Grammar practice
UNIT 1
a) Look at these sentences that a nurse or patient might say. Complete the sentences with
the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. The bathroom is (be) outside on your left.
2. What are (be) your date of birth, please?
3. Your hospital number is (be) 463817.
4. I ‘m (be) here to do your admission Obs.
5. This tympanic thermometer (take)takes a patient’s temperature.
6. The machine says (say) your blood pressure’s fine.
7. The other lead (read) reads the amount of oxygen in your blood.
8. Your daughter (weigh) weighs 22 kilos.
9. Is (be) there anything else you need?
10. He (have) has a slow pulse. It’s 56.
b) Look at these sentences about activities in a hospital. Rewrite these positive sentences in the
negative so that they have the opposite meaning and underline the changes.
1. The nurse has a lot of free time.
- The nurse doesn’t have a lot of free time.
2. The nurse shows the patient round the ward.
- The nurse doesn’t show the patient round the ward
3. The nurse gets the patient’s lunch.
- The nurse doesn’t get the patient’s lunch
4. The nurse is in a hurry.
- The nurse isn’t in a hurry
5. Patients have to buy a present for the nurse.
- Patients don’t have to buy a present for the nurse.
c) Look at these sentences that a nurse or patient might say. Rewrite these negative sentences in
the positive so that they have the opposite meaning and underline the changes.
1. I don’t have to tell you about the nurse call.
- I have to tell you about the nurse call.
2. We don’t check everything carefully.
- We check everything carefully
3. The patient hasn’t got to hold out his arm.
- The patient has got to hold out his arm
4. The tympanic thermometer measures a patient’s blood pressure.
- The tympanic thermometer doesn’t measure a patient’s blood pressure
5. I’m not allergic to morphine.
- I’m allergic to morphine
