Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the gap.
SCORPION FISH
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| Have you ever heard of scorpion fish? I was completely (1) |
AWARE |
| they existed until I trod on one in the sea.l can't (2) enough |
EMPHASIS |
| how painful it was! The fish has a spike which gives you an (3) |
INJECT |
| of a (4) substance. It’s not dangerous, but you begin to feel |
POISON |
| extremely (5) , and the pain just gets worse and worse. Luckily, |
COMFORT |
| there was a doctor on the beach — she was a (6) at the local |
SURGERY |
| hospital — and she told me what the best (7) was. I had to bathe my foot in warm, salty water and then apply an ammonia-based solution. |
TREAT |
| After my holiday, my foot still seemed to be a little infected, so my local GP gave me a (8) for antibiotics. Unfortunately, it turned out |
PRESCRIBE |
| I was (9) to them, so I came out in a red rash all over my body. |
ALLERGY |
| It was over a week before ! had made a complete (10) . |
RECOVER |
