IELTS A - R - W Collocations Handout 3
IELTS A - R - W Collocations Handout 3
IELTS A - R - W Collocations Handout 3
catch a cold, the flu, a chill, pneumonia I got soaking wet and caught a cold.
suffer from asthma, hay fever, backache She has suffered from asthma all her life.
have an bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, diarrhoea She had an attack of hay fever and was
attack of sneezing non-stop.
be diagnosed (lung/breast) cancer, AIDS, leukaemia, He was diagnosed with lung cancer and
with autism died a year later.
Common mistakes
In accidents, wars, etc., things get damaged and people get injured:
Their car was slightly damaged but luckily no one was injured.
1 Many musicians who get 3 To get cancer is the 5 Mr Taylor escaped with
arthritis experience the most frightening bruises, but experts say
tragedy of no longer being experience, and he was lucky not to have
able to play their instrument. people often need
got serious injuries.
intense counselling to
cope with it.
26.3 Complete the collocations. You are given the first letter of the missing words.
1 Flu is not a s.............................................. illness for most people, but it can be l..............................................
-t.............................................. for elderly people who are weak and who haven’t been vaccinated.
2 Patients who are t.............................................. ill often prefer to die at home surrounded by their loved ones.
3 I’m not in pain, it’s just a d.............................................. ache in my back tooth. I hate going to the dentist’s.
4 The children have a b.............................................. diet, with lots of fruit and vegetables and only a few sweet
things now and then.
5 Turn that music down! I’ve got a s.............................................. headache!
6 You shouldn’t waste the doctor’s time with t.............................................. ailments. Get something at the
chemist’s instead.
7 I need to adopt a proper fitness programme and to s.............................................. to it. I was in good
s.............................................. a year ago but then I became a bit lazy.
8 Diseases which are i.............................................. now will be beaten one day if scientists continue to make
progress with drugs and genetic science.
9 My aunt was t.............................................. ill when she was on holiday. Apparently, she was in
e.............................................. pain. Luckily she had travel insurance.
10 I believe in h.............................................. eating and I try to do v.............................................. exercise every other day.
11 My doctor p.............................................. me a new drug to a.............................................. my backache. It worked!
12 I took a day off work yesterday. It was nothing serious, just a s.............................................. cold.
Over to you
If you have not already done it, complete the questionnaire at B opposite. If you think you need to
change your habits, make a note of it, e.g. Take more vigorous exercise!