Vocabulary Test About SYMPTOMS Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 101

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Question 1

When I tried to walk, I had a sharp _____ in my leg.

A	cut
B	hurt
C	pain
D	wound

Question 1 Explanation:

A pain is the bad feeling you get when part of your body hurts, and we often say a sharp pain. Not hurt, because it is normally a verb (My leg hurts), not a noun after a sharp.

Question 2

Whenever she catches a cold, she gets a _____ all over her face.

A	blemish
B	lump
C	rash
D	sore

Question 2 Explanation:

A rash is an area of small red spots on the skin, and it can spread all over the face or body. A blemish or a sore is one small mark or painful spot, so it cannot cover the whole face.

Question 3

She _____ of severe pains in her arms and legs.

A	complains
B	grumbles
C	remarks
D	says

Question 3 Explanation:

Complain of means to tell people that you have a pain or an illness: He complains of headaches. Not grumbles, because it means complaining in a bad-tempered way about small things, and it is not used with symptoms.

Question 4

You're looking very pale. Do you _____ sick?

A	become
B	fall
C	faint
D	feel

Question 4 Explanation:

We use feel to describe how your body is at the moment: Do you feel sick? Not fall, because fall sick means to become ill, and it is not used in a question about how someone feels now.

Question 5

My husband does not feel at all well. I think he must have eaten something that _____ with him.

A	disagreed
B	disturbed
C	hurt
D	poisoned

Question 5 Explanation:

If food disagrees with you, it makes you feel ill, usually in your stomach: Spicy food disagrees with me. Not poisoned, because it doesn't take with, and it is much stronger than does not feel well.

Question 6

If you have a sore throat, it is very difficult to _____.

A	bite
B	chew
C	digest
D	swallow

Question 6 Explanation:

To swallow means to make food or drink go down your throat. When your throat is sore, this hurts, so swallowing is difficult.

Question 7

If you didn't keep scratching that spot on your face, it would soon _____.

A	cure
B	heal
C	mend
D	remedy

Question 7 Explanation:

A wound or spot heals when it gets better by itself: The cut healed in a week. Not cure, because a doctor or medicine cures an illness, and it needs an object.

Question 8

When I took his temperature, it was two degrees above _____.

A	normal
B	ordinary
C	regular
D	usual

Question 8 Explanation:

Above normal or below normal is the fixed phrase for body temperature. Usual, ordinary and regular are not used in this phrase.

Question 9

I was so tired I couldn't stop _____.

A	coughing
B	crying
C	laughing
D	yawning

Question 9 Explanation:

To yawn means to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, which people do when they are tired. The clue is so tired.

Question 10

After the accident, she suffered brain _____ and couldn't speak.

A	damage
B	decay
C	destruction
D	disease

Question 10 Explanation:

Brain damage is the usual phrase for an injury to the brain, for example after an accident. Not disease, because a disease is an illness, not the result of an accident.

Question 11

The child who swallowed a peanut began to _____.