Health and addictions

1. Health and addictions

2. Contagious

• Don’t talk to him, he’s contagious
• The infection is highly contagious

3. A disease

• A contagious disease / an infectious disease
• A common disease / a rare disease
• She caught the disease while she was
abroad.

4. Have a cough

• He had a bad cough
• He’s had a nasty cough for days.

5. Have hay fever

• My sister gets really bad hay fever
especially in spring.

6. Be hooked on something

He’s hooked on
social media.
He’s hooked on
this TV show.

7. Put on weight

• Last year he put on some
weight, but then he quickly lost
it.

8. Kick the habit

• He was smoking for many years
and it was really difficult to kick
the habit.

9. Do vs make

Do yoga
Make some tea

10.

Do homework
Make mistakes