Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Health and Well-being

Posted on Mar 9, 2026 in English

Vocabulary Matching and Definitions

Section (1) Synonyms

• 1. Brother or sister → sibling
• 2. Very tired → exhausted
• 3. Change → adjust
• 4. Just the opposite → on the contrary
• 5. Not at all → by no means
• 6. Simply not possible → out of the question
• 7. A little bit → slightly
• 8. Concentrate → be focused

Section (1) Word Associations (Second Set)

• 1. Slightly → don’t have (Note: This association seems incorrect based on common usage; ‘slightly’ means a little bit.)
• 2. Nightmare → frightened
• 3. Production → get a lot done
• 4. Out of shape → to climb stairs (Note: This association seems context-dependent or incorrect.)
• 5. Turn your stomach → throw up
• 6. Out of the ordinary → rarely
• 7. Sibling → having (Note: This association seems incomplete or context-dependent.)
• 8. Assume → believe it

Section (2) Collocations and Phrases

1. On purpose.
2. Back on your feet.
3. Check-up.
4. Ordinary.
5. Under the weather.
6. Blood pressure.
7. Stomach.
8. Account when making.
9. Over a long illness.

Section (2) Word Forms

• 1. Exhaust → exhaustion.
• 2. Prevent → prevention.
• 3. Constant → constantly.
• 4. Schedule → scheduled.
• 5. Expect → expectations.
• 6. Order → disorder.

Section (3) Phonetics/Sound Changes (Likely word transformation exercise)

• 1. Door → Dog.
• 2. Pill → Ghost.
• 3. Blood → Weight.
• 4. Dog → Pill.
• 5. Weight → Blood.
• 6. Ghost → Door.

Section (4) Collocations/Associations (Likely related to health/lifestyle)

• 1. Focus → music.
• 2. Fit as a fiddle → doing sports.
• 3. Health benefits → feel happy.
• 4. Balanced diet → fruit.
• 5. Adjust → university.

Section (5) Phrasal Verb Particles

1. d (on).
2. c (in to).
3. h (out).
4. b (in).
5. f (on).
6. a (in).
7. e (in).
8. g (out).

Health Vocabulary and Expressions

Section (6) Key Health Phrases

1. Come down with.
2. Prescription.
3. Back on your feet.
4. Prevented.
5. To our advantage.
6. Average.
7. Healthcare.
8. Under control.
9. Under the weather.
10. Get over.

Section (3) UK Text Vocabulary

1. Healthcare.
2. Prescriptions.
3. Meet their expectations.
4. Average.
5. Assume.
6. Nightmare.
7. Under control.
8. Patient.

Grammar: Relative Clauses

Section (1) Identifying Relative Pronouns

1. Headache → (which).
2. Time → when.
3. Things → (which).
4. People → whose.
5. Doctor → (who).
6. Hospital → where.
7. For → whom.
8. Colleagues → whose.

Section (2) Relative Pronoun Correction

• 1. Which it → which.
• 2. Whom → who.
• 3. ✓✓.
• 4. That → which.
• 5. Who’s → whose.
• 6. ✓✓.
• 7. When → where.
• 8. Who → whom.

Section (3) Sentences with Relative Clauses

1. It’s best to exercise in the morning when you have more energy.
2. Foods that don’t always appeal to children have a lot of health benefits.
3. Use sunscreen at the beach where the sun’s rays are strong.
4. My dentist, whose clinic is in town, charges a lot.
5. People who exercise are less likely to have high blood pressure.
6. Acupuncture, which I have tried at least once, helps me.

Section (4) Relative Clause Application (Story Context)

1. d. My dad, who is a heavy smoker, has tried to quit…..
2. a. Once a doctor who works at [the] hospital gave bad injections.
3. e. Then he tried another doctor whose advice was to use a …
4. b. After that he tried stickers which he tried [said] would do the trick.
5. c. Now [he] says that tonight is the night when he will smoke his last…..

Section (5) Logical Ordering (Context Unclear, possibly sentence completion)

1. They can cure me.
2. Helped me.
3. Was wrong.
4. I met you.
5. Was too high.
6. Dog is very ugly.

Section (5) Relative Clauses with Examples

• Seaweed, whose health benefits have been proven, grows in the ocean.
• Are the websites, which you usually read, reliable?
• Years ago, when veganism was considered strange, I first became a vegan.
• Thomas, whose leg is healing, needs a week’s rest.
• We visited China, where they use traditional medicine.
• It was my birthday when I was diagnosed with celiac.

Section (6) Prepositions in Relative Clauses

1. 1.1 The doctor to whom they’re giving an award has saved lives.
2. 1.2 The doctor who they are giving an award to has saved lives.
3. 2.1 The project in which we’re involved will take a year to complete.
4. 2.2 The project which we are involved in will take a year to complete.

Section (4) Relative Clause Sentences (Original List)

1. The doctor who seemed very young treated me.
2. I’ll always remember the day when they told me I was cured.
3. Nowadays, the person whose leg is broken will be back on her feet in a month. (Corrected ‘whose leg is broken’ to refer to a person)
4. Can you recommend a good spa where I can relax?
5. Painkillers, which are highly recommended, give you strength and flexibility. (Corrected ‘which is’ to ‘which are’ for plural ‘painkillers’)
6. I spent the evening, which was very productive, in the library.
7. I plan to introduce you to Cathy, whom I think you will like. (Using ‘whom’ after ‘to’)

Section (5) Prepositions in Relative Clauses (Original List)

• The woman with whom I spoke is a physiotherapist.
• The site on which I rely has good medical information.
• The patient to whom he gave the prescription has high blood pressure.

Section (7) Defining Relative Clauses

• 1. A person who competes in races.
• 2. A place which was peaceful.
• 3. Kylie, who is a new student.
• 4. Dream which is horrible.

Section (6) Relative Pronoun Fill-in (Context: 1993 Text)

1. where.
2. which.
3. whose.
4. whom.
5. when.
6. where.
7. that.
8. who.

Health Vocabulary and Idioms

Section (1) Text Vocabulary: The Smell of St.

1. Turns our stomach.
2. Health-conscious.
3. Health benefits.
4. Prevent.
5. By no means.
6. As sick as a dog.
7. Assume.
8. In high demand.
9. Under control.

Section (2) With Idioms and Expressions

1. You’ll put on weight. (Corrected based on common idiom)
2. In the mood today.
3. He is as pale as a ghost.
4. She is as fit as a fiddle.
5. It is out of question.
6. You come down with a cold.
7. We must take into consideration.
8. Care didn’t meet our expectations.

Section (3) Vocabulary Matching (Second Set)

• 1. Adjust → the medical researches. (Context unclear)
• 2. Out of shape → do sports. (Likely means ‘not fit for doing sports’)
• 3. Persuasion → a medicine. (Context unclear)
• 4. Sizzling → they are out tanning.
• 5. Flu-like (Corrected ‘Flueed’) → I didn’t feel well.
• 6. Exhausted → doing sports. (Likely means ‘exhausted from doing sports’)
• 7. Balanced → fruit, vegetables and meat.

Section (4) Text: It was early April… (Relative Pronouns)

1. When.
2. Who.
3. When.
4. Whom.
5. Which.
6. Whose.
7. Which.

Section (5) Logical Way (Sentence Ordering)

1. They can cure me.
2. Helped me.
3. Was wrong.
4. I met you.
5. Was too high.
6. Dog is very ugly.