Grammar in use

Simple Passive Voice (Revision).

Paired conjunctions both, both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor… .

Exercise 13. Read and translate the pairs of sentences. Define the grammar differences between them. Make the sentences negative and interrogative.

1. The head is connected with the trunk by the neck.

2. The neck connects the head with the trunk.

1. The doctor admitted the patient to the in-patient department.

2. The patient was admitted to the in-patient department.

1. The doctor will examine the patient tomorrow.

2. The patient will be examined by the doctor tomorrow.

Exercise 14. Read and translate the sentences. Define the tense of the predicates

1. In the first term medical students are taught basic theoretical subjects.

2. The health of the patient was resorted rapidly.

3. New methods of medical examination will be introduced in many hospitals.

4. The chest is divided by the breastbone into two parts on each side of which there are seven ribs.

5. The treatment of the patient with paralysis of the leg muscles was started.

6. These data will be applied in practice in the nearest future.

7. The patient was examined by the surgeon and then the operation was performed.

8. The treatment will be changed to restore the patient’s health as soon as possible.

Exercise 15. Read and translate the sentences. Pay attention to the paired conjunction: both, both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor

both		обидва
both…and		як … так і і… і
either… or	(у стверджув. реченнях)	або...або чи....чи
	( у заперечних реченнях)	ні... ні
neither… nor (без not)		ні...ні

1. We both will be on duty tomorrow.

2. We will be on duty both on Monday and on Tuesday.

3. Either you or your friend will be on duty tomorrow.

4. Either you or your friend will not be on duty tomorrow.

5. Neither my friend nor I will be on duty tomorrow.

Exercise 16. Supply the paired conjunction: both, both ... and, either ... or, neither ... nor and translate the sentences

1. Experienced … therapeutists … neurologists work at our polyclinic.

2. The patient was in such a poor condition that he could … sit up … move.

3. This patient with pneumonia will be administered … streptomycin … penicillin injections.

4. At the polyclinic consulting hours may be… in the morning … in the evening.

5. The growth was revealed …. in the lungs …. in the mediastinum.

6. You may take this medicine …. before …. after meals.

7. The nurse … fills in temperature charts … gives injections.

8. …. the blood pressure… the heart sounds were normal.

Exercise 17. Put up questions to the underlined words