Vocabulary Illness & Medicine

ILLNESS and MEDICINE 'mEdsIn Illness a broken arm /leg … a cold a cough a headache a sore throat a sprained ankle/wrist

kAf 'hedeIk s%: Dr&Ut Sspreind G1kl

a stomachache a temperature backache earache `flu Infection

'st^m&keIk 'tempr&t$&:

Toothache

'tu:TeIk

What’s wrong? /rAN/ What’s the matter? /mGt&/

He’s got flu I’ve got a cold

'bGkeIk 'I&reIk flu:

At the doctor’s ambulance Bandage Injection Ointment Painkiller Patient prescription Tablets

'Gmbjul&ns 'bGndIdZ In'dZEk$&n %Intm&nt peIkIl& 'peI$nt prI'skrIp$&n 'tGblIt

thermometer

T&'m%mIt&

vaccination

vGksI'neI$&n

Regular verbs: burn, sprain I burned myself He burns his leg She sprains her wrist Irr. verbs: hurt, cut, break We/they hurt ourselves /themselves You hurt your arm yesterday She/he cuts herself/himself I cut my finger last year He breaks his ankle She broke her wrist yesterday