Health and Medical English Test Answer Keys

Group A Test Answers

Main Test

  • 1. To be slim and fit / suffer from hypertension / were impractical / they were harmful / help others not to make the same
  • 2. A / A / C / A / she didn’t have a regular coffee / awake / what they think / taking a pill without lactose
  • 3. Fan of / opt for / kind / suit / appreciate
  • 4. Designer / examination / insomnia / alleviate / develop
  • 5. Fall / undergo / lead / give
  • 6. Carry out / speed up / send for / at risk
  • 7. That he was planning to spend his holidays in the place he had visited the previous year, but he was going to book a different hotel / she had been reading about different sorts of diets and she felt more confused as a result / that he should definitely take up sport because his stamina was much worse than a year before / if I would go to the first yoga class with her and she would feel much more comfortable
  • 8. Agreed that exercising without keeping a proper diet makes little sense / warned me not to drink energy drinks because they can cause restlessness and high blood pressure / advised me to take up a sport which wouldn’t be so harmful to my knees / decided to try a vegan diet for a month / Peter claimed that more and more people were becoming aware of the negative effects of a sedentary lifestyle
  • 9. Insisted on going / are carrying out tests / to cope with stress / reminded his sister to have / made an appointment with your

Group A Short Test

  • 1. Dietician / tweezers / paramedic / surgery
  • 2. Sprained / give / glued
  • 3. Antiseptic / addiction / traumatising

Group A Challenge Short Test

  • 1. Heal / injured / cured / feeling / hurt
  • 2. Sick / cure / illness / treat / diseases

Group B Test Answers

Main Test

  • 1. Losing weight / limited the range of foods / be a traumatising / make her healthy / help others not to make the same
  • 2. B / C / B / A / didn’t have regular coffee / to be awake / their feelings / stomach pains
  • 3. Assistance / appeal / enquire / cup of
  • 4. Disorders / theatre / conscious / prone / release
  • 5. Feel / suffer / contribute / develop
  • 6. Out / from / out / with
  • 7. He was planning to stay in and do some work that night because he had a deadline soon / not to drink coffee in the afternoon because I might find it difficult to fall asleep / she had been writing that essay all night and she felt exhausted that morning / if I was going to order from that new online shop which was selling ecological food
  • 8. Threatened to report our cheating to the head teacher / suggested that I should follow the doctor’s advice and give up smoking / mentioned that she had read a fantastic article about the effects of plant-based diets / assured her that he would help her to solve the problem that had been bothering her / refused to put up with his rude behaviour any longer
  • 9. Blaming his parents for / had sustained minor injuries / make an appointment with the / putting your life at risk / persuaded his sister not to

Group B Short Test

  • 1. Surgeon / plaster / thermometer / hospice
  • 2. Handle / took / breath
  • 3. Emergency / unresponsive / binge-watching

Group B Challenge Short Test

  • 1. Hurt / cure / felt / treated / healing
  • 2. Sickness / wound / unwell / ill / diseases