In this section you will practise useful language you need when dealing with patients.
3. Pronunciation: Word stress.
The words in each list have the same stress patterns. Match the stress patterns to the lists of words.
Word stress
When you say a longer word, you accent, or put stress, on part of the word, a syllable of the word.
For example:
doctor = Oo (two syllables)
hospital = Ooo (three syllables)
Now listen and repeat the words.
7. Interacting with patients.
Can you remember? Type in the missing words to complete the sentences. (Clue: Click or double tap on the line to see the first letter of the missing word.)
8. A physical examination.
Read a short description of different stages of a physical examination. Choose the correct heading for each paragraph.
9. Vocabulary: Parts of the body.
Look at the picture. on the card to see and hear the word or phrase.
Look at the picture. on the card to see and hear the word or phrase.
Joints are the articulations of the body, for example, of the elbow, knee, wrist, ankle, in the fingers, etc.
10. Pronunciation.
Listen and put the words in the order that you hear them. This exercise is in two parts. Scroll down to see Part 2.
Part 1.
Part 2.