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Fears and Phobias

The document provides exercises related to fears and phobias, including matching phrases with pictures, choosing correct answers for specific fears, and completing sentences with the present perfect tense. It explains that phobias are irrational fears that cause significant distress and avoidance behaviors. Additionally, it lists some rare phobias with their definitions.

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Fears and Phobias

The document provides exercises related to fears and phobias, including matching phrases with pictures, choosing correct answers for specific fears, and completing sentences with the present perfect tense. It explains that phobias are irrational fears that cause significant distress and avoidance behaviors. Additionally, it lists some rare phobias with their definitions.

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FEARS AND PHOBIAS

A) Match the phrases with the corresponding picture. Use the vocabulary in the box.

water \ bridges \ germs and bacteria \ the dark \


the boss \ sharks \ crowded places \ blood \ being alone

1. a phobia about _________ 2. a phobia about _________ 3. a fear of ______________

4. afraid of _______________ 5. afraid of _______________ 6. afraid of ____________

7. a phobia about _________ 8. a fear of _______________ 9. a phobia about _________

B) Choose the correct answer.

1. the fear of water. a) hematophobia


2. the fear of dogs b) atychiphobia
3. the fear of the wind c) eisoptrophobia
4. the fear of flying d) hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia
5. the fear of darkness e) ancraophobia
6. the fear of oceans, seas and lakes f) aerophobia
7. the fear of mirrors g) nyctophobia
8. the fear of failure h) aquaphobia
9. the fear of blood i) cynophobia
10. the phobia of long words j) thalassophobia

C) Complete these sentences with the present perfect form of the verb in parentheses.

1 I __________________________ (be) afraid of flying since I was a child.

2 I ___________________________ (hear) that flying is the most common fear.

3 I ___________________________ (not feel) so scared since I was little.

4 I ___________________________ (give) so many talks I’m no longer scared of public speaking.

5 ___________________________ (you/have) the feeling of time moving slowly when you are scared?

6 ___________________________ (you/see) a doctor about your fears?


Some Rare Phobias

A phobia is an irrational fear of an object, situation or living thing. Phobias often occur in response to something
unlikely to cause real harm.
Phobias are characterized by significant distress and often cause a person to avoid the source of their fear or
suffer from extreme anxiety when faced with it.

D) Match the names with the descriptions.

ephebiphobia \ arithmophobia \ deipnophobia \ arachibutyrophobia \ ablutophobia \ plutophobia \ nomophobia

1. Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of


___________________
your mouth

2. Fear of being without your mobile phone ___________________

3. Fear of numbers ___________________

4. Fear of money ___________________

5. Fear of bathing ___________________

6. Fear of adolescents ___________________

7. Fear of dining with others ___________________

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