ENGLISH 8 – UNIT 9 &10 EXERCISES
Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
- _________is a type of bed used for carrying the sick or injured people.
A. Stretcher B. Ambulance C. Bandage D. Crutch
- I think I _________home across the park.
A. walk B. will walk C. am walking D. walking
- She _________tight to the handrail.
A. held B. caught C. kept D. touched
- I forgot thanking them ________helping me.
A. about B. for C. of D. on
- She covered her knees _________a handkerchief.
A. in B. under C. with D. of
- The farmers look for other work _________get more money for their family.
A. so as to B. in order that C. so as not to D. so that
- Scale is an instrument for showing _________people or things are.
A. how heavy B. how tall c how old D. how high
- I tried to cheer him_________, but he just kept staring out the window.
A. on B. up C. off D. out
- Why not come over at the weekend? The children ________seeing you again.
A. enjoy B. will enjoy C. are enjoying D. is going to enjoy
- That bag looks heavy. I _________you with it.
A. will help B. am going to help C. am helping D. help
- _________is a long stick that someone put under their arm to help them walk when they have hurt their
leg.
A. Crutch B. Wheelchair C. Stretcher D. Bandage
- These medicines can _________your headache.
A. ease B. elevate C. revive D. affect
- Don’t overheat the victim with blankets or coat.
A. make someone too hot B. make someone too cold
C. hurt someone D. destroy someone
- The anti-tetanus injection is needed when someone gets _______.
- A. bum B. shock C. deep cuts D. dog bites
- People use first-aid in order to_______ the victim’s pain and anxiety.
- A. cure B. treat C. increase D. ease
- We can stop the bleeding by using a towel to cover the wound, then put on it _______ medicine
A. pressure B. medicine C. bandage D. cloth
- You should wear warm clothes in order to_______ yourself from cold and snow.
- A. keep B. protect C. make D. get
- Don’t_______ the victim with blankets or coats.
- A. overcome B. overhear C. overheat D. overcook
- The victim should drink a cup of tea when ______.
- A. reviving B. bleeding C. fainting D. calm down
- Please get me a_______. He gets a bad cut in his leg.
- A. blanket B. wheelchair C. chart D. scissors
- Don’t give the victim any food or drink if he or she gets_______ .
- A. happy B. sad C. shock D. fainting
- The cup of coffee kept her _______ all night.
- A. awake B. alone C. asleep D. alive
- Cover the burned area with a thick _______.
- A. polluted B. sterile C. dry D. affected
- She telephoned_______ us the condition of the injured student.
- A. tell B. to tell C. telling D. told
- I put my hat on_______ protect my face from the sunlight.