Luyện ngữ pháp - English Collocations in Use - Intermediate - (Unit 6: Topics: Leisure and lifestyle)


Health and illness

Verb collocations referring to illnesses and injuries

In most everyday situations you can use the verbs get or have with the names of illnesses, but you will improve your written style if you can use these alternative verbs and expressions.
verb common collocations example
catch a cold, the flu, a chill, pneumonia I got soaking wet and caught a cold.
contract [formal] a disease, malaria, typhoid Uncle Jess contracted malaria while he was working in Africa.
develop [formal] (lung/breast) cancer, diabetes, AIDS, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease My grandfather developed Alzheimer’s disease and could no longer remember things or recognise people.
suffer from asthma, hay fever, backache She has suffered from asthma all her life.
have an attack of bronchitis, asthma, hay fever, diarrhoea She had an attack of hay fever and was sneezing non-stop.
be diagnosed with (lung/breast) cancer, AIDS, leukaemia, autism He was diagnosed with lung cancer and died a year later.
suffer / sustain [formal] (major/minor/serious/head) injuries The driver sustained serious head injuries in the crash.
- Lesson 25: Exercise 25.4 - Lesson 26: B. Fitness and good health


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