In this section you will practise useful language you need when dealing with patients.

doctor

Match the words to the definitions.

2. Medical quiz.

doctor

Choose the correct options to complete the medical quiz.

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.

4. Different situations.

doctor

Listen to six short extracts and choose the correct situation.

5. Different situations: Language focus.

doctor

Use the words and phrases to complete the dialogues.

 

 

 

 

 

6. Interacting with patients.

doctor

Choose the correct function for each group of examples.

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.

doctor

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.

11. Vocabulary: Internal parts.

Choose the correct option. Listen and repeat the words.

12. Vocabulary practice.

Use the words to complete the descriptions. This exercise is in four parts. Scroll down to see the Parts 2 to 4.