- •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
2 Complete this gp's referral letter with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets
Last April, Mr Nesbitt ___________1 (move) furniture when he __________2 (sprain) his back. He __________3 (consult) me and said the pain _________4 (keep) him awake every night. I ________5 (tell) him to rest and ___________6 (prescribe) a painkiller. The following week he ___________7 (report) feeling better, but a month later he __________8 (come) in to see me again. He _________9 (say) his back was stiff and there __________10 (be) some pain, but it __________11 (get) better slowly.
Mr Nesbitt ___________12 (not take) regular medication before his injury and ____________ 13(keep) fairly well.
3 Write the answers Mr Nesbitt would give to these questions
1 What were you doing when you sprained your back?
______________________________________________________
2 How did you feel after spraining your back?
_______________________________________________________
3 How was your back after taking painkillers?
_______________________________________________________
4 What medication were you taking before the injury?
_______________________________________________________
5 How were you before the injury?
_______________________________________________
Test 4
1 Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives
hard -harder-thehardest 7 sensitive
fast 8 sleepy
weak 9 strong
well 10 effective
painful 11 bad
frightening 12 intense
2 Read each sentence. If it is correct, write a tick (/). If there is a mistake, correct it
The
most worstpain many women experience is in childbirth. ___worst_____It more hurts than it did yesterday. ________
Physiotherapy can sometimes be more effective for back pain that drugs._______
These tests are less painfuler than others, because only a drop of blood is needed.
__________
Which drug will give the most effective pain relief? ___________
The fingers are one of most sensitive parts of the body. ___________
My legs ache less when I'm walking than when I'm standing still. ___________
Kidney stones are one the most painful conditions you can have. ___________
It's difficult to say where it hurts the more. ___________
3 Complete these sentences with the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives in exercise 1
Aspirin is the strongest (strong) painkiller we've got, I'm afraid.
Can I do anything to make you feel _________ (well) ?
Moving around is getting __________ (hard) to do.
Injection is __________ (fast) way to administer pain relief.
He is _____________ (weak) he was yesterday.
For children, thinking about the injection is ________ (frightening) the pain itself.
Your fingers are _______________ (sensitive) your shoulders.
He is feeling _______________ (sleepy) now and the pain is decreasing
I can't ignore the pain any more - it's just getting ________________ (bad).
This is ______________________ (intense) pain I've ever felt.
These pills are much _______________ (effective) than those.
It was _____________ (painful) experience I have ever had.
Test 5