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IV. Circle the extra word in each sentence.
1. If you think you may be having a heart attack, don’t drive yourself to
the hospital.
2. The bronchiolitis is a lung infection that can be caused by several
kinds of viruses.
3. Symptoms of mononucleosis include a fever, a sore throat, swollen
glands in your neck and sweats at the night.
4. Symptoms of mono in the children are generally mild while
symptoms in adults tend to be more severe.
5. You are also more likely to get stomach cancer if you smoke cigarettes
and abuse an alcohol.
6. Diverticular disease affects both men and women and is the most
common in people older than the 40 years of age.
7. About 12 million people in the America have COPD (chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease).
8. The vitamin C is found in foods such as oranges, grapefruit and
broccoli.
9. Osteoporosis and an anaemia are common in adults who have celiac
disease.
10. If you have inflammatory bowel disease you may have the
stomachache, diarrhea, weight loss and bleeding from your intestines.
V. A) Complete the sentences using a/an or the. If an article is not
necessary, put a dash (-).
1. If your heart muscle doesn’t get enough blood to work properly, you
may have … heart attack.
2. People who have … anaemia don’t have enough hemoglobin.
3. … most common cause of anaemia is when your body doesn’t make
enough haemoglobin because it doesn’t have enough iron.
4. … urine taken for the test is normal.
5. In most cases, when patients have … sore throat or pharyngitis, they
also have tonsillitis.
6. … chronic cough is a cough that lasts for … eight weeks or more.
7. … medicines for dyspepsia most often have only minor side effects
that go away on their own.
8. … adults are less likely to have digestive symptoms.