1. Unit 3
Grammar Practice (Plus)
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Currently, our understanding of the body _________________ (revolutionize) by
developments in genetic science.
2 The patient _________________ (just / give) an injection. He ’ll be asleep in a
moment or two.
3 The importance of using antiseptic _________________ (understand) for the first
time two hundred years ago.
4 Sandra _________________ (must / give) the wrong medicine. That ’s why she
looks so ill.
5 Such a difficult operation _________________ (not carry) out before. It really
was a first.
6 Everybody _________________ (tell) to evacuate the building when we got
there.
2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A new cookbook (1) _________________ (just / publish) which is full of recipes
that (2) _________________ (design) to make you fit. It (3) _________________
(write) during last summer ’s major athletics championships. At that time, a number
of top athletes (4) _________________ (ask) to describe what they ate on a typical
day. It is their recipes that (5) _________________ (include) in the book. So, now
you can eat what athletes eat. However, you (6) _________________ (should /
warn) that if you want to win an Olympic medal, the recipes (7)
_________________ (have to / follow) exactly! Buy one now. By next Christmas
the books (8) _________________ (will / sell) out.
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2. 3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form. Omit the agent where possible.
1 Someone is showing the researchers around the new facility.
___________________________________________________________
2 Doctor Smith is treating one of his elderly patients for arthritis.
___________________________________________________________
3 Someone must clean all the equipment after every experiment.
___________________________________________________________
4 The athlete recently broke the world record for the 800 metres.
___________________________________________________________
5 Medical researchers have discovered a new cure for cancer.
___________________________________________________________
4 Rewrite the sentences in two ways. Use the direct object as the subject, then
the indirect object as the subject.
1 People are giving charities lots of money to fight epidemics in Africa.
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___________________________________________________________
2 The teacher should have told the students the truth.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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3. 5 Rewrite the sentences in two different ways, beginning as shown.
1 A scientific journal has reported that the number of cases of meningitis is rising.
It _________________________________________________________ .
The number of cases _________________________________________ .
2 Many people think science is more important than arts and literature.
It _________________________________________________________ .
Science ____________________________________________________ .
3 Some said that mapping the human genome was impossible.
It _________________________________________________________ .
Mapping ___________________________________________________ .
6 Rewrite the sentences using have / get something done.
1 Where did you restyle your hair?
Where _____________________________________________________ .
2 The optician has just tested my eyesight.
___________________________________________________________
3 Will someone fix the tiles on the roof of your garage?
___________________________________________________________
4 Amy wants someone to paint her kitchen.
___________________________________________________________
5 Gardeners are replanting our neighbours ’ lawn.
___________________________________________________________
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4. 7 Translate the sentences into your own language.
1 A lot of money was taken from the safe.
___________________________________________________________
2 Jack hasn ’t been told if the disease is curable.
___________________________________________________________
3 Anaesthetic was first used in the 19th century.
___________________________________________________________
4 It is said that a cure for old age will be found soon.
___________________________________________________________
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5. Vocabulary Practice (Plus)
1 Complete the definitions with the correct verbs.
1 To _________________ an illness is to say what the illness is.
2 To _________________ medicine is to say which medicine to take.
3 To _________________ is to feel a lot of pain.
4 To _________________ an illness is to use medicine to cure it.
5 To _________________ is to move an organ from one body to another.
6 To _________________ is to become healthy after an illness.
7 To _________________ an organ is what the body does when it says no to a
transplant.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Our bodies are able to _________________ tissue. That ’s why cuts and scars
heal.
2 I _________________ nauseous. I ’m going to be sick.
3 Fiona took a day off school because she _________________ a high fever.
They called the doctor.
4 This pizza _________________ delicious. Where did you buy it?
5 Did the doctor give you a _________________ for tablets?
6 Your respiratory _________________ allows you to breathe.
7 Some cheeses have a really strong _________________. They get right up your
nose!
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6. 3 Complete the dialogue with appropriate words.
Doctor Could you tell me what your symptoms are?
Simon Yes, of course. I (1) _________________ a terrible cough and I (2)
_________________ sick.
Doctor OK. Well, we can (3) _________________ the cough with this medicine.
Simon I also (4) _________________ a terrible stomach ache and I (5)
_________________ just a little bit dizzy at times.
Doctor It sounds like you ’ve (6) _________________ a stomach bug. I ’m going
to (7) _________________ some pills. Take this to the chemist ’s and
you should (8) _________________ better soon. The antibodies in your
blood stream need to (9) _________________ the illness so you must
take it easy and (10) _________________ yourself. That way you ’ll (11)
_________________ the illness in a couple of days.
Simon
OK. Thanks, doctor.
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7. 4 Make adjectives from the verbs in the box. Then complete the sentences with
adjectives.
cure
pain
hope
predict
harm
avoid
1 Washing in disinfectant gets rid of _________________ bacteria.
2 Fortunately, the injection was _________________. I didn ’t feel a thing.
3 We are _________________ that this rain will blow over soon. The weather
forecast said it would brighten quickly after a wet start.
4 I twisted my ankle playing football. It was very _________________. It really
hurt!!
5 We have to work late today. It ’s _________________. We just have too much
to do.
6 Sarah has an _________________ form of cancer. She isn ’t going to get
better, I ’m afraid.
7 Rebecca ’s victory was _________________. Everybody expected her to win.
8 A lot of accidents are _________________. People just need to be more
careful.
9 Tina is _________________ at tennis. She can ’t even hit the ball straight!
10 Advances in modern medicine mean that a lot more diseases are
_________________ these days.
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8. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 You must have picked _________________ a cold when you went cycling in the
rain last weekend.
2 Could you look _________________ the baby while I go shopping?
3 Bill hasn ’t come _________________ from the operation yet. He ’s still
unconscious.
4 Steve passed _________________ during PE. He was unconscious for ten
minutes.
5 It often takes a while to get _________________ a bad dose of the flu.
6 Antibodies are great at fighting _________________ disease and prevent us
from getting ill.
6 Write a word for each definition.
1 The sound you make in your throat when you ’re ill. _________________
2 This word means you feel like you ’re going to be sick. _________________
3 Bad cells that are diseased are described using this word. _________________
4 The part of the body that joins your leg to your body. You shake it when you
salsa. _________________
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