III. Injuries. 1. Translate the underlined words.

1. There was blood all over the place.

2. Do you bleed easily?

3. The operation only left a small scar.

4. The bruise will disappear in a few days.

5. Are you in pain?

6. Look where the cat scratched me.

7. His injuries are all fairly minor.

8. This wound was caused by flying glass

9. My ankle is very swollen.

10. I've got a horrible blister on my foot

11. I've sprained my wrist.

12. Be careful or that wasp will sting you

2. Accidents. Match the following expressions with the pictures below:

1. I've broken my arm.

2. I've sprained my wrist. .

3. I've cut my thumb.

4. I've burnt my hand.

5. I've got a nosebleed.

6. I hit my head.

7. I got an electric shock.

8. I got stung by a bee.

9. I twisted my ankle.

3. Wounds and injuries. Complete the following sentences with the words below: injured, injury, wound, wounded.

1. It's quite a deep ____. You'll probably need stitches. I'll take you to the hospital.

2. Venus Williams was unable to finish her match because of a shoulder ____.

3. My grand-dad was ____ in the war. He got shot in the leg.

4. There was a train crash in London this morning. Several people are seriously ___.

Which of these words go with injury and which go with wound?

slight knife internal deep

bullet back sports stab

In spoken language it is common to use hurt instead of injured. For example, "Did you hear about the train crash this morning? Quite a lot of people have been hurt." In sport we always use injured. "Ronaldo is injured and will miss the next five matches."

4. Hurting yourself. Complete the following sentences with the phrases below:

a. burnt myself c. scratched myself

b. cut myself d. injured myself

1. You've got blood on your face.

> I know, I've just ____ shaving.

2. What have you done to your hand?

> I ___ taking something out of the oven last night. I don't think it's too serious.

3. Have you ever been horse-riding?

> Yes, once, but I fell off and ____ quite badly. I've never done it since.

4. What's the matter?

> I've just ____ myself on that rose bush.

5. It was agony. Complete the sentences using these words: agony, blood, black, pain, scratch, blisters.

a. She's in a lot of ___. d. My feet are covered in ____.

b. I'm ___ and blue all over. e. It's just a ____.

c. There was ___ everywhere. f. It was absolute ____!

Now use the language above to complete the following sentences:

1. I ran in the London Marathon on Sunday. I'm in agony. My ____!

2. Don't worry. ____ I'll get you a plaster.

3. I think we'd better call an ambulance. She's ____.

4. My brother cut the top off his finger with a kitchen knife last night. _____.

5. I shut my fingers in the car door this morning. I was in ____.

6. I played rugby again yesterday. It was VERY physical. _____ this morning.

Have you ever broken a bone, been knocked unconscious, cut yourself badly, or bad a black eye?