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3
Students scan the page again and fi nd one word for the 
person who has the wound (
the casualty
).
4
Check the answers with the class. Make sure that everyone 
agrees that the basic steps are the numbered headings in the 
text.
5
After checking the answers, you can ask students if they can 
name the other items in the picture.
Learning tip
Elicit from the class that commas aren’t always used to separate 
sentences into important and less important parts. Sometimes 
they are used to separate items in a list.
6 
You can draw students’ attention to the commas in b2. The 
fi nal comma is used to separate this part of the sentence off 
from the other parts, but the commas after 
glass
and 
metal
are to separate items in a list.
7–8 
Students can do these exercises in pairs.
9
You could explain the use of the semi-colon (;) in the fi rst 
sentence under the fourth heading. Explain that a semi-colon 
is used instead of a full stop between two sentences which 
are closely linked. 
More activities
1
Write the following sentence on the board: 
You need 
to avoid …………………… touching the wound
.
Ask 
students to look at the text again and fi nd six words which 
they can use to complete the sentence (
germs / micro-
organisms / bacteria / fl ies / unwashed hands / fi ngers
).
2
Ask students if they have got a fi rst aid box at home or in 
their car. What do they have in it? 
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B
 Going to A&E
Ask students if they know what 
A&E
stands for; if they don’t 
know, tell them that they will fi nd the answer in the text. 
(
Accident and Emergency
)
1
Go through the instructions with the class. Make sure that 
students understand exactly what has happened to Cilka at 
the A&E department.
Did you know …?
Point out to the class that these are abbreviations that are 
used in Britain. Explain that the NHS is a free service, although 
some people have private medical insurance. In the USA, the 
emergency department is 
ER
, a doctor is called a 
physician
and 
there is no free healthcare.