English Studies - Grade 9

English Studies

Grade 9

11/5/20

Register

The term register refers to the particular style or choice of words peculiar to specific professions or purposes.

WORD FOCUS

Study the following register of health and hospital

Nurse,doc doctor, ache, acute, malignant, benign, allergy/allergic, amnesia, amputation/amputate, anaemia/anaemic, antibiotic, antidepressant, bedsore, biopsy, blood count, breech, hydrate, dehydrate, diagnosis, emergency, fatal, influenza, genetic, immune, incision, inflammation, itchy, numb.

Exercises:

In the passage below, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. For each gap, choose the most appropriate word offered. 

Malaria is a serious - 1 - that relapses in human. It is characterised by periodic - 2- of chills and - 3 -. Malaria is caused by a one-celled group of  - 4 - known as plasmodium which is - 5 - to human through the female anopheles - 6 - bites. Malaria is common in the tropics.

A class of drugs known as  - 7 - is used to - 8 - malaria. Among them, chloroquine used to be most - 9 -. However, because of the appearance of  - 10 - trains of malaria, a more potent class of drugs has been developed. 

1. infection   infectious  ailment  sickness

2. Short  attacks  punches  blows

3. Sneezing  yawning  fever shakes

4. Parasite  diseases  insects parasites

5. Transmitted transmited  transfered  transferred 

6. Insect  mosquito  spider  housefly

7. Promalarials  antimosquitoes  antimalarials antemalarials

8. Treats  Reduce  decrease  capture

9. Shocking  effective  defective  invisible

10. Drug induced  drug abused  drug resistant  drug misused 

Good luck

Clara O