- •Combined Language Skills Practice: a Handbook for Medical Students
- •Contents
- •Chapter I. Reading comprehension
- •Text 1. Exercise - a key to fitness
- •Text 2. Meningitis
- •Text 3. Living a long life
- •Text 5. What Is Bronchitis?
- •Text 6. Blood
- •Text 7. Mouth and Teeth
- •Text 8. How fluoride works
- •Chapter II. Use of english
- •1. Lexical Cloze Tasks
- •Oral cancer – risk factors
- •Old age and the brain
- •Oral hygiene
- •Wild treatments
- •2. Multiple Choice Tasks
- •Pneumonia
- •A Headache Martyr
- •What Is Appendicitis?
- •3. Word Formation Tasks
- •Respiratory System
- •Functions
- •Human Physiology
- •Dreaming
- •Malaria
- •Chapter III. Grammar
- •1. Grammar of Tenses and Verb Forms
- •An Anatomy Class
- •A Dental Clinic
- •Human Anatomy
- •The Development of Dentistry
- •E. Open the brackets using the correct verb form Why Do I Need to Wash My Hands?
- •Emotion Location
- •Your Ribs
- •Taking Care of Bones
- •I. Open the brackets using the correct verb form How Bones Grow
- •A Case Study
- •2. Grammar Tests
- •1 Underline the correct form of the verbs
- •2 Complete the conversation using the Present Simple or the Present Continuous. Use short forms (for example 'm, 're, 's, don't, etc.)
- •3 Write the questions to these answers
- •4. Read the case study and write answers in the same tense as the questions
- •1 Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences
- •2 Correct the mistakes in the sentences
- •3 Complete the text with the connectors below
- •1 Reorder the words to write sentences
- •2 Complete this gp's referral letter with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets
- •3 Write the answers Mr Nesbitt would give to these questions
- •1 Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives
- •2 Read each sentence. If it is correct, write a tick (/). If there is a mistake, correct it
- •3 Complete these sentences with the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives in exercise 1
- •1 Complete the questions
- •3 Complete the questions in the dialogue
- •1 Match the beginnings and ends of these sentences
- •3 Use these verbs with will, won't, or shall to complete the sentences. Use short form
- •1 Read each sentence. If it is correct, write a tick (). If there is a mistake, correct it
- •2 Complete the sentences with should / shouldn't and one of the verbs below
- •3 Write two pieces of advice for each of these problems. They can be negative or positive
- •1 Choose the correct expression to complete the sentences
- •2 Complete the answers to the questions using the information in brackets
- •1 Underline the correct form of the verb in each sentence
- •2 Match the beginnings and endings of these Zero Conditional sentences, and complete them with the verbs below in the correct form
- •3 Complete these First and Zero Conditional sentences with the verbs given in the correct form. They are not always given in the correct order
- •1 Read each sentence. If it is correct, tick (). If there is a mistake, correct it
- •2 Complete the sentences by choosing a, b, or с
- •3 Complete these sentences using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets
- •1 Reorder the words to write sentences
- •2 Underline the word or phrase that completes the sentence
- •3 Read each sentence. If it is correct, write a tick (). If there is a mistake, correct it
- •1 Put the words in the correct order
- •2 Complete the sentences
- •3 Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense using a future form
- •1 Underline the correct form of the verb in these sentences
- •2 Read each sentence. If it is correct, write a tick (). If there is a mistake, correct it
- •3 Use the Past Simple or the Present Perfect to complete the conversation between a nurse and a patient.
- •1 Complete the sentences using the Present Passive. Use short forms
- •2 Rewrite these Active sentences using the Past Passive
- •3 Complete the case history with the words below, using the Present or Past Passive or Active forms of the verbs below. Some verbs can be used more than once
- •1 Correct the mistake in each sentence
- •3 Complete the text using the Present Continuous or be going to form of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms
- •1 Reorder the words to write sentences. Add commas and full stops where necessary
- •2 Complete the sentences using the words below
- •3 Complete these sentences to describe your use or opinion of alternative medicine. In each sentence, use one of the words below.
- •1 Match the beginnings and ends of the sentences
- •2 Complete the text with used to,(be) used to, or (get) used to in the correct form. Nursing since the 1950s
- •3 Complete the sentences with get or got used to /used to/use to/didn't use to and the verbs below
- •Chapter IV. Listening comprehension
- •Part 1 Mr Gumley
- •Part 2 Mrs Emma Sharp
- •Part 3 Miss Grace Donaldson
- •Part 4 Mr Pritt
- •Part 5 Barry Scott
- •Part 6 Mrs Mary Lock
- •References
What Is Appendicitis?
Your appendix is a small, finger-shaped pouch connected to your large intestine, in the lower right part of 1_______. Some researchers think that many, many years ago, the appendix was once a useful part of the 2_______ system, but we don't need it anymore.
When your appendix gets 3 ____ or swells up, it's called appendicitis. Both kids and adults can get appendicitis. Sometimes it happens after there is an infection in the intestine. Sometimes something causes a blockage in the appendix, then it gets inflamed.
Appendicitis is not 4______. This means you can't catch it from anyone who has it. But there isn't much you can do to prevent appendicitis from happening.
People have different types of 5_____when they have appendicitis. Someone with appendicitis might feel as if he or she is having really bad indigestion.
Usually, the first symptom is a bellyache around the belly button. Sometimes, vomiting follows. After a few hours, the pains tend to 6_____down to the lower right side of the belly. Sometimes the pain can become sharp and 7______ in this area — enough to keep a kid up at night.
If the doctor decides that a kid has appendicitis, the appendix will need to be 8______in an operation. To prepare for an appendectomy (the name for surgery that removes the appendix), a kid will be given 9______. This puts him or her into a kind of deep sleep and keeps the kid from feeling pain during the surgery.
During the operation, a 10______will make a small cut in the abdomen and remove the appendix. After an appendectomy, a kid will stay in the hospital for a few days to recover from this operation. And here's some more good news: The kid won't ever have to worry about appendicitis again!
1 A stomach B gallbladder C spleen D abdomen
2 A nervous B cardiovascular C respiratory D digestive
3 A damaged B abscessed C enlarged D inflamed
4 A virulent B contagious C viral D diseased
5 A marks B problems C disorders D symptoms
6 A go B radiate C climb D slip
7 A intensive B intense C strong D slight
8 A cut B operated C removed D withdrawn
9 A antibiotics B anesthesia C drugs D sedatives
10 A nurse B surgeon C surgery D operator
f. Read the sentences below and decide which word best fits the space
(1) Whether awake or asleep, you don't have to think about breathing — 1____so vital to life that it happens automatically.
(2) 2 ____ is the process of taking air into the lungs and giving it out.
(3) Arteries are 3 _____ blood vessels in the body.
(4) Physiology of the lungs is associated with 4 _____ structure.
(5) Blood carries oxygen and nutrients 5 _____all the cells of the human body.
(6) The patient 6 _____ of a severe pain in the back.
(7) The doctor 7 _____ the patient asked him a lot of questions.
(8) All students must pass a lot of 8_____ during the years of study.
(9) The professor who 9 _____ the lecture told us a lot of new facts about the history of Anatomy.
(10) We 10 _____ to study hard to brush up all the questions for the Anatomy test.
1 A its B this C it’s D it
2 A Digestion B Respiration C Immunity D Mastication
3 A the thinnest B thicker C thinner D the thickest
4 A their B its C this D they
5 A from B to C with D by
6 A consults B tells C complains D describes
7 A examining B examines C examined D examine
8 A essays B questions C classes D exams
9 A spoke B delivered C introduced D told
10 A should B must C have D will
g. Read the sentences below and decide which word best fits the space
A tooth is attached to its socket in the jaw by the 1 ______.
Incisors erupt 2 ____ than molars.
There are five teeth on each side of 3 ____ jaw.
Deciduous molars are replaced by 4 ______.
The deciduous teeth are also 5 _______ as temporary.
When the lecture was finished there were 6 ____ questions, almost all the students wanted to ask something.
Even ancient people taught that body’s first line of 7 _____against infection was an intact surface.
Every day we have plenty of 8________ on different subjects: Anatomy, Chemistry, Latin etc.
Every time we move, we use our bones, muscles, and joints. Without 9_____ we wouldn't be able to stand, walk, run, or even sit.
Immunity 10 _____ resistance to disease.
A alveolar process B periodontal membrane C mucous membrane D neck
A the earliest B earlier C later D the latest
A the B a C my D its
A permanent molars B permanent incisors C permanent canines D permanent premolar
A know B known C knowing D unknown
A much B a lot of C some D no
A protection B defence C prevention D attack
A exams B tests C classes D experiments
A they B them C it D these
A means B deals C has D does