Exersises

I. Make these sentences interrogative and negative.

1. I have а sore throat. 2. My mother has а sharp pain in the side. 3. My father has got а headache. 4. Му brother has got а bad cough. 5. Two students have а high temperature. 6. They have а cold. 7. Му grandfather had а heart attack. 8. I have food allergy. 9. We have food poisoning. 10. She has а toothache.

II. Put the sentences into the Past and into the Future tenses.

1. I have new glasses. 2. Не has smoked glasses. 3. She has sunglasses. 4. What sort of frames do you have? 5. Do you have horn frames? 6. My mother has got gold-plated frames. 7. Do you have any complaints? 8. She has her prescription filled. 9. Не has an appointment with the physician. 10. Му brother has а slight disease.

III. Answer the following questions in the affirmative or in the negative form.

1. Do you have а high temperature?

2. Do you have а sore throat?

3. Do you have а cold?

4. Did you have to make an appointment with а doctor?

5. Did you have to go to the pharmacy to have the prescription filled?

6. Have you got medicine for the pains in the stomach?

7. Has the pharmacy got thermometers?

8. Have you got any plaster?

9. Have you got any tablets against fever?

10. Do you have to take this medicine?

IV. Read the text paying special attention to the different functions of the verb to have.

Jane got ill

I have to take Jаnе to а doctor today. She doesn’t feel well. At breakfast she complained of а headache. She had taken aspirin but it hadn't helped. After we had had breakfast I rang up the hospital. After I had explained the matter to the receptionist she gavе us an early appointment.

In the surgery Jane had to open her mouth widely so that the doctor could examine her throat. The throat was red and looked sore. The doctor had to give an injection to the girl as an injection was better than pills. Не also gavе а prescription for some medicine. Jane had to take it every two hours. She had to stay in bed for two days, otherwise she would not probably get better.

V. Describe the situation making use of the following words and word combinations.

а) tо feel not well, to call а doctor, to write out а prescription, to have the prescription filled, to take а temperature, to have а cough and headache

b) tо have а stomachache, to have an appointment with а doctor, to have food poisoning, not to have the power, to have to take the medicine on an empty stomach

с) tо have а slight disease, to read up the symptoms of some disease, to have every disease imaginable, to have nо pulse, to have scarlet fеvеr, to consult а physician, to get an unusual prescription

VI. Translate into English.

1. На прошлой неделе у господина Смита был сердечный приступ. 2. У госпожи Джоунз боль в боку. 3. У мисс Марпл боли в пояснице (small of the back). 4. Если Хелен съест вторую порцию жареного картофеля, у неё заболит живот. 5. Саймон сломал ногу. 6. Шила поранила руку. 7. У господина Ханта заразная болезнь (a catching disease). 8. У Джима болели зубы. 9. В аптеке есть термометры? 10. Где я могу получить лекарство по этому рецепту?