1) Ilógico. Los calambres son en las piernas 2) Ilógico. Uno se tuerce es el tobillo. 3) Ilógico. El ungüento es una crema. En los ojos uno se echa gotas, no una crema. 4) Ilogico. Uno se quema la piel con el sol. 5) Lógico 6) Lógico 7) Lógico 8) Lógico.

I am coughing (“tengo tos“). – Take the syrup (“Tómate el jarabe“).

I twisted my ankle (“Me torcí el tobillo“). – Bandage it (“Véndatelo“).

I cut my finger with a glass (“Me corté el dedo con el vaso“). – Put a band-aid on it (“Ponte una curita“)

I have a headache (“Tengo un dolor de cabeza“). – Take some aspirin (“Tómate una aspirina“).

I got a cramp playing football (“Me dio un calambre jugango al fútbol“). – You need to warm up before the exercise (“Debes calentarte antes de hace ejercicio“).

I have a sore throat (“Me duele la garganta“). – Take this syrup (“Tómate este jarabe“).

I hit my head (“Me di un golpe en la cabeza“). –Put some ice (“Ponte hielo“).

1. a
2. a
3. b
4. c
5. c
6. a
7. b

This exercise is about Arthur’s horrible weekend. We must fill in the blanks with the information in the table.

We must remember vocabulary 2 from this chapter.

1. We went water skiing. But when I started ______ in my leg.

Among the words on the box we can find **me dio un calambre** (it gave me a cramp), which, seeing the sequence of the text and the part of the body in which it hit, makes sense.

2. So ________ and _______ my ankle.

Here we can assume that since Arturo got a cramp, he may have lost his balance. With this, the words on the box that make sense could be **me caí** (I fell) and **me lastimé** (got hurt), because his ankle is mentioned.

3. Now _______ a lot.

After his cramp, fall and ankle injury, we can think that the words that make sense here is **me duele** (it hurts) because it must hurt Arturo a lot.

4. Then _______ my toe on the beach when I got out of the water.

When leaving the water it is common for people to cut their feet if there are sharp objects in the sand. With that in mind, the words that make sense here are **me corté** (I cut myself).

5. Since I did not wash my finger, now I ______.

Here we are talking about the toe that Arturo cut off.

If a injury is not cleaned, it can become infected. That’s why the words that make sense here are **lo tengo infectado** (It’s infected).

6. Also, I didn’t wear a hat and ______ with the sun.

Let’s think about the beach. If a person does not protect himself from the sun he can get sunburned.

As Arturo did not wear a cap, he could suffer burns. Therefore, the words that should go here are **me quemé** (I get burned)

7. So now my face is very _____ and red.

When sunburn is very strong, it can have very unpleasant effects. The last word on the box and the one that makes sense here is **hinchada** (swollen).

(1) Me dio un calambre.
(2) Me caí.
(3) Me lastimé.
(4) Me duele.
(5) Me corté.
(6) Lo tengo infectado.
(7) Me quemé.
(8) Hinchada.

For this exercise, imagine that you are talking to the school nurse. We must tell him/her what is happening with the words in parentheses.

Remember that we need to conjugate the verbs in the first person and in the appropriate tense.

1. This question says *What’s wrong?* and the words are: *cut / lip / have it infected*.

In this case, the nurse asks us *¿Qué tienes?* (What’s wrong?). With the given words we can describe two situations: that we cut our lip (in the past) and that we have it infected (in the present).

To describe that we cut our lip in the past, we must conjugate the verb *cortar* in the preterite tense.

Let’s see what the answer be like:

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|Me corté el labio y lo tengo infectado. |I cut my lip and it is infected. |

2. This question says: *What happened to you?* and the words are: *break / leg / skating*.

Let’s see that the question *¿Qué te pasó?* (What happened to you?) is in the past tense, so we can assume that at that moment we already broke our leg. We must conjugate the verb *romper* in the preterite tense.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|Me rompí la pierna patinando. | I broke my leg skating.|

3. This question says *What’s wrong?* and the words are: *bump / cheek*.

In this case, the nurse’s question is *¿Qué tienes?* (What’s wrong?). Let’s see that among the words are *darse un golpe* (bump). We might think that the answer should be in the present tense as well as the question, but it would not make sense to tell the nurse that we are taking a hit.

We must conjugate the verb *dar* in the preterite tense because it is something that already happened. Let’s see the answer:

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|Me di un golpe en la mejilla. | I took a hit on the cheek.|

4. This question says: *What happened to you?* and the words are: *twist / ankle*.

Again, the nurse asks us *¿Qué te pasó?* (What happened to you?). We must conjugate the verb *torcer* in the preterite tense to indicate that it is something that has already happened.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
| Me torcí el tobillo. |I twisted my ankle. |

5. This question says *What happened to you?* and the words are: *bump / elbow / wall*.

In this case, we must conjugate the verb *dar* in the preterite tense because seeing the question, the verb and the context (remembering sentence # 3) we can assume that it is something that has already happened.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
| Me di un golpe en el codo con la pared. | I hit my elbow on the wall. |

6. This question says *What’s wrong?* and the words are: *have a cramp / leg*.

In this case, the question is *¿Qué tienes?* (What’s wrong?) and between the parenthesis words we have *tener un calambre*.

Unlike the previous sentences, the answer in this case will be in the present tense. This is because, in the case of having a cramp, it would not make sense for us to conjugate the verb *tener* in the preterite tense because if it has already passed there will be no pain or symptoms.

If the nurse notices that something is happening to us and she asks us, we can assume that it is because we have the cramp at that moment. The answer would be:

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|Tengo un calambre en la pierna. | I have a leg cramp.|

In this exercise, we must see the images and try to describe what each one feels in the first person, as if we were them.

Then we must give them advice on what to do to feel better.

2. Since the child is rubbing his head, we can think that he has a headache. What can be recommended in these cases is to take a pill.

The answer would be the following:

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
| Me duele la cabeza. Tómate una pastilla. | My head hurts. Take a pill. |

3. In this image we can see that the girl is holding some tissues and that she seems to be shaking. This may indicate that she has a cold.

To ease the symptoms, she could take some cold pills and rest.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|Estoy resfriada. Tómate una pastilla para el resfriado y descansa. | I have a cold. Take a cold pill and rest.|

4. In this image the girl is rubbing her cheek. We can assume that she hit her cheek and now it hurts.

For this, we may recommend that you apply an ointment to reduce swelling.

|Spanish |English |
|–|–|
|Me duele la mejilla. Ponte un ungüento. | My cheek hurts. Put on ointment.|

5. In this case, we might think that the child’s leg, knee or ankle hurts. However, as we see that the shoe had to be removed, the most logical thing is that perhaps he sprained his ankle and it hurts.

When this happens, it is best to apply a bandage to ensure that the ankle is in its correct position.

| Spanish| English|
|–|–|
| Me torcí el tobillo, me duele. Ponte este vendaje.| I sprained my ankle, it hurts. Put this bandage on.|

6. In the last image it is clear that the boy cut his finger with a leaf. To prevent infection, we may recommend that he put on an adhesive bandage.

|Spanish | English|
|–|–|
|Me corté el dedo. Ponte una curita. |I cut my finger. Put on an adhesive bandage. |