- •5 Read the text and answer the questions.
- •7 Look at the pictures and decide where each dialogue takes place. Justify your decision.
- •8 Listen to the dialogues and match each dialogue to the picture.
- •9 Look at the seven statements. You will hear four conversations at the hospital. Decide if you think each statement is correct or incorrect.
- •10 Who used these phrases? Mention the number of the conversation and the name of the speaker. (Nurse & Mr. Wallace, Doctor 1& Mrs. Foster, Sister& Mr. Frampton, Mother &Doctor 2).
- •11 Work in pairs. Act out similar conversations.
- •Vocabulary & grammar
- •12 Match the departments (1-6) with the ideas a-f below.
- •1 Casualty 4 intensive care
- •2 Children's ward 5 maternity ward
- •3 Operating theatre 6 outpatients' department
- •13 Match the people in a to the place you find them in b and the job they do in c. The first one has been done for you.
- •14 Read the two texts. Which one describes the working day of a surgeon? Which one describes the working day of a nurse? Complete the gaps with the words below each text.
- •15 Work with a partner. Look at the new words in the box. Tell your partner which of them you have experienced. Don't tell them any you don't want to talk about.
- •16 Label the items in the picture.
- •21 Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only one word in each space. There is an example (0) at the beginning.
- •Modal verbs
- •22 Read the sentences and match the verbs/modals in bold to their meanings.
- •23 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use one of the verbs in the box below. The first one is done for you.
- •24 Complete the sentences using must, have to, may, might, could or can’t, as in the example.
- •25 Fill in the gaps with must, mustn't or needn’t/don’t have to, as in the example.
- •26 Fill in the gaps with needn't have or didn't have to and the correct form of the verb in brackets, as in the example.
- •27 Choose the correct sentence, as in the example.
- •28 Read the situations and write what you would say using should, ought
7 Look at the pictures and decide where each dialogue takes place. Justify your decision.
Casualty Department
Operating Theatre
Maternity Ward
Ward Ten
8 Listen to the dialogues and match each dialogue to the picture.
9 Look at the seven statements. You will hear four conversations at the hospital. Decide if you think each statement is correct or incorrect.
Mr. Wallace is in the maternity ward. His wife's going to have a baby.
He has been waiting long.
David Foster has never been afraid of operations.
David Foster has had a minor accident. His wife’s outside the operating theatre now.
Mr Frampton has just arrived at the hospital. He's going to have a serious operation tomorrow.
There's a buzzer on the bedside table.
The boy was just playing with the vase, and he put it on his head, it's stuck.
10 Who used these phrases? Mention the number of the conversation and the name of the speaker. (Nurse & Mr. Wallace, Doctor 1& Mrs. Foster, Sister& Mr. Frampton, Mother &Doctor 2).
● If you press the button, someone will come at once.
● He's lost a lot of blood. If we don't operate, he'll die!
● If we pull too hard, we'll hurt him.
● I'm sure I won't need anything.
● If it's a girl, we'll call her Victoria, and if it's a boy we'll call him Jason.
● If I don't get it off, he won't be able to eat!
● If we operate now, he'll be all right.
11 Work in pairs. Act out similar conversations.
● You are in the maternity ward. Your wife (sister) is going to have a baby. You are asking the nurse about the news.
● You have just arrived at the hospital. Sister is giving you some instructions in the ward.
● You are at the casualty department, explaining to the doctor what has happened.
Vocabulary & grammar
12 Match the departments (1-6) with the ideas a-f below.
1 Casualty 4 intensive care
2 Children's ward 5 maternity ward
3 Operating theatre 6 outpatients' department
a She's just had her first baby.
b She cut her arm badly.
c He’s having his operation.
d Our ten-year-old has a very high temperature.
e I had to go for a check-up.
f She's very ill. She needs constant attention.
Another name for the Casualty Department is A and E (accident and emergency).
13 Match the people in a to the place you find them in b and the job they do in c. The first one has been done for you.
B
on the wards
in an ambulance in an operating theatre on the maternity ward in casualty
at the scene of an accident in the waiting room in the pharmacy in hospital corridors
C
They perform operations
They are senior nurses, in charge of a ward
They are ill in hospital
They push patients on stretchers from the ward to the operating theatre
They provide emergency aid
They keep the patient unconscious during an operation
They help mothers have babies
They are senior doctors who specialize in one particular area
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They push patients on stretches from the ward to the operating theatre |
Paramedic |
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Surgeon |
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Anaesthetist |
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Nurse |
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Consultant |
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Sister |
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Patient |
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Outpatient |
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Midwife |
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Chemist |
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