Unit 1 test

Name: __________________________________________ Date: ___________

1 Complete these questions with the words in the box.

are do he you your

1 Is ____________ a healthcare assistant?

2 What ____________ you do?
3 What’s ____________ name?
4 Where ____________ you from?
5 Are ____________ the ward sister?

2 Complete the following:

 A health care assistant is____________________________________________.

 The difference between a charge nurse and a ward sister is _________________________.

 An agency nurse is ___________________________________________________.

 A blanket is used when_____________________________________.

 Radiology is ______________________________________.

3 Match these responses to the questions in 1.

6 I’m Tarik from Algeria. _____
7 Yes, I am. _____
8 Melbourne, Australia. _____
9 No, he isn’t. _____
10 I’m a staff nurse. _____

4 Complete these sentences with the present simple of the verbs in the box.
be have (x2) not walk open work

11 I ____________ in the Radiology Department at General Hospital.

12 ____________ Anthony a charge nurse at the same hospital as you?
13 I ____________ to the hospital every day – I often take the bus.
14 Sara and Nadim are at university and they ____________ classes every morning.
15 Mrs Massoud ____________ an appointment today for a CT scan.
16 What time ______ the newsstand __________?

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5 Look at Student Nurse Naima’s notes and complete the text. Use the verbs in the
box and write the times in words.
Name: Naima Patel Week No 15
Clock in: 07.30
Clock out: 13.45
Restaurant hours: 06.00–21.25

close finish open start

Naima (17) ____________ work at (18) ______________________ in the morning.

She (19) ____________ her shift at (20) ______________________ in the afternoon.
The restaurant (21) ____________ at (22) ______________________ in the morning.
It (23) ____________ at (24) ______________________ in the evening.

6 Complete these sentences with the words in the box.

brother daughter-in-law father-in-law granddaughter son uncle

25 My daughter is my father’s ____________ .

26 My wife is my mother’s ____________ .
27 My wife’s father is my ____________ .
28 My child is my ____________ .
29 My mother’s brother is my ____________ .
30 My father’s son is my ____________ .

7 Match questions 8–12 to answers a–e.

1 What’s your job? a) They work at Park Hospital.
2 How do you spell your surname? b) Yes, I am. Nice to meet you.
3 What does Alicia do? c) I’m a staff nurse in a hospital in Dublin.
4 Are you the new charge nurse? d) P-A-L-M-E-R.
5 Where do Paulo and Davina work? e) She’s a student nurse.

8 Complete this conversation with the words in the box.

be (x4) feel have (x2) not finish start work

A: How (6) ____________ you today Ms Rowlands?

B: I (7) ____________ a headache and I (8) ____________ a bit nauseous.
A: (9) ____________ (you) any other symptoms?
B: I (10) ____________ very tired.
A: What (11) ____________ your job?
B: I (12) ____________ in a factory. My day (13) ____________ very long.
I (14) ____________ at 7.30 but we (15) ____________ until 6 p.m.

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Section: Writing

9 Write four sentences about Park Hospital. Use the information in this leaflet.

Park Hospital, Middleton Town

We welcome you to our hospital. Here is a list of our facilities.
Visiting hours
2.30 p.m. – 4.45 p.m. and 7.00 p.m. – 8.30 p.m. daily
Bank
Monday to Friday: 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Restaurant
Monday to Friday: 7.00 a.m. – 6.00 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: 11.00 a.m. – 5.00 p.m.
Gift shop
Monday to Saturday: 10.00 a.m. – 4.30 p.m.
Sunday: closed

1 The hospital _____________________________________________________________ .

2 It has ___________________________________________________________________ .
3 ________________________________________________________________________
4 ________________________________________________________________________

Complete:

Read and fill the gaps with the correct scanner:

………….. takes computer images of the body’s organs. The patient lies on a narrow
table that slides into the centre of the scanner, which can image the entire body in less
than 30 seconds. Similar in appearance…………………… scanner uses a magnetic
field and radio waves to produce detailed pictures of the body’s organs and structures,
resulting in clear, cross-sectional, black and white images of the body. It differs from
…………… in that it does not use radiation.

……………….. is used to detect a variety of conditions, including those of the brain,

spinal cord, skeleton, chest, lungs, abdomen, pelvis, wrists, hands, ankles and feet.

…………………….. is the most common cardiac test. It is simple to perform, risk-free

and inexpensive. Ten electrodes (or leads) are attached to the patient’s limbs and chest
in order to detect electrical impulses generated by the heart, which are then transmitted
to the ……. machine. ……………… produces a graph (the ECG tracing) from which
the following information can be determined: heart ………, heart ………….,
abnormalities, a prior or possible future heart ………..

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2 Write a visitor’s’ code for your hospital. Write Four Dos and Four Don’ts.

Please do not:
…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

.
Please do:
…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………….

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