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Lesson 1: Pre-Listening activities

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You are going to listen to a conversation between a doctor and a couple, Mr and Mrs Tucker. Mr Tucker is the doctor’s patient. They are in the doctor’s surgery.
Before you listen, do the vocabulary exercise below. Use a dictionary if necessary. You’ll hear all the words and expressions in the dialogue.

Lesson 1: Pre-Listening activities

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    Before you listen to the conversation, check that you understand the words below. You’ll hear them in the dialogue.
    Click on the right answer.

    • 1. A piece of paper on which a doctor writes the details of the medicine/test a patient needs is a (1) .
      2. At the end of a syringe you can find a (2) .
      3. A room where patients in a hospital stay is called a (3) .
      4. The place where a doctor or dentist receives patients is a (4) .
      5. When a person goes into hospital for medical care he is (5) .
      6. When a person leaves hospital after a period of treatment he is (6) .
      7. People in car accidents are very often (7) .
      8. To help close a deep cut in you skin, a doctor will probably give you (8) .
      9. If you are taken to hospital in an ambulance, you will probably be carried on a (9) .
      10. A typical English saying is “(10) a day keeps the doctor away!”


      (1) receipt – recipe – prescription
      (2) needle – pin – nail
      (3) clinic – ward – dormitory
      (4) surgery – studio – office
      (5) recovered in hospital – entered into hospital – admitted to hospital
      (6) dismissed from hospital – discharged from hospital – sent away from hospital
      (7) damaged – injured – wounded
      (8) stitches – crutches – splints
      (9) stretcher – cart – trolley
      (10) an orange – an apple – a whisky

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