At the Doctor's

(intermediate level)

Find the best answer(s):

1
'Good morning. What's ____ with you?'
'I've got a bad cough and a headache.'
the matter
wrong

2
'Hi, doc! A lovely day, isn't it?'
'Oh, hello, George. What's ____ ?'
wrong
the matter
up

3
'What's the matter with you?'
'I've got a ____ .'
sore throat
pain in my leg
stomach-ache

4
'Oh dear, you look so pale. I'm sure you should ____ a doctor.'
have
see
need

5
'Well, you look a bit exhausted. Anyway, I'm going to take your ____ .'
pulse
blood-pressure
temperature

6
I don't know why the doctor thinks that I've got flu. He didn't even ____
.
examine me
sound my back
feel my pulse

7
'Oh doctor, I feel so sick and uneasy.'
'Well, ____ examine you.'
let me
I'm going to
I'll

8
When Dora broke her leg she was at home with her leg in ____ for
three weeks.
dressing
bandaged
plaster
crunches

9
I don't know why you must suffer. Why don't you ____ a good doctor?
see
consult
call

10
The doctor didn't say anything, he just ____ a prescription and let me
go.
filled
made out

wrote on
subscribed

11
I wonder why you don't take the medicine that the doctor ____ you.
made out for
wrote
nursed
prescribed

12
Here's a ____ . Could you go to the chemist's and have it made up?
recipe
medicine
prescription

13
I'm sure this is only a slight cold. But the doctor says I must ____
hospital.
see
be taken to
go to the
visit

14
'Have you had your bad tooth taken out?'
'No, it only needed to be ____ .'
submitted
filled
fixed
fitted

15
Mr Paddle choked because he didn't take out his ____ before sleeping.

medicine
false teeth
denture

16
I'm sorry, but you can't see Dr Dodd now. He works only by ____ .
arrange
appointment
application
himself
appliance

17
The nurse didn't let me in as I hadn't ____ an appointment with the
doctor.
agreed
asked
fixed
done

18
When the nurse ____ me into the surgery, I felt I wasn't ill at all.
showed
let
took

19
It's too late to examine you now. Will you come back tomorrow during
____?
lunchtime
surging hours
early morning
surgery hours

20
Dr Dodd always works alone, he's never ____ by a nurse in his surgery.
appointed
arranged
assisted
accelerated
accomplished

21
I was surprised when he pulled out my tooth without giving me a(n)
____ .
volunteer
injection
indigestion
temptation

22
The patient ____ of a pain in his limbs and small red spots all over his
body.
denied
complained
suffered
recovered

23
Let me have a look at your tongue. I'd like to see whether it's ____ or
not.
red
injured
infected

24
My grandfather ____ a nervous condition and pneumonia.
complains of

suffers from
recovered from

25
I don't know what the matter is, but the doctors found ____ in my urine.
a stone
a safety pin
sugar
measles

26
The doctor ordered me a complete rest and ____ treatment.
spa
medical
electric
insurance

27
Do you suffer from shivering and a pain in the ____ ?
joints
limbs
chest

28
Grandfather needs a change of air as he suffers from a ____ of breath.
shortness
laxity
failure
short

29
I'm afraid the baby's got a cold. He's been coughing and ____ all day.
sneezing

vomiting
breathing

30
I must buy another dozen hankies. My wife's got flu and her nose is
____ .
pouring
soaked through
running
soaking

31
The patient says he's ____ with cold and he's got a temperature of 39.
vomiting
dizzy
shivering
scared

32
How long have you been suffering from a ____ of sleep?
lack
shortness
shortage
sweating

33
Did you say you vomited several times? Well, this must be a sort of
____ .
indigestion
food poisoning

34
You must stay in bed for three days and take these ____ three times a
day.

pills
tablets
capsules

35
The doctor told me to take these ____ three times a day after meals.
medics
ointments
drinks
pills

36
The doctor told me to take this ____ three times a day after meals.
medicine
ointment
capsules

37
'Tony had a bad accident last week.'
'Did he get ____ ?'
injured
hurt
to hospital

38
They didn't take the driver to hospital, his ____ were dressed on the
premises.
wounds
plasters
injuries
cuts

39
Tony came out of hospital with a ____ arm but very happy.

broken
bandaged
plastered

40
As he told us he was lucky that he didn't have to be ____ .
injured
operated on
infected
inflamed

41
That stupid chemist refused to make up the ____ that the doctor
prescribed.
medicine
mixture
powder

42
The surgeon told me he didn't want to see me hanging around the ____
again.
syringes
operating-room
dietician

43
You're a bit fat. You should avoid eating so much ____ , I'm afraid.
rich food
lean meat
light food
fruit

44
Sheila says her ____ headache is due to the neighbour's singing out of

tune.
splitting
sweating
shivering
trembling
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