CHECK YOUR
ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR MEDICINE
PREPOSITIONS
The sentences in this exercise contain mistakes.
The mistakes are all in the prepositions and there are three types:
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missing preposition
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I spoke ^him about this last week.
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to
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2
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wrong preposition
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We're meeting again in ^Tuesday.
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on
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3
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unnecessary preposition
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I'll telephone to you tomorrow.
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1
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The hospital has installed new
apparatus through the physiotherapy department.
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2
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Her lips were cracked of the cold.
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3
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The boy's little toe was crushed the
door.
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4
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The tissue was examined on the
microscope.
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5
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It is important that needles used at
injections should be sterilised.
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6
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He is recovering from a bout flu.
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7
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She was given to a pain-killing
injection.
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8
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Some types of wool can irritate to the
skin.
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9
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This report quotes the number of cases
of cervical cancer from thousand patients tested.
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10
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The doctor put the patient to sleep
within a strong narcotic.
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11
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She burnt her hand at the hot frying
pan.
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12
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We have no spare beds on the hospital
at the moment.
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13
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He will have an operation to remove of
an ingrowing toenail.
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14
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Please ensure that the patient takes of
his medicine.
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ANSWER KEY
