SYMPTOMS - answers
1. “Doctor, I have a headache, all my body hurts and I’ve got a fever”.
a. A cold won’t have all these symptoms
b. You’ve got flu is the right answer
c. A cough will make your throat hurt
d. A sore throat only hurts your throat
2. “The thing I hate about a cold is how your nose just keeps
__________”.
a. racing
b. dripping
c. watering
d. running is the right answer – the others are not used in this
context
3. “I stood up really quickly and suddenly felt really __________. ”.
a. tizzy is British slang for panic, e.g. ‘She’s in a real tizzy about the
journey’.
b. dizzy is the right answer
c. busy
d. whizzy doesn’t exist
4. “I carried all those heavy bags yesterday and now I have a terrible
back __________”.
a. hurt
b. pain
c. sore
d. ache is the right answer – the others are related but don’t
collocate with this sentence.
5. “If we go to their house I won’t stop coughing. I have an __________
to cats and they have three!”.