- •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 Match the beginnings and endings of these Zero Conditional sentences, and complete them with the verbs below in the correct form
clump be use bleed
drop give
show
keep
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a it _________ more heavily than a vein. b blood pressure ____________. c if you ____________ dirty needles. d a transfusion __________ necessary. e it ___shows__ in the blood test. f you need to _________ their blood pressure up. g we ________ them type O. h they ____________. |
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
(stop, not live) You_won't live_ long unless you __stop___ taking drugs.
(give up, feel) She better if she________ smoking.
(happen, lose) What _________ if a patient ___________ a lot of blood?
(help, give) You __________ to save lives when you ___________ blood.
(stop, hold) If you ________ the wound for a few minutes, the bleeding ________.
(call,find) I __________ you if I _____________ something wrong.
(need, rise) Unless her blood pressure __________, she _________ a transfusion.
(ask, arrive) We ________ the doctor what he thinks when he _____________ .
(show, need) I ___________ you what to do if you ____________ help.
(ask, not know) You ___________ what to do unless you ________ somebody.
Test 10
1 Read each sentence. If it is correct, tick (). If there is a mistake, correct it
If she doesn't come out of the coma soon, she would die.
If the brain is damaged, hyperventilation may occur.
When the CPP decreases, blood pressure rises.
We are doing better if we had a neurosurgeon in the hospital.
If the patient was younger, she survives.
What will you do if the patient will make no response?
If a patient has bipolar disorder, there may will be something wrong with their brain.
If the treatment is going to work, it must be started immediately.
2 Complete the sentences by choosing a, b, or с
1 If we disconnect life support, he _____. a died b is dying с will die
2 If he could speak, he ___________ happened to him. a would tell us b will say с told
3 Unless you do something really fast, he. ____________. a is going to die b has died с is dead
4 There ___________ great danger if the ICP rises any further. a would b is с has been |
5 Lower her blood pressure and we ________ her life. a saved b are saving с may save
6 What do without antibiotics ? a to b would we с are we
7 Even if we had the best equipment in the world, we still ___________ save her. a would b could с couldn't
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