24 Injuries
1 Basic vocabulary
Translate the words in colour:
1. There was blood all over the place.
2. Do you bleed easily?
3. The operation Doly left a small sear.
4. The bruise wil1disappear in a few days. . . . .
5. Are you in pain?
6. Look where the car seratehed me.
7. His injuries are all fairly mince.
8. This wound was caused by flying glass. . . . .
9. My ankle is very swollen.
10. I've got a horrible blister on my foot.
11. I've sprained my wrist.
12. Be careful or that wasp will sting fOU.
2 Accidents
Matchthe followingexpressions withthe pictures
below:
1. I've broken my arm.
2. I've sprained my wrist.
3. I've eut my thumb.
4. I've burnt my hand.
5. I've got a nosebleed.
6. I hit my head.
7. I got an electric shock.
8. I got stung by a bee.
9. I twisted my ankle.
a.
? Wounds and injuries
Match the phrases with the pictures:
He's been injured. He's been wounded.
1.
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Now complete the following sentences with the
words below:
injured ln)ury wound wounded
1. lts quite a deep . . . . . . .. . You'll probably
need stitches. I'll take you to the hospital.
2. Venus Wil1iams was unable to finish her
match because of a shoulder . . . . . . .. .
3. My grand-dad was . . . . . . . . in the war. He
got shot in the leg.
4. There was a train crash in London this
morning. Several people are seriously
. .. .
Which of these words go with injury and which go
with wound?
slight knife interna! deep
bullet back sports stah
......... ... ..
.. . . ... ... ...
lnJury wound
. . . ... ......
. . . .. .... ... ... ...
In spoken language it is common to use hurt
instead ofinjured. For example, "Did you hear
about the train crash this morning? Quite a lat of
people have been hurt." In sport we always use
injured. "Ronaldo is injured and will miss the
next five matches. "
Taken from: Gough, C. (2001) English Vocabulary Organiser - 100 Topics for Self-Study. Hove: Language Teaching Publications.
4 Hurting yourself
Complete the followingdialogueswiththe phrases
below:
a. bumt myself
b. cut myself
c. scratched myself
d. injured myself
1. You've got blood on rour face.
> I know, rve just . . . . . . . . shaving.
2. What have you done to rour band?
> I . . . . . . . . taking something out of the
oven last night. I don't think its too serious.
3. Have you ever been horse-riding?
> Yes, once, blit I fell off and . . . . . . . .quite
bacily. I've never done it since.
4. Whats the matter?
> I've just . . . . . . . . myself on that rose
bush.
5 lts badly bruised
Match the phrases with the pictures:
1. He's unconscious.
2. lts bleeding.
3. lts bruised.
4. lts swollen.
5. He's got a black eye.
6. He's got a bad scat under his eye.
6 It was agony
Complete the sentences using these words:
. agony blood black
pa in scratch blisters
a.She'sinalotof .
b. I'm . . . . . . . . and blue all over.
c. There was . . . . . . . . everywhere.
d. My feet are covered in . . . . . . .. .
e.ltsjusta .
f. Ir was absolute . . . . . . . . !
Now use the language above to complete the
followingsentences:
1. I ran in the London Marathon on Sunday.
I'minagony.My !
2. Don'tworry. .I'llget
you a plaster.
3. I think we'd better call an ambulance.
She's. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
4. My brother cut the top off his finger with a
kitchen knife last night. ,.......
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .
S. I shut my fingers in the car dcer this
morning.lwasin .
6. I played rugby again yesterday. It was VERY
physical. .........................
this morning.
Have you ever broken a hone, been knocked
unconscious, cut yourself badly, or had a black
eye?
Add your own words and expressions
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