Use of English: A doctor’s vision of the future of medicine

USE OF ENGLISH

A DOCTOR'S VISION OF THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE

6 FIND IN THE TEXT ONE OPPOSITE FOR “tiny” “(ADJECTIVE).

• Huge

7 FIND IN THE TEXT THE WORD WHICH HAS THE FOLLOWING DEFINITION: “a periodical examination to verify a normal state of health”.

• Analysis

8 WHICH WORD IS NOT AN ADVERB?: Often / friendly / rapidly / wirelessly.

9 WHICH WORD DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MEANING?:

• Change / manage / mutate / modify.

10 TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE: “Spanish engineers have invented a new instrument”.

• A new instrument has been invented by Spanish engineers.

11 JOIN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING AN APPROPRIATE LINKER (DO NOT USE AND, BUT, OR BECAUSE). MAKE CHANGES IF NECESSARY: “Sarah was ill. She went to the wedding reception.”

• Although / Even though / Though Sarah was ill, she went to the wedding reception.
• Despite / In spite of being ill, Sarah went to the wedding reception.

12 GIVE A QUESTION FOR THE UNDERLINED WORDS: “The doctor gave the patient a prescription”.

• Who did the doctor give a prescription to?
• To whom did the doctor give a prescription?

13 FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRECT OPTION.  Let me leaving / let me leave / let me to leave.

• “The nurse will not let me leave the hospital”.

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