Cover of the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.3 - Doctor, doctor for the textbook New Total English Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Check you understand the words for illnesses and symptoms. Which two are illnesses?
  2. We say 'I feel sick' and 'my leg hurts'. What verb do we use for all the other phrases?
  3. Which symptoms from exercise 1a can you see in the pictures?

Answer

a) A cold and flu are illnesses.

b) We use have or have got.

c)

  1. backache
  2. a sore throat
  3. a high temperature
  4. a rash
  5. a cough
  6. my leg hurts