PRE-TEST PRACTICE MEDICAL ENGLISH I

NAME: I. PREPOSITIONS
Write the meaning of the following words: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. about above after against alongside at before behind until to towards under yet 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. during for except from inside into like near over since than throughout upon 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. below beneath beside between beyond but by despite however until with within without

II. PLURAL FORMATION

Write one or two examples for each rule (diferentes a los de la gua).
Singular ends in -is Plural ends in -es analysis/analyses, basis/bases _________/___________- __________/___________ Singular ends in -um Plural ends in -a datum/data, curriculum/curricula _________/___________- __________/___________ Singular ends in -on Plural ends in -a criterion/criteria, phenomenon/phenomena _________/___________- __________/___________ Singular ends in -a Plural ends in -ae formula/formulae, antenna/antennae _________/___________- __________/___________ Singular ends in -ex or -ix Plural ends in -ices appendix/appendices, index/indices _________/___________- __________/___________ Singular ends in -us Plural ends in -i focus/foci, stimulus/stimuli _________/___________- __________/___________ Singular ends in -us Plural ends in -a corpus/corpora, genus/genera _________/___________- __________/___________

III. DO YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF THESE WORDS?

Everything, nothing, something, anything, somewhere, anywhere, nowhere, everyone, nobody, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, each.

IV. PHRASAL VERBS

Complete the sentences below using the phrasal verbs in the box. You will have to change the forms of some of the verbs to make the grammar of the sentence correct.

1. 2. 3.

He got over his cold. The nurses are _______________her very well. He must have _______________ the disease when he was travelling in Africa.

PHRASAL VERBS
break down = to start to cry and become upset. bring up = to cough up material such as mucus from the lungs or throat. cough up = to cough hard to expel a substance from the trachea. drop off = to fall asleep. get around = to move about. get over = to become better after an illness or a shock. give up = not to do something any more. go down = to become smaller. knock out = to hit someone so hard that he or she is no longer conscious. look after = to take care of a person and attend to his or her needs. pass out = to faint. pick up = to catch a disease. prop up = to support a person, e.g. with pillows. take after = to be like one or other parent.

4. 5. 6.

She often _______________ in front of the TV. When we told her that her father was ill, she _______________. She _______________ and cried as she described the symptoms to the doctor.

7. 8. 9.

He _______________ his father. The doctor asked him to _______________ his shirt. He was _______________ mucus.

10. Since she had the accident she _______________ using crutches. 11. I was advised to _______________ smoking. 12. He was _______________ by a blow to the head. 13. The nurse _______________ the patient with pillows. 14. The swelling has started to _______________. 15. She became worried when the girl started _______________ blood.

V. FALSE COGNATES

take off = to remove something, especially clothes.

Write 14 false cognates that you consider interesting (with their meanings): 1. 3. 5. 7. 9. 11. 13. 2. 4. 6. 8. 10. 12. 14.

VI. WRITE THE MEANING OF THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS:

AAOX3 AB ACE AD ADLs AFI AGE AGA AGN

AAA ALL AR AOM AVM BCC BMR BE GTT

AI AMA AS A&O AUR BBB BM BMI BNO BP, B/P BS BSE BUN C&S CAD CBC CC CF CHD CHF CNS CP CPAP CPR CML CRF CTS CVA CSF CRF DO D&C DES DJD DKA DM DOE DPI DRE DUB DVT ECG, EKG ED EENT EF EGD ENT EOM ESR

GU Hb, Hgb HCG HCT, Hct HMD HTN IAS I&D ICP IDDM IUGR IQ IOL IOP KUB CNS CP CPAP CPR CRF CTS CVA CVS CRF DO DES DJD DKA DM DOE DRE DUB DVT ECG, EKG ED EENT EF EGD ENT EOM ESR ESRD ETT FECG, FEKG FHR FS GBP GBS GC

ESRD ETT FECG, FEKG FHR FS GBP GBS GC GTT GU Hb, Hgb HCG HCT, Hct HMD HTN IAS I&D ICP IDDM IQ IOL LFT LOC LP MR MRA MRI NB PCP PMH PMS PNS PID PUD UA UC UTI VD VF VT WN

MRI NB OB OD PAC PERRLA PMI PMS PET PUD ROM TAH THR TKR UA VF WBC IOP KUB LA LBBB LMP LP LOC LBW OD NIDDM NSR RBC WBC RDS ROM SLE SNS STAT THR TVH TPR WD US

VII.

WRITE THE MEANING OF THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS:

aneurysm pressure oriented to urea brought tolerance cerebrovascular person, place, time index diabetes digital intelligence quotient insulin-dependent diabetes alzheimer abdominal aortic in electrocardiogram accident mellitus rectal joint disease test newborn intraocular magnetic knee urinalysis

(modelo de examen)
by ambulance bowel resonance movement nose, and breast disease self-examination culture and mellitus examination sensitivity fetal degenerative nitrogen body daily living glucose replacement mass disease field end-stage renal ears, throat heart total visual

awake, disease alert and equal, range of blood activities of coronary imaging pupils round, and reactive to light motion heart failure

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

AAOX3 AD ADLs BM BMI BSE BUN BIBA C&S

16. AAA 17. CVA 18. CHD 19. DM 20. DRE 21. DJD 22. ESRD 23. ENT 24. HF 25. FECG 26. GTT 27. IQ 28. IDDM 29. UA 30. VF

10. NB 11. IOP 12. MRI 13. PERRLA 14. ROM 15. TKR

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