THE PART OF THE SPEECH

Part of the speech Function or job Example Example

sentences
Verb Action or state
Nouns Thing or person
Adjective Describes a noun
Adverb Describes an
adjective, verb and
adverb

Pronoun Replace a noun

Preposition Links a noun to
another word

Conjunction Joins clauses or

sentences or words

Interjection Short exclamation,

sometimes inserted
into a sentence

Underline the nouns:

Scars wounds shoulder neck stiff muscle

soreness ailment absorption
musculoskeletal system documentation sprain ankle

1. You can notice the ________ on his face.

2. They cured his _________.
3. Lift your right hand over your shoulder.
4. He has a _____ ______
5. Do you have _______________?
6. Arthritis is on of the most common __________ in elderly people.
7. My mother has osteoporosis due to a poor calcium __________.
8. Physical Therapy study the _____________________.
9. A proper __________________ is necessary for the insurance payment.
10. I have a ________________ due to wrong movement during my basketball
practice.
Pronouns

Write the correct subject pronoun for the word in bold.

1. _____Maria is studying all the mayor medical conditions for her license’s exam.
2. _____Carlos starts work at 6:00 o’clock.
3. _____Carola, Martina and Pedro are on vacations after their car accident.
4. _____The walking machine isn’t working.
5. _____Your father and I are going to the hospital for his surgery.
Adjective/Adverb: Good or Well? Wwhich one is the correct one.

A Letter

Hi Keira,

Thanks for your “what’s up”. I’m glad your family is doing well. My mom isn’t well.
She has a bad back. According to the doctor, the prognosis is not good. She will need
to be on medication for a while. She is coping well, though. We had a good time at
my parents’ anniversary party. All the grandchildren came to the party. Nadia is
riding her bike very well. Even though little Eric is only three, he is a good bike rider,
too. Molly is ten now. She writes very well for her age. She gets good marks and
behaves well in the classroom.

Well, I hope you have a good day!

Take care,

Jose Luis

Let’s practice the adverbs:

1. Try to move your leg slowly toward me so we can evaluate your flexibility.
2. She will improve very soon her finger movement.
3. Migraine headache are more frequent in women than men.
4. Massage is a common and unusual alternative therapy for pain management.
5. Sometime, most of the patients doesn’t have money for their medical treatment.

Underline the adjectives in the sentences.

1. He has multiple fractures after dropping from a building.

2. Her left hand is weaker than the right one.
3. We are practicing the open chain exercise.
4. Do you have muscle soreness?
5. The patient sees wavy lines and black dots in front of the eyes.
Verbs

Vocabulary: Select the correct / word

1. Please follow the indications/inflammation the doctor gave you.

2. You have to joint / straighten your arm.
3. My aunt had a knee manipulation / immobilization surgery.
4. The treatment is based on intervertebral / isometric exercises.
5. With Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation you may be able to medicate / resuscitate
Someone.
Verbs: Change the verb to the past tense.

1. We help the patient do his exercises.

2. You must lie down on the couch.

3. She keeps her arm strait.

4. The students begin the class hand washing techniques.

5. The physiatrist lowers the intensity of the infrared massager.

Prepositions: Identify and select the correct prepositions

1. You must lie down and put your knees up.

2. Turn the patient around and massage his back.
3. They must learn to walk without help.
4. Before you start you start your treatment you have the right diagnose.
5. People often complain about low fat diet.

Identify the part of the speech

1. You should wear gloves before attending the patient.

2. This is the ointment recipe that you need for that back acute pain.
3. He has a finger fracture that must be treated immediately.
4. The little boy cut his forehead
5. The physiotherapist gave craniosacral therapy to the athlete.
6. We all need some body work.
7. She made an appointment at the physical therapy center.
8. The nurse cleans the open fracture.
9. The treatment was very successful
10. The doctor recommended my mother a knee intervention.

Subject – Verb Agreement Exercises

Circle the correct verb in each of the sentences below. Check your answers on the following
page. Simple present tense then transforms the sentence to the negative form and question.

1. The doctor friend (talk-talks) too much.

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2. The man that brings roses to the hospital (look-looks) like your brother.

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3. The women taking the therapy in the pool (swim-swims) well.

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4. Bill (drive-drives) his car to the doctor even though it is contraindicating.

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5. The football players (run-runs) five miles every day.

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6. That therapist (live-lives) across the street.

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7. He (cook-cooks) a healthy dinner for his family.

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8. The boys (walk-walks) to school every day.

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9. The weather on the coast (appear-appears) to be good, that’s excellent news for my
lumbago.

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10. The Therapeutic Center for the basketball team (is-are) too far.

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Conversational Practice:

I. Role Play: In pairs write a dialogue, be creative.

1. I am a physical therapist.

2. My name is…

3. Your doctor has ordered therapy for you.

4. What name do you prefer to be called?

5. Where do you live?

6. Apartment or house?

7. Does someone live with you?

8. Are there stairs?

9. Did you use equipment to help you walk?

10. Before coming to the hospital…

11. How well can you move your arms and legs?

12. I would like to test your strength.

13. Hold like this…

14. Don’t let me move you.

15. Do you know where you are?

16. Do you know what day it is?

17. Do you have problems with your vision?

 18. With your hearing?

19. What are your goals for therapy?

20. Please repeat the instructions

21. You should do the following exercise.

Writing in Action

Let’s puts in action the new vocabulary. The paragraph is an indispensable part
of the writing structure. Write a persuasive, expository, process analysis,
descriptive, narrative and expository paragraph base on the following prompts or
you can be creative and write new ones.

 Why do you want to be a physical therapist.

 How the accident occurred.
 How the injury occurred.
 The severity of the fracture.
 Doctor’s diagnosis.
 A specific treatment.
 Rehabilitation treatment.
 Procedures in physical therapy.

II. Writing a paragraph: Identifying a condition or situation. Identify the topic

sentence, supporting sentences and concluding sentence.

How do you define First Aid?

A. Initial help given to a person who is sick or injured is called first aid.

First Step:

 Evaluate the situation.

 Look for dangers to yourself and to the victim. You cannot help the victim by
putting yourself at risk.
 Make the area safe for yourself and the victim

Step two:

 Call 911 Emergency medical services (EMS). Be prepared to give the operator
your location
 Provide emergency aid
 Get help from others
  Reminder: always use gloves if available and use universal precautions
 A fracture means that there is a break or crack in a bone.

 Causes of fractures: Direct force i.e. heavy blow to the body

 Indirect force i.e. twisting or wrenching (usually occurs when the bones are weak)

Types of fractures:

 Open fracture: Skin above the fracture is broken i.e. one of the broken bone ends
may be sticking out of the skin or there is a wound at the fracture site. Since the
skin is broken, there is a high risk of infection.
 Closed fracture: Skin above the fracture is intact.
 Stable fracture: The broken bone ends do not move.
 Unstable fracture: The broken bone ends can easily move out of position,
resulting in severe damage to the blood vessels, nerves, and organs.
strains or sprains. Strains or sprains refers to the injuries to the soft tissues
(muscles, tendons and ligaments).
 Causes of strains and sprains:
o A strain or sprain occurs when the muscle is overstretched
 Signs of strain or sprain:
o Pain
o Swelling
o Bruising
o Difficulty moving the injured part
 First aid response for strains or sprains:
o R- Rest
o I - Icing the injured part
o C- Compress the injured part (e.g. ACE wrap)
o E- Elevation of the injured part
 If the pain is severe, or the person is unable to use the injured part, arrange
transportation to a medical facility.