--- title: Hospitals, operations and serious illness — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Adult life description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / Hospitals, operations and serious illn… # Hospitals, operations and serious illness The 15 questions of lesson 21 «Hospitals, operations and serious illness» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t1/) — You overhear Dad on the phone: "They kept him in A&E all night, chest pains, but he's stable now." What happened to Grandad? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t2/) — Your brother grumbles, "A&E's well unfair, we were there first and that bloke went in before us." How do you put him right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t3/) — Gran says, "Bert's having his knee done under a local, so he'll be awake for it." Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t4/) — Cousin Jade says, "Don't hug Mrs Patel, you'll catch her cancer." Is Jade right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t5/) — Two nurses chat by the ward: "Chemo's knocked her for six, poor love, but her bloods are looking good." What does this mean? — right ✓ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t6/) — A neighbour gossips, "He's lost all his hair, must be on his last legs." What is wrong with this? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t7/) — Grandpa jokes, "Doc says my pressure's through the roof, but I feel grand, so whatever." Why should he still listen? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t8/) — Mum hisses at Dad, "Not in front of the kids, I don't get the results till Thursday." What is she waiting for? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t9/) — Your sister says, "Mum's having a scan, so she must be really, really sick." How do you put her right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t10/) — On the news: "Hospitals warn of long waits in emergency departments this winter." Why are waits longest then? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/t11/) — Dad mutters, "Two visitors a bed, so you lot take turns, all right?" Why must you take turns? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the order in which patients are attended to in an Accident and Emergency department? — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/e2/) — Identify the principal purpose of the administration of a general anaesthetic prior to a surgical procedure. — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning chemotherapy and the loss of hair. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/e4/) — It is given that a patient has been referred for a scan "as a precautionary measure". Determine the most accurate interpretation of this phrase. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [20. Going to the doctor and the chemist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/) - next →: [22. Sore backs, glasses and feeling low](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/22-sore-backs-glasses-and-feeling-low/) - ↑ back to [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/)