Mental Health worksheet with vocabulary and reading comprehension activities.
A worksheet from the Instituto Universitario de Caldas Manizales, titled "Mental Health," featuring vocabulary matching and listening/reading exercises related to mental health topics.
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Let’s solve this step by step.
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We need to match each word/phrase on the left with its correct definition on the right.
Let’s go one by one:
a. Mental illness → This is a condition that affects thinking or behavior seriously.
→ Matches 3: “A condition which causes serious disorder in a person’s behaviour or thinking.”
b. Survey → A way of collecting facts, figures, or opinions from people.
→ Matches 8: “A sampling of facts, figures, or opinions used to reveal and analyse information.”
c. Suffer → To feel pain or distress.
→ Matches 9: “To feel pain or great distress.”
d. Wake-up call → Something that alerts you to fix a problem.
→ Matches 1: “A thing that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation and prompts them to remedy it.”
e. Support → Help or assistance.
→ Matches 10: “Assistance or help.”
f. Treatment → Using medicine or surgery to cure someone.
→ Matches 5: “The use of medicines, surgery, etc., in curing a person of a disorder.”
g. Middle-aged → Around 45 to 65 years old.
→ Matches 6: “(of a person) aged about 45 to 65.”
h. Charity → A fund or organization that helps others (often for free).
→ Matches 2: “A charitable fund, organization, foundation, or institution.”
i. Figures → Numbers or amounts expressed numerically.
→ Matches 4: “An amount or value expressed in numbers.”
j. Scale → Size or extent of something.
→ Matches 7: “Size or extent.”
✔ So the matches are:
a-3, b-8, c-9, d-1, e-10, f-5, g-6, h-2, i-4, j-7
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We have these words to choose from:
> Researchers, Illness, Adults, charity, support, doctor, mental health, suffered, depression, per cent
Now let’s read the text and fill in the blanks logically.
Text:
> Britain's health service said that up to half of ______ have suffered from a mental illness.
→ Who suffers? “Adults” makes sense here.
→ First blank: Adults
> The Health Survey for England shows that 25 per cent of adults have had a ______ problem...
→ What kind of problem? “mental health” fits best.
→ Second blank: mental health
> ...and 18 per cent believe they have ______ from one but have not seen a ______.
→ “suffered” goes with “from one” → third blank: suffered
→ Not seen a who? “doctor” → fourth blank: doctor
> A mental health expert said the survey is a "wake-up call" to make sure that people get mental health ______.
→ Get what? “support” → fifth blank: support
> He said: "Effective mental health treatment saves lives."
Next paragraph:
> ______ questioned 5,000 adults and found that 26 ______ of them were diagnosed with a mental illness.
→ Who questioned? “Researchers” → sixth blank: Researchers
→ 26 what? “per cent” → seventh blank: per cent
> ______ was the most common form.
→ What illness? From context, likely “depression” → eighth blank: depression
> Women are more likely to suffer than men. Over 40 per cent of middle-aged women have had an ______ at some time in their life.
→ Had an what? “illness” → ninth blank: illness
> A mental health ______ said: "These are shocking figures..."
→ Who said it? Could be “charity” (as in representative) or “doctor”. But earlier we used “doctor”, and “charity” hasn’t been used yet. Also, charities often release statements like this. Let’s check — “charity” is still available.
→ tenth blank: charity
Wait — let’s double-check if all words are used once.
Words given:
Researchers, Illness, Adults, charity, support, doctor, mental health, suffered, depression, per cent → 10 words.
Blanks: 10 blanks.
Used so far:
1. Adults
2. mental health
3. suffered
4. doctor
5. support
6. Researchers
7. per cent
8. depression
9. illness
10. charity
Yes — all used once. Perfect.
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Final Answer:
Vocabulary Matching:
a - 3
b - 8
c - 9
d - 1
e - 10
f - 5
g - 6
h - 2
i - 4
j - 7
Fill in the blanks:
1. Adults
2. mental health
3. suffered
4. doctor
5. support
6. Researchers
7. per cent
8. depression
9. illness
10. charity
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Part 1: Vocabulary Matching (a-j to 1-10)
We need to match each word/phrase on the left with its correct definition on the right.
Let’s go one by one:
a. Mental illness → This is a condition that affects thinking or behavior seriously.
→ Matches 3: “A condition which causes serious disorder in a person’s behaviour or thinking.”
b. Survey → A way of collecting facts, figures, or opinions from people.
→ Matches 8: “A sampling of facts, figures, or opinions used to reveal and analyse information.”
c. Suffer → To feel pain or distress.
→ Matches 9: “To feel pain or great distress.”
d. Wake-up call → Something that alerts you to fix a problem.
→ Matches 1: “A thing that alerts people to an unsatisfactory situation and prompts them to remedy it.”
e. Support → Help or assistance.
→ Matches 10: “Assistance or help.”
f. Treatment → Using medicine or surgery to cure someone.
→ Matches 5: “The use of medicines, surgery, etc., in curing a person of a disorder.”
g. Middle-aged → Around 45 to 65 years old.
→ Matches 6: “(of a person) aged about 45 to 65.”
h. Charity → A fund or organization that helps others (often for free).
→ Matches 2: “A charitable fund, organization, foundation, or institution.”
i. Figures → Numbers or amounts expressed numerically.
→ Matches 4: “An amount or value expressed in numbers.”
j. Scale → Size or extent of something.
→ Matches 7: “Size or extent.”
✔ So the matches are:
a-3, b-8, c-9, d-1, e-10, f-5, g-6, h-2, i-4, j-7
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Part 2: Listening and Reading – Fill in the blanks
We have these words to choose from:
> Researchers, Illness, Adults, charity, support, doctor, mental health, suffered, depression, per cent
Now let’s read the text and fill in the blanks logically.
Text:
> Britain's health service said that up to half of ______ have suffered from a mental illness.
→ Who suffers? “Adults” makes sense here.
→ First blank: Adults
> The Health Survey for England shows that 25 per cent of adults have had a ______ problem...
→ What kind of problem? “mental health” fits best.
→ Second blank: mental health
> ...and 18 per cent believe they have ______ from one but have not seen a ______.
→ “suffered” goes with “from one” → third blank: suffered
→ Not seen a who? “doctor” → fourth blank: doctor
> A mental health expert said the survey is a "wake-up call" to make sure that people get mental health ______.
→ Get what? “support” → fifth blank: support
> He said: "Effective mental health treatment saves lives."
Next paragraph:
> ______ questioned 5,000 adults and found that 26 ______ of them were diagnosed with a mental illness.
→ Who questioned? “Researchers” → sixth blank: Researchers
→ 26 what? “per cent” → seventh blank: per cent
> ______ was the most common form.
→ What illness? From context, likely “depression” → eighth blank: depression
> Women are more likely to suffer than men. Over 40 per cent of middle-aged women have had an ______ at some time in their life.
→ Had an what? “illness” → ninth blank: illness
> A mental health ______ said: "These are shocking figures..."
→ Who said it? Could be “charity” (as in representative) or “doctor”. But earlier we used “doctor”, and “charity” hasn’t been used yet. Also, charities often release statements like this. Let’s check — “charity” is still available.
→ tenth blank: charity
Wait — let’s double-check if all words are used once.
Words given:
Researchers, Illness, Adults, charity, support, doctor, mental health, suffered, depression, per cent → 10 words.
Blanks: 10 blanks.
Used so far:
1. Adults
2. mental health
3. suffered
4. doctor
5. support
6. Researchers
7. per cent
8. depression
9. illness
10. charity
Yes — all used once. Perfect.
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Final Answer:
Vocabulary Matching:
a - 3
b - 8
c - 9
d - 1
e - 10
f - 5
g - 6
h - 2
i - 4
j - 7
Fill in the blanks:
1. Adults
2. mental health
3. suffered
4. doctor
5. support
6. Researchers
7. per cent
8. depression
9. illness
10. charity
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