Unit 3

Grammar Practice (Standard)

1 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 A new form of treatment is tested/is being tested by scientists.
2 No major company has cloned/has been cloned a human being yet.
3 The plane invented/was invented by two American brothers.
4 She must have given/must have been given the wrong medicine. Thats why
she looks so ill.
5 Nobody had carried/had been carried out such a complicated operation
before.
6 The students were telling/were being told to evacuate the building when we
got there.
7 The hotel will have been served/have served dinner by now. Weve missed it.
2 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form. Omit the agent where possible.
1 Researchers have discovered a new cure for cancer.
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2 Someone must clean all the equipment after every experiment.
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3 Someone is showing the researchers around the lab.
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4 The athlete recently broke the world record for the 800 metres.
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5 Doctor Smith is treating one of his elderly patients for arthritis.

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3 Correct the errors in the sentences.

1 The war against disease is fighting right now by the medical profession.
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2 Tickets can purchased on the door every evening.
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3 The children were be told off when we arrived.
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4 Josephine should have promoted by now.
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5 The match has being cancelled because of the bad weather.
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4 Rewrite the sentences in two different ways beginning as shown.
1 A medical magazine says that the number of cases of flu is rising.
It _________________________________________________________ .
The number of cases of flu_____________________________________ .
2 Many people think that genetics is a fascinating subject.
It _________________________________________________________ .
Genetics ___________________________________________________ .
3 Some say that an age of great scientific discoveries has just started.
It _________________________________________________________ .
An age of great scientific discoveries _____________________________ .
4 Some people say that a cure for the common cold isnt necessary.
It _________________________________________________________ .
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A cure for the common cold ____________________________________ .

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5 Put the words in the correct order.

1 out / a / tooth / yesterday / I / had / taken / .
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2 trimmed / get / you / beard / your / did / Where / ?
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3 We / had / renovated / in March / the kitchen / .
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4 having / pierced / Im / my nose / tomorrow / .
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5 going to / Rebecca / her / tested / eyes / is / get / .
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6 they / fixed / get / Will / bikes / today / their / ?
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6 Translate the sentences into your own language.
1 Research into the genome is being carried out.
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2 Cancer hasnt been cured yet.
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3 The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.
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4 She must have gone to hospital.
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5 Joe had his hair cut yesterday.
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Vocabulary Practice (Standard)

1 Match the verbs to their definitions.
___ 1

suffer

a say what the illness is

___ 2

recover

b say which medicine to take

___ 3

diagnose

c feel a lot of pain

___ 4

reject

d use medicine to cure

___ 5

prescribe

e move an organ from one body to another

___ 6

transplant

___ 7

treat

g the body says no to a transplant

cure an illness or wound

2 Circle the correct alternatives.

1 These beefburgers sound/taste good. Theyre delicious.
2 Thomas felt/had food poisoning, so they called the doctor.
3 Im worried about the side lines/effects of the drugs Im taking.
4 Getting old is inavoidable/unavoidable.
5 Our respiratory system/control is what allows us to breathe.
6 Our noses allow us to smell/taste things.
7 Our bodies are able to remake/regenerate tissue. Thats why cuts and scars
heal.
8 I feel/have a bit dizzy. I think Ill sit down for a moment.
9 Only doctors can prescribe/diagnose some drugs. You cant just buy them at
the chemists.

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3 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
get

feel

pick

have

fight

prescribe

Doctor

What are your symptoms?

Susan

Well, I (1) _________________a fever and I

look

(2) _________________dizzy. I also (3) _________________

a terrible headache and I (4) _________________nauseous.
Doctor

Oh dear. Youve (5) _________________up a nasty bug. You should

(6) _________________better soon if you take this medicine that Im
going to (7) _________________for you.

Susan

Can I go to school?

Doctor

No. Your body needs to (8) _________________off the illness, so you

must take it easy and (9) _________________after yourself. That way
youll (10) _________________over the illness in a couple of days.

Susan

OK. Thanks, doctor.

4 Write the adjective form of the words. Use the suffixes -able or -ful.
1 cure

_________________

4 predict

_________________

2 pain

_________________

5 harm

_________________

3 hope

_________________

6 avoid

_________________

5 Write the antonym of the words in 4. Use prefixes or suffixes.

1 _________________

4 _________________

2 _________________

5 _________________

3 _________________

6 _________________

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6 Complete the sentences with adjectives from 4 and 5.

1 Its important to clean things carefully to get rid of _________________bacteria.
2 Andy is _________________that he might win at tennis. He is better than his
opponent and playing well.
3 Nowadays, having a filling at the dentists is _________________. It doesnt hurt
at all.
4 Amys win was _________________. Everybody thought she was going to lose.
5 A lot of accidents are _________________. People just need to be more
careful.
6 Despite advances in modern medicine, some diseases are still
_________________ these days.
7 Circle the correct alternatives.
1 Wendy passed out/off during the maths lesson.
2 It takes a long time to get under/over such a serious illness.
3 I think I might have picked on/up a bit of a cold.
4 Sandra didnt come round/past until almost an hour after the operation.
5 Antibodies fight off/at disease.
6 The nurses looked after/through me very well when I was in hospital.
8 Choose the best option to complete the sentences.
1 Ruth had a bad _________________ so she drank a lemon and honey drink.
a cough

b dizzy

c sick

2 Cells that are diseased are _________________.

a prescriptive

b regenerative

c malignant

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3 A noun that means the same as cures is _________________.

a heals

b remedies

c prescriptions

4 The part of the body that joins your leg to your body is your
_________________.
a hip

b organ

c nauseous

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