WORD ASSOCIATION 2; PARTNERSHIPS CHECK YOUR ENGLISH FOR MEDICINE

CHECK YOUR ENGLISH FOR MEDICINE

WORD ASSOCIATION 2; PARTNERSHIPS

Exercise 1

Link each verb on the left with a noun on the right to make 10 'partnerships'. The first one has been done for you as an example.

	Verbs	Nouns
1	administer	an improvement
2	analyse	a baby
3	arrange	antibiotics
4	burb	the treatment
5	catch	some infections
6	detect	an appointment
7	discontinue	a sample
8	ease	the pain
9	resist	a drug
10	prescribe	a cold

Exercise 2

Complete these sentences using the partnerships from Exercise 1. You may have to make some changes to fit the grammar of the sentences. The first one has been done for you as an example.

1	The doctor will ____administer____ a drug to the patient.
2	She was ____________________.
3	As soon as the patient reported severe side-effects, the doctor ____________________.
4	I've ____________________ from one of my colleagues at work.
5	The laboratory ____________________ of the food and found traces of bacteria.
6	A healthy body can ____________________ .
7	I would like to ____________________ with the dental hygienist for 10.00am tomorrow.
8	She had an injection to ____________________ in her leg.
9	The health visitor advised the new parents to ____________________ after feeding.
10	The nurses _____________________ in the patient's condition.

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