Vocabulary: Body and Health

Last year I'd been working extremely hard, and physically I wasn't ____.

• in good shape

• out of shape

• into shape

Answer explanation

In good shape means 'healthy and fit'.

By the end of the winter, everyone said I looked tired and ____ all the time.

• light

• colorless

• pale

Answer explanation

Pale means having 'whiter skin than usual because of illness or tiredness'.

I think my problem was that I'd just ____ because of all the pressure in the office.

• burnt down

• burnt up

• burnt out

Answer explanation

Burnt out means 'become extremely tired or sick by working too hard'.

One day I started to feel hot and ____ and I was hardly able to stand up.

• fizzy

• dizzy

• puzzled

Answer explanation

Dizzy means 'feeling that you are not able to balance, usually because you're not feeling well'.

I can't remember exactly what happened because I actually ____ for a few minutes and found myself lying on the office floor.

• passed away

• passed out

• passed on

Answer explanation

Passed out means 'became unconscious'

I'd lost consciousness but fortunately I ____ after only a few seconds.

• regained it

• got it back

• found it

Answer explanation

Regained it (consciousness) means 'became conscious' again.

The doctor gave me a thorough medical ____.

• quiz

• examination

• test

Answer explanation

The word examination can mean 'physical check'.

When my medical results came back, I was told that I'd ____ with some sort of bug.

• come away with

• come up with

• come down with

Answer explanation

Come down with means 'caught' (used about an illness) or 'got'.

The main ____ of the virus were tiredness and lack of appetite.

• signals

• conditions

• symptoms

Answer explanation

Symptoms means 'signs of an illness'.

I had some ____ glands in my neck, which is always a sign that you're not completely well.

• swollen

• plump

• rising

Answer explanation

Swollen means 'larger than normal, especially because of an illness or injury'.