Name: Maribel Avila

ID Number: 8-826-703
Class Activity #1
Subject: English

Date: May 20th , 2009

I Part Reponse the following questions

1. In dialogue #1 why is the patient in the hospital?

R/: She is here, because she is getting a surgery.
2. What is the most usual way of starting contact with the customer in any
type of situation?
R/:
3. In dialogue #5 what is wrong with the patient?
R/: The patient has headache, upset stomach and diarrhoea.
4. In dialogue #6 the pharmacist asks lots of different questions. So that he
can meet a correct the diagnosis. What are those questions?
R/: These questions are: Are you drinking plenty of bottle water? Have you
taken anything for the headache? Can I see the packet? Did you bring
anything wih you from home? Do you feel tired?
5. The dialogue #6 what are some of the patient’s symptoms?
R/: The symptoms are: headache, terrible thirsty and very tired.
6. In dialogue #6 what medication has the patient taken?
R/: Indigestion tablets and paracetamols.
7. In dialogue #7 what is the matter with the patient? What does the
pharmacist prescribe and how often?
R/: The patient has diarrhoea, the pharmacist prescribe DIA-STOP. She will
take one in the morning, one at noon and one at night for three days.

II Part Phrases what is the phrase use to:

1. Reffer to Casual discusión

R/:
2. Reffer to food that has a large amount of flavored ingredients.
R/: The word "Rich" refers to food that has a large amount of strongly
flavoured ingredients.
3. Mean that the medication will stop the diarrhea quickly.
R/: The pharmacist uses the expression "They'll block you off pretty
quick" meaning that the medication will stop the diarrhoea very quickly.
4. Mean that the customer should return to the pharmacy inmediately.
R/: "Straight" refers to the fact that if the medication does not succeed in
working, the customer should return to the pharmacy immediately.
5. Mean feeling well.
R/: “As right as rain”.

III Part Write the words next to their definitions

1. Pain in the head

R/: Headache
 2. A disorber of digestive function characterized by discomfort or hear-burn
or nausea.
R/: Indigestion
3. Hypertensive reaction to a particular allergen.
R/:
4. A division of a hospital.
R/:
5. Frequent and watery bowel movement.
R/:
6. A person specially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
R/:
7. A metting arranged in advance.
R/:
8. A substance prepared according to a formula.
R/:
9. An enlarged and muscular sasaclite organ of the alimentary canal, the
principal organ of digestion.
R/:
10. Surgery a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body.
R/:

IVPart Grammar

1. The word “Couple” is always followed by what preposition? Provide three

examples.
R/: The word "couple" is always followed by the preposition "of".
 A couple of days.
 A couple of paracetamols.
 A couple of minutes.
2. “Have you taken” is a typical examples of what tense in English.
R/: Have you taken? is a question that is a typical example of the present
perfect simple tense (question form). Note that a past participle “taken” is
used after the question "Have you".