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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.

© Macmillan Publishers Ltd, 2010

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.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________

2 The teacher should have told the students the truth.

___________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________


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.

___________________________________________________________


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.

___________________________________________________________


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!


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.


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.


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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