1. Read the foolowing dialogue:
Todd: OK. Jessica, we're back. We're going to talk about your future. What do you
want to be when you grow up?
Jessica: Well, um, I want to be a physician's assistant.
Todd: OK. What is a physician's assistant?
Jessica: Well, normally when you go into a, into the doctor's office, you wouldn't
usually get, well you would get your doctor all they do is check, give you check-ups or
you know maybe take out stitches or something, not surgery. You just go in and do the
little things. So the doctor does not have to do them.
Todd: Oh, OK. So that is what you want to do?
Jessica: Yeah.
Todd: OK.
Jessica: And make lots of money.
Todd: You want to make lots of money.
Jessica: OK. Nothing wrong with that.
Todd: How do you become a physici... physician's assistant? I can't even say it.
Jessica: It's a lot of schooling. You have like six years, four or six years of college and
you obviously take the, like nursing and other kinds of classes like that and then you do
like um, two, two or four years at like a hospital as a..
Todd: Like an assistant, or…
Jessica: Like, like you're actually doing.
Todd: Oh, an intern.
Jessica: An intern, yeah! An internship for two or four years at a hospital.
Todd: Then, that's it. You finish.
Jessica: And then you hopefully go on and maybe have your own little doctor's place
and open that up or something.
Todd: Well, best wishes on becoming a physician's assistant. I'm sure you'll make a
good one.
Jessica: Thank you.
2. A. Answer the following questions about the interview. (5*8=40)
1. What does she want to be?
a) Physician's assistant
b) Physician
c) Nurse
2. Where does a physician's assistant do?
a) Help doctors
b) Surgery
c) Appointments
3. How long does the schooling take?
a) 4 to 6 weeks
b) 4 to 6 months
c) 4 to 6 years
4. Where is the internship?
a) College
b) Doctor's office
c) Hospital
5. Where would she like to work eventually?
a) Clinic
b) Hospital
c) Doctor's office
B. Fill in the sentences with the given vocabulary. (5*8=40)
grow up • physician's • check-up
take out • interns
1. There are about five ____________ at our company this summer.
2. Where did you___________?
3. I need to make an appointment for a _____________.
4. Do you have to ______________ your stiches?
5. He has worked as a ___________ assistant since he was 25.
C. Match the occupation on the left with the word given on the right. (1*10=10)
Occupation Tools/ equipment
1. Doctor a) Camera
2. Math’s teacher b) Stethoscope
3. Computer operator c) Spanner
4. Cashier d) Hammer
5. Carpenter e) Till
6. DJ f) Computer
7. Gardener g) Calculator
8. Bus driver h) headphones
9. Mechanic i) hoe
10. Photographer j) Driving licence
3. D. Fill in the gaps with the comparative from the adjectives given. (3*10=30)
1. A rock is _____________ (heavy) than a leaf.
2. Our house is _________ (big) than yours.
3. The princess is ____________ (beautiful) than the witch.
4. Tom is a _______________ (good) than Mary.
5. Bicycles are ____________ (safe) than motorbikes.
6. July is _____________ (hot) than January.
7. A lion is ________________ (dangerous) than a cat.
8. Helen is _______________ (happy) than Mary.
9. Computers are _____________ (expensive) than telephones.
10. I think golf is ___________ (boring) than football.
E. Fill in the gaps with the superlative form of the adjectives given. (3*10=30)
1. It is the ___________ (large) shop in town.
2. Monday is the _________ (bad) day of the week.
3. Ben was the ______________ (noisy) person in his family.
4. Sam is the _______________ (popular) in his class.
5. Which is the ______________ (difficult) at school?
6. Jim is the ______________ (good) player in the football team.
7. Elephants are the __________________ (heavy) animals.
8. Let’s pick the ________________ (big) apple of the tree.
9. Mary is the _______________ (thin) girl in the class.
10. That is the __________________ (comfortable) sofa in our house.
F. Writing: what’s your dream job? (50)
Write about 100 words on the subject.
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Keep on with the good work!
Regina Santos
