Exercise 1

Match the terms (1-8) to their meanings (a-h)

1. Allergy (...) a. not applicable – something which is not relevant
2. Asthma (...) b. watching someone carefully
3. Contrast (...) c. see animals such as prawns, crab, and lobster
4. N/A (...) d. when air suddenly comes out of your mouth and nose
5. Observation (...) e. a red, itchy patch on the skin
6. Rash (...) f. special dye which is used to show blood vessels clearly
7. Seafood (...) g. a hypersensitivity to something, for example a food or
drug
8. Sneezing (...) h. a disease which makes it difficult to breathe in

Communications focus: Giving Directions In The Hospital

Exercise 2
Match the terms!

1. Accident and Emergency (A&E) (...)
2. Intensive Care (...)
3. Maternity (...)
4. Occupational Therapy (...)
5. Oncology (...)
6. The Orthopaedic Clinic (...)
7. Outpatients (...)
8. Phlebotomy (...)
9. Physiotherapy (...)
10. The Psychiatric (...)
a. is where women give birth and babies are looked
after.
b. is a clinic for patients who come to the hospital for an
appointment
c. is the department that treats patients with bone
problems.
d. is where therapist help patients relearn ADLs.
e. is where patients give blood samples.
f. is where therapist help patients with movement.
g. is where cancer patients go for treatment.
h. is the department that treats patients with a mental
health illness.
i. is where doctors and nurses treat seriously ill patients.
j. is where patients who have had an sudden illness or
injury arrive.

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Exercise 3
Listen to the pronunciation of the hospital departments and underline the stressed syllables!
1. Accident and Emergency (A&E) 10. The Psychiatric
2. Intensive Care
3. Maternity
4. Occupational Therapy
5. Oncology
6. The Orthopaedic Clinic
7. Outpatients
8. Phlebotomy
9. Physiotherapy