- •Lexical and grammatical tasks for intermediate control
- •I. Match synonyms to the following words:
- •II. Match antonyms to the following words:
- •III. Give the definition to the following words:
- •Incubation period – one of the infection period when symptoms are not shown
- •Insufficiency – low number of nutrition
- •IV. Choose the best answer among a, b, с, and d.
- •I hope I ____________________ my report by tomorrow.
- •I am not sure where he was yesterday. He might _______________ his granny in hospital.
- •V. A) Rewrite these sentences putting the verb into the passive voice.
- •Instruments have been prepared by him
- •VI. Fill in the gaps with the words or word combinations which suit best. Then make up three questions of different types to the text.
I hope I ____________________ my report by tomorrow.
a. will have completed |
b. will complete |
c. will be completing |
d. will have been completing |
Patients with diabetes often _________________ of dryness of skin.
a. is complaining |
b. have complained |
c. are complaining |
d. complain |
Their daughter _____________ in coma for 6 months, the parents decided to remove her feeding tube.
a. having been |
b. being |
c. have been |
d. was |
The nurse let my relatives _________ the ward.
a. to enter b. entering c. entered d. enter
Carbohydrates __________ to have the greatest impact on blood glucose level.
a. are considered b. considered c. is considered d. consider
Your daughter will ______ by the Professor on Tuesday.
a. examine b. to examine c. be examined d. to be examined
Water helps _________ toxins including germs.
a. removing b. removed c. remove d. be removed
Peter _______ to have been discharged from the hospital on Monday.
a. knows b. knew c. known d. is known
Physical exercises should _____ regularly.
a. take b. to take c. be taken d. to be taken
‘Now, don’t worry. Try deep ______.’
a. breathing b. being breathed c. having breathed d. having been breathed
Kate tried _____ awake but she just couldn’t.
a. to stay b. stay c. staying d. stayed
When he returned home he could smell something ______.
a. to burn b. burning c. to be burnt d. burnt
Your new stethoscope is really cool. How much ___ it ____?
a. is … costing b. am … costing c. does … cost d. do … cost
He ____ on holiday to Feodosia for several years.
a. goes b. is going c. has gone d. has been going
I didn’t come yesterday because I _____ for the module test in microbiology the whole day.
a. prepared b. was preparing c. had prepared d. had been preparing
Today I should see 20 patients. I hope I _____ them by 4 p.m.
a. will examine b. will be examining c. examine d. will have examined
About 30% of patients have brain surgery without _____ general anaesthetics.
a. giving b. being given c. having given d. having been given
If you have hiccups, try _____ your breath for as long as you can.
a. to hold b. hold c. being hold d. holding
Everyone heard the patient ______ the whole night.
a. coughing b. being coughed c. to cough d. to be coughed
‘What’s your weight?’ ‘I ______ 70 kilos.’
a. am weighing b. is weighing c. weighs d. weigh
I _____ a new course in biophysics next month.
a. start b. am starting c. have started d. have been starting
While the physician _____ the patient, the nurse left the surgery.
a. examined b. was examining c. had examined d. had been examining
86% of women aged 27-35 _____ within a year.
a. will conceive b. will be conceiving c. are conceiving d. will have conceived
The patient __________________ for 3 weeks before he was admitted to the hospital.
a. was coughing |
b. coughed |
c. had been coughing |
d. coughing |
Jane wants ________________ a dermatologist after graduation.
a. becoming |
b. become |
c.to become |
d. to have become |
It is very difficult __________ smoking.
a. giving up b. give up c. to give up d. given up
He ______ to be getting used to an insulin pump.
a. seem b. is seemed c. has been seemed d. seems
The lecturer let us ________ the Museum of Human Development.
a. to visit b. visit c. to be visited d. be visited
‘You saw this patient last week.’ ‘Sorry. I don’t remember ______ him.’
a. treating b. being treated c. having treated d. having been treated
I’ll never forget ______ this place.
a. visit b. to visit c. visiting d. being visited
The students saw the surgeon ______ the thoracic cavity.
a. open b. to open ??? c. be opened d. to be opened
My mother has just made an appointment. She ____ her dentist tomorrow.
a. sees b. is seeing c. see d. am seeing
The students of our group managed _______ all module tests in time.
a. to pass b. passing c. pass d. passed
Long-term complications of myocardial infarction ______ to develop gradually.
a. are tended b. tends c. tend d. is tended
He must _____ arthritis for more than 5 years.
a. have b. to have c. have had d. to have had
The woman was surprised at ______ on the second day after the labour.
a. discharging b. being discharged c. having discharged d. having been discharged
Did you remember _____ blood pressure in this patient?
a. to take b. take c. taking d. being taken
The consultant allowed the child _____ tomorrow.
a. being discharged b. discharging c. be discharged d. to be discharged
I _____ rash all over the patient’s skin.
a. am seeing b. is seeing c. see d. sees
I am so tired. I _____ patients since morning.
a. examine b. is examining c. have examined d. have been examining
While the nurse _____ a vaccine to the little boy, the paediatrician was talking to his parents.
a. gave b. was giving c. had given d. had been giving
I hope I ______ my own clinic by the time I’m forty.
a. will have b. will have had ???? c. will be having d. has
____ you _____ any illnesses recently, a cold or a flu?
a. Do … have b. Are … having c. Have … been having d. Have … had
What ____ you ____ the whole evening yesterday? I wanted to talk to you.
a. did … do b. were … doing c. had … done d. had … been doing
By the end of the month, she _____ her project.
a. will finish b. will be finishing c. will have finished d. is finishing
Bill would hate anyone _____________________ about his problems.
a. to know |
b. knowing |
c. know |
d. to be known |
My parents never made me _______________ what I hated.
a. to do |
b. doing |
c. have done |
d. do |
