Vocabulary Test About MENTAL HEALTH Choose The Correct Answer MCQ Exercise 93

Strain is the pressure or worry caused by a difficult situation. We say place someone under a strain or be under a considerable strain. Not stress: it is normally used without a (under considerable stress), so it doesn't fit after a considerable.

Have no life left in you means to have no energy, spirit or interest left. The clue is that he sat silently all day doing nothing. Movement and action don't combine with left in him in this way.

A medical history is the record of the illnesses and health problems a person has had in the past. Not story: we never say medical story. Ancestry and tree refer to family origins, not illnesses.

The phrasal verb calm down means to become less upset, nervous or excited: Calm down and tell me what happened. Not relax: it is used on its own, without down.

A fit is a sudden attack of illness in which a person loses consciousness or control of their body. The fixed phrase is epileptic fits (also epileptic seizures). Disorders and disturbances don't collocate with epileptic to describe the attacks themselves.

Sanity is the state of having a healthy, normal mind. Lose your sanity means to go mad, and the clue madman points to the mind. Not health: that refers to general physical condition, and the sentence is about the mind.

Get over something means to recover from an illness, a shock or a bad experience: It took her months to get over the shock. Not get through: that means to manage to survive a difficult period while it is happening, not to recover afterwards.

A distinct possibility is a fixed phrase meaning something is quite likely to happen. The clue so heavily overworked shows that the risk is high, so little and tiny don't fit. Manifest means 'obvious' and doesn't collocate with possibility.

In the final analysis is a fixed phrase meaning 'when everything has been considered; in the end'. Not in the final case: that is not an English expression.

A psychiatric hospital treats people with mental illness. Psychiatric relates to the medical treatment of mental illness. Not psychological: it refers to the mind in general and is not used to describe this type of hospital. Lunatic is old-fashioned and offensive.

Reassurance means words or actions that make someone feel less worried or afraid: She gave the frightened child some reassurance. Calming and comforting an injured person is a key part of first aid, and we say offer reassurance to someone. Not courage or boldness: these describe the helper's own bravery, and you cannot offer them to the injured person in this way.

You look as if you've seen a ghost is a common expression said to someone who looks very pale and shocked. The fixed phrase always uses ghost, not monster or horror.