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North Road Medical Centre
1 Make sure that students understand the four words before 
they read. Encourage them to skim the leafl et and not to 
read every word carefully. Allow them about 20 seconds to 
skim the text. Tell students to raise their hand as soon as they 
know who the leafl et is for. 
2 Students can do this exercise in pairs. Alternatively, they can 
work on their own and then compare answers.
3 Make sure that everyone agrees that the third paragraph 
(Patient Registration) and the fourth paragraph (New 
Patients) are the most relevant. Encourage students to work 
out the meaning of delay.
4 Students can do this exercise in pairs. Check answers.
5 Ask students to complete the exercise. To check answers, read 
out each of the sentences in turn. Get individual students to 
say if the sentence is true or false. Then, where appropriate, 
get another student to correct the sentence.
Class bonus
Tell students to stand up. Invite individual students to read out 
their sentence. Tell students to sit down when they hear the 
sentence they have written. Students should only read out a 
sentence that nobody else has read out.
6 Get students to do the exercise. Check answers. Ask students 
what they would say to the receptionist, e.g. I don’t feel very 
well. Have you got any appointments for this afternoon?
7 Get students to do the exercise. Check answers. Ask students 
what they would say when they phone the medical centre in 
these situations.
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© Cambridge University Press 2008
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