Inglés para Auxiliares de Enfermería: Fechas, Horas, Vocabulario Clínico y Gramática Práctica

Ejercicios de inglés para el personal sanitario

1. Fechas

1/6/1967 → the sixth of December, nineteen sixty-seven

21/4/2006 → the twenty-first of April, two thousand and six

28/5/1990 → the twenty-eighth of May, nineteen ninety

2. Números

6,563: six thousand, five hundred and sixty-three

342: three hundred and forty-two

2,985: two thousand, nine hundred and eighty-five

3. Horas

13:45: thirteen forty-five or a quarter to two

16:20: sixteen twenty or twenty past four

08:15: eight fifteen or a quarter past eight

4. Preposiciones y estructuras verbales

Does your shift start at ...? Do you finish ...? Your shift doesn't start until ...

Complete with the correct words: works in / from / to / go to / on / don't finish / until / aren't / at / have.

5. Formas farmacéuticas

Capsule, ointment, suppository, drops

6. Combinaciones de palabras (Word partnerships)

Match one part with the other to make word partnerships:

• Catheter (b) + Specimen (c)?
• Sterile (a) + IV (d)?
• Rope (f) + Banana (e)?

Catheter b)    Specimen c)    Sterile a)    IV d)    Rope f)    Banana e)

7. Efectos secundarios y recuperación

You may feel slightly nauseous. / Some patients might experience night sweats. / It may take a few days to heal.

8. Futuro con will

will bring / will pull

9. Futuro con going to

are going to roll / is going to help

10. Pasado simple

ordered / organised / used

11. Cuantificadores

Choose the correct words in italics:

• Do we have enough / many tape?
• I don't think we have any / much hospital gowns left.
• I can't find any / much clean sheets. Do you know where I can find some?
• Is there enough / many disinfectant?

12. Elección del verbo correcto

Choose the correct verb in italics:

• a) Ms Joly is going to arrive / arrived in The Beeches Care Home last Wednesday morning. (corrección: arrived)
• b) We are speaking / spoke to the Senior Nurse, who then took us to see my aunt.
• c) My mother came / comed out of surgery this morning. Is it possible to speak to her?
• d) I'll bring / brought you a wheelchair and then we can go to the coffee shop together.
• e) Where was / were you last night?

13. Traducciones

Dizziness: mareo    Constipation: estreñimiento    Sweating: sudores    Drowsiness: somnolencia

Bedpan: orinal de cama    Hoist: grúa    Lack of appetite: falta de apetito    Headaches: dolores de cabeza

14. Preguntas y respuestas

Did the surgery go well?

Did Mr White eat anything?

When did Ms Kan wake up?

15. Respuestas

Yes, it did.

No. He didn't eat anything.

She woke up a few minutes ago.