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Complete the following pieces of advice. Choose from the box.

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It would be You could try We’d like What about You may find Have you I strongly suggest that You should try to Please don't You'll recover morę quickly You must keep It would be good DorTt hesitate to Do you think you could

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strain your eyes by reading in poor light. eat morę fresh fruit and vegetables. nicotine patches.

all medicines out of reach of children. writing a letter to your sister? if you try to get some exercise. cali us if her condition changes. a good idea to stop smoking, tried swimming?

you to do these exercises every day. you reduce the amount of beer you drink, lose a bit of weight? it helpful to raise the head of your bed. for you to drink morę water.

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In English it's important to choose your words carefully so as not to upset or offend people. We often use would, could or may to lessen the impact of what we are saying or we offer advice in a polite question form. See also: Test 23.

84 Section 8: Drugs and treatment

Answers

face

finger/toe

foot

hand

head

mouth

neck

nose

wrist

Test 1

forehead 2 chest 12 big toe 28 knee 26 cheek 7 palm 20 ear 6 back 33 thigh 25 thumb 21 stornach 18 mouth 8 head 1 ankle 29 hip 23 eyebrow 3 elbow 15

neck 31 waist 17 chin 9 throat 11 finger 22 shoulder 32 arm 14 breast 16 foot 30 wrist 19 armpit 13 groin 24 calf 27 bottom 34 eye 4 jaw 10 nose 5

Test 2

1    skeletal system

2    reproductive system

3    integumentary system

4    endocrine system

5    cardiovascular system

6    digestive system

7    urinary system

8    somatic muscles

9    haematology

10    lymphatic system

11    nervous system

12    respiratory system

faci-

dactyl-, digit-pod-, ped-cheir-, man-cephal-, capit-stom(at)-, or-trachel-, cervic-rhin-, nas-carp-

examples of words using these roots: brachiocephalic, somatic, superior corpora, hypermastia, submammary, buccal nerve, thoracic surgeon, stethoscope, pectoral muscle, otitis media, auriscalpium, ophthalmoscope, oculomotor nerve, brachiofaciolingual, arachnodactyly, digitigrade, podiatrist, pedicure, cheiroplasty, maniphalanx, encephalograph, capitate bonę, stomatitis, intraoral, trachelopexy, cervical plexus, rhinitis, palatonasal, carpal bones.

Test 5

1    patients

2    admits, ward

3    referral

request on-call specimens ward round

Test 3		8	consent
1 h	6 g 11 m	9	discharged
2 n	7 f 12 j	10	outpatient, clinic
3 Ir	8 o 13 k	11	cover
4 d	9 a 14 c	12	convalescent
5 i	10 e 15 1	13	locum
Test 4		Test 6
arm	brachi-	1	neoplastic	7	starvation
body	somat-, corpor-	2	manifestations	8	asthma
breast	mast-, mamm-	3	pathogenesis	9	physical
cheek	bucca-	4	ultrasound	10	infections
chest	thorac-, steth-, pect-	5	biopsy	11	cyanide
ear	ot-, aur-	6	environment
eye	ophthalm-, ocul-

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