was quite _______________ as a young woman, but put on a lot of weight after having a baby.
2. The entire family was treated for _______________ after their house was destroyed by the tornado.
3. I _______________ my back picking up a large box while we were moving into our new apartment.
4. She is on a low-fat _______________ to reduce her risk of heart disease.
5. My daughter is quite sick; she has a bad cough, a high _______________, and a runny nose.
6. My brother has a lot of food _______________, so he really has to watch what he eats.
7. My son came home with a _______________ nose after getting into a fight at school.
8. He has really big _______________ in his arms because he works out everyday.
9. Bobby had a bad _______________ on his arm from where he was hit with a rock thrown by his sister.
10. She has been _______________ from cancer for a couple of years now.
11. A customer started to _______________ on a piece of steak in the restaurant, but luckily someone knew what to do, and was able to help him.
12. The air is so polluted that it's almost difficult to _______________ there.
13. He got really sick after catching some kind of _______________ from a co-worker.
14. One _______________ of this medication should be enough to stop the infection.
15. My wife is _______________, and we are expecting the baby in May.