II. Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1. Name the form of the verb in passive voice. Translate the sentences.

1. The patient was treated by a well-known doctor.

2. The temperature is taken regularly.

3. Both children were cured of a dangerous disease.

4. The skin is washed by a surgeon with a soap and running water.

5. An enema will be given in the morning.

6. Operations are being performed by this surgeon.

7. A deep cut was made by the operator.

8. The drug was being taken by the patient when he came in.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in the correct form. Translate the sentences.

1. The skeleton and teeth of the human body (містити) ions which (утворювати) from organic acids and bases and compounds of fluorine.

2. About one tenth of phosphorus (сполучати) with organic compounds.

3. Climate, temperature and intake of drags (впливати) the amount of water in the body.

4. Chronic poisoning (відбуватись) when the dose is sufficient to cause moderatesymptoms.

5. Methyl alcohol (змішувати) in all proportions with water.

6. Iron, cobalt and nickel which (входити до складу) Group VIII of the Periodic Classification (знаходити) wide use in medicine.

7. When different atoms (сполучати), the formulas (показувати) what atoms and how many of them are present.

8. Melting and boiling (розглядати) as physical changes.

9. More than 20 amino acids (виділяти) from protein mass during our last experiment.

10. All the vessels (промити) carefully and (сушити).

11 .The change in density (спостерігати) at the end of the test.

Exercise 3. Translate the sentences into Ukrainian, explain the use of the word it.

1. Sodium, a silver-colored metal, is very soft. It is also known to be a very reactivesubstance.

2. The river or lake water is a mixture of substances, some dissolved in it, others suspended

in it.

3. It is generally recognized that the primeval life forms developed in the waters of theEarth.

4. It is necessary to store the buffer solution in a dark place.

5. It was commonly believed that milk contained an acid.

6. To demonstrate coagulation he diluted milk with water, brought it to the boiling point,:o portions of the solution he added various mineral acids.

7. It is recommended to close glass bottles with glass caps.

Exercise 4. Replace all the nouns with personal pronouns.

1. The patient will be looked after by the ward nurse.

2. The wounded was operated upon by the surgeon.

3. The work of a nurse was much spoken about by the students.

4. The younger children are being taken care of by the elder sister.

5. The articles were read by many students.

Exercise 5. Make up sentences using the following word expressions.

as a result of у результаті

as a rule як правило

after all а втім; зрештою; кінець кінцем

because of дякуючи; у результаті

except for за винятком

in other cases в іншому випадку

Exercise 6. Answer the questions using the expression it takes...

1. How long does it take you to go to your medical college?

2. How long does it take to translate a text?

3. How long does it take to perform appendectomy?

4. How long did it take to cure the child from measles?

5. How long does it take to make a blood analysis?

UNIT THREE

1 1	Speaking	Cells and Their Functions
II	Grammar	Revision