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ć-ć- Family and social history

Match the guestion with the answer.

1	Can I ask how old you are?'"'	^3	I cycle to work normally.
2	How long have you been married?	b	About twenty a day.
3	What form of contraception do you use?	c	I'm not surę, just old age I think!
4	Do you take any exercise?	d	My husband uses a condom
5	Have you ever had an X-ray	e	Yes, I worked in East Africa
	of your chest?		for two years.
6	Can I ask you about your	k- f	I'm fifty-five.
7	parents? What did your father die	g	When I was fifteen, I think.
	from?	h	Yes, but it was a long time
8	Have you ever lived in a		ago.
	tropical country?	i	One or two glasses of winę
9	Is there anything which is		each day.
	worrying you at the moment?	j	I work in a clothing factory.
10	What do you do?	k	1 think I only had measles.
11	How many cigarettes do you	I	Twenty-five years. lt's our
	smoke?		silver wedding this year!
12	How‘much do you drink?	m	They're both dead now.
13	When did your periods first begin? Which childhood illnesses	n	Nothing morę than the
14 z?			usual daily problems.
	did you have?
f	V When asking for facts it is normally acceptable to use short closed guestions
/	(Do you.., When.., How many.., What..).		However, if you are asking about

something fairly personal or sensitive it is necessary to use a polite question form such as: Can I ask ....? or Can/couldyou tell me about

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Polite requests

........ the mistake in each of the following.

■I I ct's having a look at you!

< Muld you just turn over your body, please?

I'd llke you walk slowly across the room.

t tin you reading the first letter on the board?

Wnuld you just to stand on the scales, please?

Now t ry to press just a little bit hard.

I wondering if you could show me your tummy?

I >o you like to just slip off your socks and shoes?

Wnuld you mind wait outside for a few moments?

li y hard staying as still as possible!

Sn, you can putting your things back on now!

1’loase tell me if you would feel any discomfort.

I )o you think you would lie on your left side, please?

1-1    < Muld you find possibly someone to bring you to the clinic next

woek?

N<>llco Ihat the verb in / was wondering is in the past tense although the moi u iii tg is not past! There is a smali difference between would and could-, wnuld introduces a polite instruction while could introduces a polite request. lino .ilso: Test 60.

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