Health 1.7

If you are in an airplane and get an earache,

• stand up and walk around.

• don’t move your head.

• chew some gum.

If you suffer from hay fever in the summer,

• wash your face often.

• drink tomato juice.

• eat raw onions.

If you wake up in the night with a cramp,

• stand on your head.

• rub your toes.

• stretch the muscle.

If you get a paper cut from a magazine,

• wash it in warm water.

• keep it covered.

• run cold water over the cut.

If you get a stomach ache from too much spicy food,

• eat a piece of dry toast.

• drink cold water.

• do some exercises.

If you burn your hand on something hot, ………………… a painkiller.

• remove

• take

• cover

• use

If you burn your hand on something hot, ………………… ice to help with the pain.

• put

• use

• rub

• take

If you burn your hand on something hot, ………………… it with a bandage.

• put

• cover

• use

• take

Fill in the blank.

A: Kate has got a sore throat and she can hardly speak.

B: ………………………….…………. It will help a lot.

• Go back home and eat some ice cream.

• Put a painkiller on it.

• Do more exercise.

• Make her some tea with honey.

Fill in the code.

A: Steve has got it an awful ………………… .

B: He sits at a desk all day; I’m not surprised.

• earache

• backache

• headache

• stomach ache