About this lesson
This unit, 'Inside the World of Care,' focuses on healthcare roles, emergencies, and personal experiences with illness. It includes reading texts about a hospital nurse's day and an emergency room night, listening exercises on an emergency call and a discussion of tired hands and caring hearts, and a writing task for a blog post about a personal experience. Students practice vocabulary related to medical situations and idioms, and engage in role-plays about nurse-patient conversations and emergency calls.
Main topics in this lesson
- Healthcare roles and teamwork
- Emergencies and emergency response
- Personal experiences with illness
- Interprofessional communication
- Writing a blog post
Key terms and vocabulary
- shift
- administer
- buzz
- attention
- chaos
- victim
- heartbreaking
- rewarding
- rollercoaster
- kick off
- medication
- collapse
- grab
- chest
- pulse
- CPR
- consciousness
- paramedics
- stitch
- forehead
- groaning
- moaned
- clutched
- swallow
- scope
- urgency
- idiom
- spring into action
- teamwork makes the dream work
- rained cats and dogs
- soaked to the skin
- jump into action
- pale as a ghost
Questions and answers on Inside the World of Care - practice and revision
Multiple choice questions on this lesson in English for 3rd secondary, First Term, with practice exercises for revision and exam preparation.
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A student is writing a blog post about a personal experience with illness. Which sentence uses an idiom from the unit correctly to describe the situation?
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When I saw my friend collapse, I turned pale as a ghost.
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When I saw my friend collapse, I was as busy as a bee.
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When I saw my friend collapse, I rained cats and dogs.
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When I saw my friend collapse, I was soaked to the skin.
2
After a long night in the emergency room, a nurse says, 'It was a rollercoaster.' What does the nurse mean about the night?
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The night had many changing, emotional moments.
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The night was quiet and boring.
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3
The night was short and easy.
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The night had no patients at all.
3
During an emergency call, the paramedics arrive and find a victim who is not conscious. Which of the following actions matches the unit's emergency response vocabulary?
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The paramedics check the victim's pulse and start CPR.
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The paramedics ask the victim to swallow some medication.
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The paramedics give the victim a stitch on the forehead.
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The paramedics tell the victim to write a blog post.
4
A paramedic arrives at an emergency and finds a victim who is not conscious. Which action from the unit should be done to help this victim?
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Give CPR.
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Check the patient's stitch.
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Ask the patient to swallow.
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Write a blog post.
5
A nurse has just finished giving a patient their medication when the emergency buzzer rings. Which sentence correctly describes what has happened using the Present Perfect Simple passive?
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The medication has been administered by the nurse.
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The medication has administered by the nurse.
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The medication has been administering by the nurse.
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The medication was administer by the nurse.
6
During a busy shift, a nurse has just finished giving medication to a patient when the emergency buzzer rings. Which sentence correctly describes what has happened using the present perfect simple?
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The nurse has administered the medication.
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The nurse has been administering the medication.
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3
The nurse administers the medication.
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The nurse is administering the medication.
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