Reading 9

Reading 9

by Ольга Кравчук

​preparation : True or False

​1 A child dies from malaria every hour.

​2 Malaria is contagious - you can catch it from other people.

​3 If you get malaria, you will die - there is no treatment.

​4 Mosquitoes bite mainly in the afternoon.

​5 You can only get malaria from a female mosquito.

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​fill the gaps

​1 A child ____ from malaria every sixty seconds.

​2 Malaria is ___ contagious.

​3 You can only _____ malaria from a female ________.

​4 We can _______ malaria.

​5 We can ____ malaria.

​Read the article and answer the questions.

​Who

​1 visited Hope's village?

​2 was sick with malaria?

​3 gave Hope herbal medicine?

​4 took her to the hospital?

​5 had died from malaria two years before?

​6 gave Hope an injection?

​7 told Hope where to get a free mosquito net?

​replace get with correct form of the verbs in blue

​1 You can't get/catch malaria from other people.

​2 You get/___ symptoms such as headaches, fever and vomiting.

​3 If you get/____ ill with malaria , you need medicine immediately.

​4 Doctors can give you an injection and get/___ you medicine that will cure you.

​5 With the right medicine, you can get better/___ .

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​complete the questions with the correct form of the verbs in blue in the article

​fall- fell-fallen-falling

​catch-caught-caught-catching

​develop-developed-developing

​prescribe-prescribed-prescribing

​recover-recovered-recovering

Multiple Choice

1 When was the last time you caught a cold or ____ ill?

• falls

• fallen

• fell

• fall

Multiple Choice

2 What symptoms did you _____ ?

• develop

• developing

• developed

• develops

Fill in the Blanks

3 Did a doctor examine you,

any medicine or give you an injection?

Fill in the Blanks

4 How long did it take you to

?