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EXERCISE/VOCABULARY PRACTICE TEST:
Choose the most natural-sounding answer to complete each sentence.
LIFE-SKILLS ENGLISH FOR NEWCOMERS: CHILD CARE EMERGENCY 1
VOCABULARY BUILDER:
Nausea = A feeling like you want to vomit/throw up
To run a fever = To have a fever
Cast = A solid object around a broken bone, which helps heal the bone
Hereditary = Running in the family; something that you might get from your mother, father, etc.
To faint = To lose consciousness; to pass out
Nausea = A feeling like you want to vomit/throw up
To run a fever = To have a fever
Cast = A solid object around a broken bone, which helps heal the bone
Hereditary = Running in the family; something that you might get from your mother, father, etc.
To faint = To lose consciousness; to pass out
EXERCISE/VOCABULARY PRACTICE TEST:
Choose the most natural-sounding answer to complete each sentence.
1. He is _____________ to penicillin. = He cannot take penicillin.
Correct answer: allergic
2. My daughter has been _________ since yesterday. = My daughter has not been feeling well since yesterday.
Correct answer: ill
3. A building with doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals is called a _________.
Correct answer: hospital
4. My child's forehead is hot. He probably has a _________.
Correct answer: fever
5. I think that my daughter has food _________. ( = she ate something that is making her sick)
Correct answer: poisoning
6. How much do I have to pay to ________ a doctor?
Correct answer: see
7. Does the doctor make ________? = Can the doctor come to our house?
Correct answer: house calls
8. My child is very ________. ( = s/he doesn't have any energy/strength)
Correct answer: weak
9. This is not new. She has had these ________ before.
Correct answer: symptoms
10. She is taking this ________ regularly. ( = pills etc.)
Correct answer: medicine
THINGS TO LISTEN FOR:
Is he/she responsive? = Is he/she conscious? Is he/she awake and aware?
We'll have to run some tests. = We have to do some tests.
We'll have to give him a painkiller. = We have to give him something to relieve the pain.
Is he/she allergic to any medications? = Does he/she have a bad physical reaction after taking a certain kind of medication?
Is he/she responsive? = Is he/she conscious? Is he/she awake and aware?
We'll have to run some tests. = We have to do some tests.
We'll have to give him a painkiller. = We have to give him something to relieve the pain.
Is he/she allergic to any medications? = Does he/she have a bad physical reaction after taking a certain kind of medication?
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