1. Match the sentences to the pictures.

a. b. c.

a) You should limit screen time to 2 hours a day. ___

b) If someone is choking, hit them firmly on the back. ___
c) It’s important to give babies vaccinations to prevent serious illnesses. ___

2. Find circle and replace errors with the words in the box.
burn heart water polio bones and teeth
past
a) Milk and cheese contain calcium for our muscles.
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b) We should drink 6 to 8 glasses of juice each day.
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c) It’s important to exercise our brain and lungs as well as our muscles.
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d) Food eaten before its due date may cause illnesses.
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e) Vaccinations help prevent illnesses such as colds and tetanus.
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f) When someone has a cut, hold it under running water for 10 minutes.
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3. Match the questions to these answers.

a) You press down on the cut to stop the bleeding. ___
b) It is a machine that allows doctors to see inside our bodies. ___
c) By eating foods with vitamin C. ___
d) It is a pain in your ear. ___

1) How can you prevent a cold?

2) What is an earache?
3) What is an ultrasound machine?
4) What do you do when someone has a cut?

Common Illnesses TEST A

4. Match the sentences to the pictures.

a. b. c.

d) You should limit screen time to 2 hours a day. C

e) If someone is choking, hit them firmly on the back. B
f) It’s important to give babies vaccinations to prevent serious illnesses. A

5. Find circle and replace errors with the words in the box.

burn heart water polio bones and teeth

past
g) Milk and cheese contain calcium for our muscles.
bones and teeth
h) We should drink 6 to 8 glasses of juice each day.
water
i) It’s important to exercise our brain and lungs as well as our muscles.
heart
j) Food eaten before its due date may cause illnesses.
past
k) Vaccinations help prevent illnesses such as colds and tetanus.
polio
l) When someone has a cut, hold it under running water for 10 minutes.
burn

6. Match the questions to these answers.

e) You press down on the cut to stop the bleeding. 4
f) It is a machine that allows doctors to see inside our bodies. 3
g) By eating foods with vitamin C. 1
h) It is a pain in your ear. 2

5) How can you prevent a cold?

6) What is an earache?
7) What is an ultrasound machine?
8) What do you do when someone has a cut?

Common illnesses TEST C

1. Answer the questions.

a) Which two types of food should you eat at every meal? carbohydrates and dairy (and fruit
and vegetables)

b) How often should you eat fruit and vegetables? five times a day

c) How often should you do energetic exercise? three times a week

d) How long should you sleep every night to be healthy? at least 9 hours

2. Write three things you can do to protect your body from germs and bacteria.

Suggested answers: accept any three sensible suggestions.

● Wash your hands before eating, after going to the toilet and after touching an animal.

● Brush your teeth after eating.

● Don’t eat food past its use by date or that has mouldy bits.

● Wear plastic shoes when you go to a swimming pool.

● Use a tissue to blow your nose or when you sneeze. And throw it away in the bin
afterwards.

3. Correct these false sentences.

a) Antibiotics like penicillin help doctors see if bones are damaged.

X-ray machines/ultrasound scanners help doctors see if bones are damaged

b) Vaccinations are complicated machines that help protect against viruses.

Vaccinations are medicines that help protect against viruses.

c) When someone has a burn you should hit them firmly on the back.

When someone is choking you should hit them firmly on the back/ When someone has a burn
you should run it under cold water.

d) The ultrasound machine was discovered in the 1920s.

Penicillin was discovered in the 1920s/ The ultrasound machine was discovered in the 1960s
(1963).