Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one. Some sentences have two correct answers. Choose both.
I have a bad ............... so I keep coughing at night.
Wrong!
Use the word for a problem in your throat that can make you cough.
The nurse took my temperature with a ............... to check for a fever.
Wrong!
Use the tool that measures body temperature.
He slipped on the stairs and now his ankle is ............... and painful.
Wrong!
Use the word for a body part that becomes bigger after an injury.
The doctor gave me a ............... for antibiotics, so I can get them at the pharmacy.
Wrong!
Use the paper or order a doctor writes so you can buy medicine.
Please sit in the ............... until the doctor calls your name.
Wrong!
Use the place in a clinic where patients wait before seeing the doctor.
I need to make an ............... with the dentist for next Tuesday.
Wrong!
Use the word for a planned time to see a doctor or dentist.
The pharmacist told me to take this medicine twice a day, following the ............... on the bottle.
Wrong!
Use the word for the written directions on the bottle.
She has a high ............... and her forehead feels very hot.
Wrong!
Use the word for an unusually high body temperature.
The doctor listened to my chest with a ............... while I breathed in and out.
Wrong!
Use the instrument doctors use to listen to the heart and lungs.
After the fall, he had a big ............... on his arm that turned purple.
Wrong!
Use the word for a purple mark on the skin after a bump.
The doctor said I should ............... more water to avoid dehydration.
Wrong!
Use a verb that means to put liquid into your body.
If the cut keeps bleeding, put a clean ............... on it and press gently.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both correct answers are things you can cover a cut with to protect it.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- I have a bad sore throat so I keep coughing at night.
- The nurse took my temperature with a thermometer to check for a fever.
- He slipped on the stairs and now his ankle is swollen and painful.
- The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics, so I can get them at the pharmacy.
- Please sit in the waiting room until the doctor calls your name.
- I need to make an appointment with the dentist for next Tuesday.
- The pharmacist told me to take this medicine twice a day, following the instructions on the bottle.
- She has a high fever and her forehead feels very hot.
- The doctor listened to my chest with a stethoscope while I breathed in and out.
- After the fall, he had a big bruise on his arm that turned purple.
- The doctor said I should drink more water to avoid dehydration.
- If the cut keeps bleeding, put a clean bandage on it and press gently.
If the cut keeps bleeding, put a clean gauze on it and press gently.
