А. М. Maslova Z. I. Winestein L. S. Plebeyskaya Essential English for Medical Students Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged

CLASS ASSIGNMENTS

8. 
   Read and explain the rules of reading:
   

plaster, complete, polyclinic, general, gain, young, city, afternoon, main, they, X-ray, vein, yesterday, master, last

8. 
   Form the ordinal numerals:
   

5,2,3,21,12,30,113

8. 
   Answer the questions:
   

1. What date is it today? 2. What date was it yesterday? 3. What date will it be tomorrow? 4. What date was it the day before yesterday? 5. What date will it be the day after tomorrow?

8. 
   Explain the use or omission of articles:
   

1. The doctor treats him for tuberculosis. 2. They specialized as nurses. 3. The doctor asked the nurse to prepare all the analyses necessary for the diagnosis. 4. Medical students study general subjects in the first and second year. 5. He is the best student among us.

8. 
   Give the singular of the following nouns:
   

women, teeth, feet, children, friends, lives, studies, dresses

8. 
   Give the plural of the following nouns. Spell the endings:
   

baby, history, wife, life, mass, box

8. 
   Translate these sentences. Find the pronouns:
   

1. My father is over 35 years old. 2. Do you know them and their parents?

3. 
   Many of her relatives study at different institutes. 4. At the conference I met him among the delegates. 5. Their practical training lasted for a month.
   

8. 
   Substitute the nouns in bold type for the Personal Pronouns in the Objective Case:
   

1. 
   The nurse cares for these children. 2. Yesterday I read a medical article.
   

3. 
   The teacher asked my friend a question. 4. We saw your sister last week. 5. Your brother knows me and my parents well.
   

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