Exercise 2: Get well soon!

Fill in the missing vowels of the words in bold, all of which are listed in the vocabulary list on page 48.

When Sandra woke up in the morning, she didn’t feel well. She had a terrible headache and her entire body was aching. So she called her doctor’s (A) r c pt n and made an appointment.

When she arrived at the (B) s rg ry, the (C) r c pt n st asked her for her

(D) h lth ns r nc c rd. The

(E) pr ct c n rs gave her a(n)

(F) r n -s mpl c p, as they needed to check her urine for bacteria in the (G) l b.

Since Sandra felt so sick, she did not have to go to the (H) w t ng r m but could proceed directly to the doctor’s

(I) c ns lt ng r m. First, the doctor asked her about her symptoms and checked her (J) bl d pr ss r . He also checked her heart rate and lungs with a

(K) st th sc p . Then she had to lie down on the (L) x m n t n b d.

The doctor examined her kidneys, bladder and stomach with a(n) (M) ltr s nd sc nn r. Fortunately, he did not detect anything serious. It might be just the beginning of the flu. Although he knew that she disliked (N) syr ng s, he suggested a vitamin injection. Finally, he also wrote a

(O) pr scr pt n for a painkiller for her headache. And he issued a (P) s ck n t

that she would have to send to her employer. The doctor told her that she would recover after a few days of bed rest.