All the verbs in the box relate to medical matters. Use them to complete the sentences. You may have to change the forms of the verbs to fit the grammar of the sentences.
(Remember the five forms of English verbs – for example: take, takes, took, taken, taking.)
amputate * bite * bruise * burn * control * expel * freeze * heal * hurt * measure * overcome * progress * rebuild * undergo * visit
1. I am going to ________________ my brother in hospital.
2. She ___________ her disabilities and now leads a normal life.
3. After the accident her pelvis was completely ___________.
4. She has ___________ several operations.
5. They ___________ my big toe to remove the nail.
6. She ___________ her knee on the corner of the table.
7. A thermometer ___________ temperature.
8. Air is ___________ from the lungs when a person breathes out.
9. His arm is ___________ so much he can’t write.
10. A minor cut will ___________ faster if it is left without a bandage.
11. The girl ___________ her hand on a hot frying pan.
12. He ___________ his asthma with a bronchodilator.
13. The patient’s leg needs to be ___________ below the knee.
14. She was ___________ by an insect.
15. The doctor asked how the patient was ___________ .
Answers:
- visit
- overcame
- rebuilt
- undergone
- froze
- bruised
- measures
- expelled
- hurting
- heal
- burnt
- controls
- amputated
- bitten
- progressing
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