Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for Medicine and health sciences for Baccalaureate

English Language Practice: Test B

Grammar Exercises

Exercise 1: Conditional Forms

1. 'll get; walk
2. 'd known; would have set
3. lived; would have
4. won't go; feel
5. don't have to; 'll come
6. would go; had

Exercise 2: Rewriting Sentences with Conditionals

1. Unless we go shopping, we won't have any food for tomorrow.
2. If I exercised regularly, I would lose weight.
3. If she hadn't felt ill, she would have gone out with her friends.
4. If you do weight training, you'll get fit very quickly.

Exercise 3: Completing Conditional Sentences

1. If I had lived in a town last year, I would have joined a sports club.
2. I won't get home late unless I miss the last bus.
3. He wouldn't have met my sister if he hadn't come to the party.
4. If I met the President, I would complain about the job situation.

Exercise

Human Body Features: Spanish & English

Face

• Bloated face: hinchada
• Freckles: pecas
• Wrinkles: arrugas
• Cherubic face: cara bonita de niño
• Chubby/Podgy face: cara gordita
• Chubby-cheeked: mofletes gorditos
• Weather-beaten face: estropeada por el clima
• Blackheads: puntos negros
• Moles: lunar
• Warts: berruga
• Hollow cheeks/Dimples: hoyuelos

Nose

• Lopsided nose: torcida
• Conk: narizón

Eyes

• Hazel: color avellana
• Black eye: ojo morado
• Crossed-eyed: bizca
• Bulging eyes: saltones
• Stye: orzuelo
• Sunken eyes: hundidos
• Swollen eyes (with bags): con bolsas debajo de los ojos

Mouth

• Harelip: labio leporino
• Chapped lips: agrietados
• Buckteeth: dientes de conejo
• Wisdom teeth: muelas del juicio

Hair

• Auburn: caoba
• Lock of hair: mechón
• Shock of hair: mata de pelo
• Fringe: flequillo
• Parting: raya
• Plaits:

3ESO English Vocabulary List

Tema 1: Free Time & Personality

Free-Time Activities

• chat online
• play tennis
• draw cartoons
• go to a disco
• go to the cinema
• go to the gym
• go to a youth group
• go out for a meal
• learn a language
• make models
• play computer games
• play an instrument
• relax
• do voluntary work

Character Adjectives

• adventurous
• cautious
• friendly
• unsociable
• energetic
• lazy
• shy
• confident
• talkative
• quiet
• generous
• selfish
• serious
• funny
• honest
• dishonest

Tema 2: IT & Jobs

IT Activities

• take a digital photo
• play a video game
• make a phone call
• scan a photo
• send an email
• store data
• print a document
• charge a mobile phone
• post a comment
• download a video clip
• write a blog
• plug in a memory device
• read an e-book
• go online

Jobs

• builder
• researcher
• lawyer
• electrician
• politician
• technician
• journalist
• scientist
• artist
• actor
• doctor
• fireman
• postman
• policewoman

Tema

Understanding Environmental Contamination

Human lifestyles have evolved significantly throughout history. A direct consequence of this evolution is the substantial increase in the amount of waste we produce. We rely heavily on packaging and consume far more goods than in previous decades. While many are concerned about the negative environmental impacts, the question remains: what can we do to reduce pollution?

Simple Actions for a Greener Planet

We can implement simple daily habits to prevent or minimize contamination:

• Carpooling: Share journeys with workmates to reduce emissions.
• Repair over Replace: Mend clothing instead of purchasing new items.
• Energy Efficiency: Turn off lights when not in use.
• Water Conservation: Be mindful of water usage.

Advanced

Synonyms and Antonyms: Enhance Your Vocabulary

Common Expressions and Feelings

• Ready: In place
• Resemble: Take after
• Move from childhood to adulthood: Grow up
• Prove to be the case: Turn out
• Really depressed: Down in the dumps
• Really happy: Over the moon
• Became really angry: Fly off the handle
• An annoying person or thing: Pain in the neck
• A very kind personality: Heart of gold
• Run a gentle pace: Jog
• Extremely unhappy: Heartbroken
• Extremely thin: Skinny
• Slightly hungry: Peckish
• Overweight: Obese
• Look at something quickly: Glance
• Grumpy: Bad-tempered
• Bullying: Hurting
• Grim: Worrying
• Tempting: Appealing
• Big, not long: Large
• Recommend: Advise
• In the end: Eventually
• Place where waste is taken and left: Rubbish dump
• Help someone to remember something: Remind
• Using up a supply

English Grammar Fundamentals

Conditional Sentences

0. Zero Conditional (0C): Facts and general truths (Ejemplos, Verdades)

• Structure: If + Present Simple > Present Simple

1. First Conditional (1C): Something that could occur (Algo que podría ocurrir)

• Structure: If + Present Simple > Will + Verb

2. Second Conditional (2C): Hypothetical situation (Situación hipotética)

• Structure: If + Past Simple > Would + Verb

3. Third Conditional (3C): Hypothetical past/Regret (Situación irreal del pasado)

• Structure: If + Past Perfect > Would have + Verb

Uses of the Present Simple

The Present Simple is used for:

• Habits and usual routines (Hábitos y rutinas habituales)
• Permanent situations (Situaciones permanentes)
• General truths (Hechos generales)
• Scientific

Key Definitions: Science, Security, and Social Terms

Scientific and Medical Vocabulary

Acid

A liquid chemical that can burn what it touches.

Bacteria

The simplest and smallest forms of life, some of which can cause diseases.

Biology

The scientific study of all living things (plants and animals).

Cancer

A diseased growth in the body which can cause death.

Gene

An extremely small chemical unit which passes qualities from parents to children.

Genetics

The study of genes and how they work.

Mathematics

The science of numbers.

Physics

The scientific study of light, heat, and sound.

Virus

A simple organism smaller than bacteria, which causes infectious diseases.

Security, Technology, and Finance Terms

Airlock

A small room with an airtight door at each end.

Auction

A sale...

Active Voice Transformations

Original: "The transmission of epidemics expansion...: Confinement in places back is easier for the virus."

Pluralization Exercises

• Original: "If you live near her school, why not adopt this method to systematically make?"
• Revised: "If we live near our school, why not adopt this method systematically to go there?"
• Original: "The hypothesis of a risk cannot be completely excluded, an approach..."
• Revised: "Assumptions of risk cannot be completely excluded; precautionary approaches are warranted."

Singularization Exercises

• Original: "The inhabitants of the wood are excluded from social assistance and the wood may become a place where it..."
• Revised: "The inhabitant of the wood is excluded from welfare, and the wood may become

Sterilization Validation Process

The objective of the sterilization validation process is to ensure effective sterilization.

Physical Controls

These involve charting values such as pressure, temperature, time, and humidity.

Chemical Controls

These are chemical compounds that change color when they interact with the sterilizing agent:

• External: Indicates that the sterilizing agent reached the surface of the package.
• Internal: Placed into the package. These confirm if the sterilization conditions were appropriate inside the package.
• Operation: Used to verify that the steam in the autoclave reaches every corner of the apparatus. This is used daily at the beginning of the day to check the vacuum autoclave for proper working. The Bowie-Dick test is the