# Test 13

| body    | muscle | skin |
| ------- | ------ | ---- |
| stomach | waist  | back |
| arm     | wrist  | leg  |
| finger  | nail   | toe  |
| knee    | foot   | /    |

## Identifying the key word

1. **\[skin]-** fair, dark, itchy, soft
2. **\[nail]-** break, bite, grow, paint
3. **\[stomach]-** lie on, ***rumble***, full, upset
4. **\[arm]-** break, fold, stiff, long
5. **\[knee]-** bend, hurt, graze, scrape
6. **\[finger]-** cut, point, snap, tap
7. **\[back]-** hurt, lie on, bad, sore
8. **\[foot]-** wash, wide, bare, smelly
9. **\[muscle]-** massage, pull, tense, stiff
10. **\[waist]-** strip to, put (a towel) round
11. **\[body]-** ache, exercise, dead, run-down
12. **\[leg]-** break, stretch, thin, tired
13. **\[toe]-** stand on, step on, touch
14. **\[wrist]-** break, cut, hold, sprain

## The correct collocation

1. When I had the flu my body was ~~*hurting*~~ / ***aching*** all over.
2. I ~~*hurt*~~ / ***pulled*** a muscle in my leg while I was playing tennis and had to stop.
3. She ate something that ~~*hurt*~~ / ***upset*** her stomach.
4. I ***hurt*** / ~~*upset*~~ my back lifting some heavy boxes.

## Key word quiz

1. He broke his left ***leg*** playing football. He's now on crutches.
2. I fell off my bike and scraped all the **skin** off my knees and elbows.
3. I don't know how he can walk across the hot sand in his bare **feet**.
4. He sat down and folded his **arms** across his chest.
5. I missed breakfast and my ***stomach*** was rumbling all through the meeting.
6. Can you touch your **toes**? I can only do it if I bend my **knees**.
7. He snapped his ***fingers*** to attract the waiter's attention.
8. He's been off work for months with a bad **back**.
9. After work, I got my wife to massage the tense ***muscles*** in my neck.
10. Believe it or not, his hair *reaches down to* his ***waist***.

## Prepositions

1. Don't point your finger ***at*** / ~~*to*~~ me!
2. He was carrying a newspaper ~~*in*~~ / ***under*** his arm.
3. The teacher patted me ~~*in*~~ / ***on*** the back and said 'Well done!'
4. I wrapped a towel ***round*** / ~~*on*~~ my waist.
5. I don't know why he hit me ***in*** / ~~*on*~~ the stomach.
6. He apologized for stepping ***on*** / ~~*over*~~ my toes.