3. JMake questions in the Past Continuous using the prompts below.

1. he/sleep/when/the bell/ring?

Was he sleeping when the bell rang?

2. she/look for/a book/when/her mother/enter?

3. they/prepare/for the seminar/when/his friend/come?

4. 1/look/for a new job/on the internet/when/my boss/walk/into the office?

5. the students/play/a computer game/instead of/prepare/assign­ments?

5 Choose the correct answers.

1 Are you going to attend lecture? No, I ... yesterday.

a am	b were	c was
2 The children ... when the father came home.
a are playing	b were playing	c play
3 The applicants ... a test now.
a were having	b have	c are having
4 He ... for his test when 1 phoned.
a was preparing	b is preparing	c are preparing
5 Though it was late the teachers ... instructions.
a are giving	b were giving	c am giving
6 The dean ... with the student in room 5.
a is talking	b are talking	c were talking
7 The physician ... a patient in the reception ward.
a was examining	b are examining	c is examining
8 The student ... to provide complete care for patients.
a is preparing	b are preparing	c was preparing
9 Several universities	across the USA ... college students to their
medical schools during college studies.
a was admitting	b are admitting	c admits
10 The Department of Health and Human Services .... the vast ma-
jority of residency training.
a were financing	b is financing	c are financing

ft Complete the questions.

1. What university ... you enter this summer?

2. What ... it called?

3. What kinds of departments ... the university offer?

4. What facilities ... the university have?

5. How much ... the tuition cost?

6. What ... special about the university?

{ 7 (Correct the mistakes.

1. I didn’t busy at the weekends.

2. There was a telephone call for me.

3. She were playing tennis at 7 o’clock.

4. Did you drank some pills for you headache.

5. The students was having a biology lecture in the morning.

6. Students was required to complete specialized professional courses in clinical pharmacy.

7. Most of the medical colleges in the USA was part of a large uni­versity.

8. The nurse were preparing the patient for the operative treatment.

9. More and more people was using medical plants for treatment.

10. These days scientists is conducting experiments on rats.

11. The patients is taking antibiotics during a month.

12. These doctors was talking about new approach in tuberculosis treatment.

Speaking

(S I

j J_ Can you do these tasks on your own?

	Yes	No	Need more information
Compare Ukrainian and American systems of medical education
Express your attitude to grades		11
Tell about responsibility for American stu­dents training	i

Make up a short dialogue. You and your partner can select replies from lists (1) and (2) below.

1	2
to obtain further education undergraduate years objective admissions criteria teaching hospital enroll in programs under supervision	core subjects pre-clinical study laboratory instructions specialty electives sub-internship rotation title of M.D. to practice independently

• (iive a short presentation of an American university you know.

1. Focus on the following issues:

• pre-clinical training,

• cost,

• assessment of students’ knowledge,

• post-graduate training.

2. Compare the curriculum at a Ukrainian medical university and at an American one.

A Bit of Humour

She: “You remind me of the ocean.”

He: “Wild, romantic and restless?”

She: “No, you just make me sick.”

Patient: “Do you extract teeth painlessly?”

Dentist: “Not always — the other day I nearly dislocated my wrist!”

Professor: “Now, Robert, what are you doing — learning some­thing?”

Student: “No, sir. I’m listening to you.”

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