Everyday Vocabulary: Doctors' surgeries and hospitals

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Everyday Vocabulary: Doctors' surgeries and hospitals

DOCTORS’ SURGERIES AND HOSPITALS

When I go to the doctor, I tell the __1__ my name and take a seat in the __2__ room. My doctor is very busy so I have to make a(an) __3__ before I go to see him. He asks me what’s wrong with me, I tell him the __4__ of my illness, for example high temperature, difficulty in breathing, or pains, and then he will usually __5__ me. He’ll listen to my heart with his __6__, he’ll hold my wrist to feel my __7__, he’ll take my __8__ with his __9__. The problem is usually something simple and he might give me a __10__ for some medicine, which I take to the __11__. Of course, if I needed more serious __12__, I’d have to go to hospital. There I’d be put in a bed in a(an) __13__ with 10 or 20 other people. If there were something seriously wrong with me, I might need a(an) __14__.

- A) receptionist
- B) chemist
- C) ward
- D) appointment
- A) operation
- B) ward
- C) waiting
- D) examine
- A) agreement
- B) attempt
- C) speech
- D) appointment
- A) treatments
- B) pulse
- C) symptoms
- D) prescription
- A) operate
- B) bill
- C) treat
- D) examine
- A) periscope
- B) pulse
- C) symptom
- D) stethoscope
- A) skin
- B) pulse
- C) symptoms
- D) blood
- A) pulse
- B) temperature
- C) blood
- D) heart
- A) meter
- B) barometer
- C) thermometer
- D) kilometer
- A) prescription
- B) bill
- C) receipt
- D) medicine
- A) receptionist
- B) chemist
- C) biologist
- D) therapist
- A) treatment
- B) threat
- C) symptom
- D) stethoscope
- A) operation room
- B) ward
- C) waiting room
- D) dormitory
- A) operation
- B) receipt
- C) prescription
- D) examining

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