Unit 9: Health and Happiness

Match the verbs (1-8) with the correct nouns/adjectives (a-h) to form common health phrases.

• 1. feel _______ (a) a serious accident
• 2. get _______ (b) healthy
• 3. have _______ (c) your medicine
• 4. prevent _______ (d) sunstroke
• 5. stay _______ (e) dizzy
• 6. take _______ (f) a high fever
• 7. catch _______ (g) in good shape
• 8. keep _______ (h) a cold

Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the correct Second Conditional form.

1. If Khalid _______ (not / live) in the city, he would not order takeout every day.
2. If we _______ (buy) new bikes, we would use them every weekend.
3. She would feel better if her family _______ (praise) her more often.
4. If I _______ (be) you, I would study harder for the exam.
5. They _______(have) less energy if they didn’t eat breakfast.
6. If Lihua changed her job, she _______ (not / get) free healthcare.
7. I _______ (not / practice) every day if I didn’t have a race next month.
8. If Patrick _______ (work) less, he would sleep late on Saturdays.

Complete the sentences with the correct words from the box: sunstroke, fever, healthy, tired, accident, medicine, prevent, symptoms.

• 1. I play tennis four times a week to stay _______.
• 2. Drink this water; it will help _______ dehydration.
• 3. Your temperature is 37�C, so you don’t have a _______.
• 4. I always get 8 hours of sleep, but I still feel _______.
• 5. Put the ladder away to avoid having an _______.
• 6. She got _______ from staying out in the heat too long.
• 7. Rememberto take your _______ three times a day.
• 8. A sore throat and a cough are _______ of a cold.

Choose the correct sentence (A or B) that explains the meaning of the bold statement.

1. If I wasn’t so busy, I’d take a vacation.
   A) I am busy, so I can’t take a vacation.
   B) I am not busy, so I can take a vacation.
2. If Nadia went to sleep earlier, she wouldn’t beso tired.
   A) Nadia goes to sleep early.
   B) Nadia goes to sleep late.
3. I would see my family more if I lived in the same town.
   A) I live in the same town.
   B) I live in a different town.
4. We’d do more sports if we didn’t have a TV.
   A) We have a TV.
   B) Wedon’t have a TV.
5. If he were taller, he would be a basketball player.
   A) He is tall.
   B) He is short.
6. They would buy the house if itwasn’t so expensive.
   A) The house is cheap.
   B) The house is expensive.
7. If I knew the answer, I would tell you.
   A) I know the answer.
   B) I don’t know the answer.
8. If she had a car, she wouldn’t take the bus.
   A) She takes the bus.
   B) She drives a car.

Match the word to its definition.

• 1. A high body temperature
• 2. To stop something from happening
• 3. A substance used to cure illness
• 4. Physical damage to the body
• 5. Feeling like you might fall or spin
• 6. A serious medical event requiring a hospital
• 7. Illness caused by too much sun
• 8. Not sick; in good physical condition

Unscramble the words to form correct Second Conditional sentences.

1. rich / travel / world / the / if / were / I / I / would/.
2. practice / if / didn’t / we / lose / we / would / game / the /.
3. you / felt / if / doctor / sick / would / call / the / you / ?
4. exercise / she / more / if / healthy / be / would / she/ .
5. would / lived / beach / the / I / swim / if / near / I / .
6. time / read / more / had / if / he / he / would / .
7. would / happy / be /they / won / lottery / the / if / they / .
8. answer / knew / the / I / if / tell / I / you / would /.