Vocabulary Health

Respuesta correcta: A) forecast

• A) forecast'Forecast' means a prediction of what is going to happen, in this case the weather.
• B) recipe'Recipe' is a list of ingredients and instructions for cooking a dish.
• C) rule'Rule' is a statement of what must be done, not a prediction about the weather.
• D) diagram'Diagram' is a drawing that explains how something works.

Respuesta correcta: B) A change in the body that shows an illness is present

• A) The name of the disease itselfThat is the 'illness' or 'disease', not the sign that reveals it.
• B) A change in the body that shows an illness is present'Symptom' is the sign a patient feels or notices when unwell.
• C) The medicine used to treat an illnessThat is the 'treatment' or the 'drug' prescribed by a doctor.
• D) The doctor who examines the patientThat is the 'physician' or 'specialist', not the change in the body.

Respuesta correcta: C) heart

• A) lung'Lungs' are the organs used for breathing, not for pumping blood.
• B) liver'Liver' processes substances in the body but does not pump the blood.
• C) heart'Heart' is the organ that pumps blood around the body.
• D) kidney'Kidney' filters the blood, but the organ that pumps it is the heart.

Respuesta correcta: D) medicine

• A) medias'Medias' is not an English word; the correct noun for a remedy is 'medicine'.
• B) medial'Medial' is an adjective meaning in the middle, not a substance that treats illness.
• C) message'Message' carries information between people and has no medical meaning here.
• D) medicine'Medicine' is what a doctor prescribes to treat an illness, and we 'take' it.

Respuesta correcta: D) unhealthy

• A) healthful'Healthful' is another word for healthy, so it is the same meaning rather than the opposite.
• B) health'Health' is the noun naming the state of being well, not its opposite.
• C) healthiness'Healthiness' is not a standard English word; the correct form is 'unhealthy'.
• D) unhealthy'Unhealthy' means not healthy, and the prefix 'un' reverses the meaning.

Respuesta correcta: C) hygiene

• A) hygeine'Hygeine' drops the letter g, which is missing from the correct spelling.
• B) hygien'Hygien' omits the final e, so the word is incomplete.
• C) hygiene'Hygiene' names the practice of maintaining cleanliness and health.
• D) higiene'Higiene' replaces the y with an i, which is not how the word is spelled.

Respuesta correcta: B) The process of becoming well again after an illness

• A) The process of falling ill for the first timeThat is the 'onset' of the illness, the opposite stage.
• B) The process of becoming well again after an illness'Recovery' names the return to health, which happened quickly in the example.
• C) The medical study of a particular diseaseThat is 'research' or a 'field of medicine', not the patient's return to health.
• D) The decision to perform an operationThat is 'surgery' as a decision or the operation itself.

Respuesta correcta: A) check-up

• A) check-up'Check-up' is a routine examination done to confirm a patient's health.
• B) breakdown'Breakdown' means a sudden failure of health or of a machine.
• C) check-in'Check-in' belongs to travel, when a passenger registers at an airport.
• D) checkout'Checkout' is the process of paying for goods in a shop.

Respuesta correcta: B) treat

• A) cure'Cure' names the result of eliminating the illness, while 'treat' names the action of giving care.
• B) treat'Treat' means to give medical care to a patient so that the illness is cured.
• C) diagnose'Diagnose' means to identify what illness a patient has.
• D) prevent'Prevent' means to stop an illness from happening, which happens before the patient is ill.

Respuesta correcta: D) fit

• A) fat'Fat' describes excess body weight, the opposite of what regular exercise achieves.
• B) ill'Ill' describes being unwell, which exercise aims to prevent rather than maintain.
• C) tired'Tired' describes a temporary lack of energy, not the ongoing condition exercise builds.
• D) fit'Fit' describes a healthy physical condition maintained through exercise.

Respuesta correcta: C) Protected against a disease taking hold

• A) Certain to catch the diseaseImmunity is the opposite of being vulnerable to the disease.
• B) Unaware of the disease's nameImmunity has to do with the body's resistance, not with knowledge of the illness.
• C) Protected against a disease taking hold'Immune' describes resistance to an illness, which good sleep helps to build.
• D) Mildly affected by the diseaseA mild case describes some symptoms, whereas immunity means the disease does not take hold.

Respuesta correcta: A) Eating vegetables keeps your heart healthy.

• A) Eating vegetables keeps your heart healthy.'Keep' plus an adjective describes maintaining a state, which fits the sentence.
• B) Eating vegetables keeps your health healthy.'Health' is a noun and cannot take the adjective 'healthy' after it in this construction.
• C) Eating vegetables makes your heart health.'Health' is a noun, and 'make' would need a noun such as 'a habit', not a condition.
• D) Eating vegetables keeps your heart more healthy.A comparative with 'more' would compare the heart with something else, which is absent here.

Respuesta correcta: D) habit

• A) hobby'Hobby' is an activity done for pleasure, usually in free time.
• B) custom'Custom' is a traditional practice shared by a whole community.
• C) ritual'Ritual' is a set of ceremonies performed in a fixed order.
• D) habit'Habit' is a regularly repeated behaviour, which is what regular tobacco use is.

Respuesta correcta: B) 'Illness' is the general term; 'disease' is a specific condition with a cause.

• A) They are exactly the same word with no difference at all.They overlap in use but differ in specificity and in medical register.
• B) 'Illness' is the general term; 'disease' is a specific condition with a cause.The two words overlap, but 'disease' points to a particular pathological condition.
• C) 'Disease' is a verb and 'illness' is a noun.Both are nouns; 'disease' does not function as a verb in this usage.
• D) 'Illness' is positive and 'disease' is negative.Both words describe unwelcome conditions; neither carries a positive meaning.

Respuesta correcta: A) nurse

• A) nurse'Nurse' is the healthcare worker who looks after patients in a hospital or clinic.
• B) patient'Patient' is the person receiving the treatment, the other side of the relationship.
• C) surgeon'Surgeon' is a doctor specialised in operating, not the person who gives general care.
• D) pharmacy'Pharmacy' is the place where medicines are prepared, not a person.

Respuesta correcta: C) from

• A) of'Suffer of' is not an expression; the preposition that follows 'suffer' is 'from'.
• B) with'Suffer with' is not used for illness; 'from' carries that meaning.
• C) from'Suffer from' is the standard expression for experiencing an illness.
• D) for'Suffer for' would not express the experience of a medical condition.

Respuesta correcta: B) wellness

• A) wellful'Wellful' is not an English word; the correct noun is 'wellness'.
• B) wellness'Wellness' names the overall state of being healthy in body and mind.
• C) wellfare'Wellfare' is a misspelling of 'welfare', which refers to support from the state.
• D) wellbeing'Wellbeing' is related but emphasises how a person feels, while 'wellness' names the state of health.

Respuesta correcta: A) The doctor prescribed medicine for the infection.

• A) The doctor prescribed medicine for the infection.'Prescribe' is what a doctor does when instructing the patient to take a medicine.
• B) The doctor prescribed a surgery for the infection.'Surgery' is an operation, which a doctor performs or schedules rather than prescribes.
• C) The doctor prescribed the patient for the infection.'Prescribe' takes the medicine, not the patient, as its direct object.
• D) The doctor prescribed medicine to the infection.'Prescribe' is used for medicine given to a patient, not medicine given to an illness.

Respuesta correcta: C) nutrition

• A) nutritione'Nutritione' adds a final e, which is not part of the standard spelling.
• B) nutritions'Nutritions' is a plural form that does not fit before a singular subject.
• C) nutrition'Nutrition' is the science of how food affects growth and health.
• D) nutritive'Nutritive' is an adjective meaning nourishing, not the name of the field of study.

Respuesta correcta: D) The kinds of food a person regularly eats

• A) A plan for losing weight onlyA diet can be any pattern of eating, not only one aimed at losing weight.
• B) The number of calories burnt dailyThat is an energy figure, not the set of foods a person eats.
• C) A medical operation on the stomachThat is bariatric surgery, unrelated to the meaning of 'diet'.
• D) The kinds of food a person regularly eats'Diet' names the usual food intake of a person, which is what the sentence lists.