The Smith family’s doctor and dentist
Dr. Edwards is the Smith family’s doctor. He works at Church Street Surgery. Two other doctors works there and three receptionists. A nurse works there in the afternoon. The practice has 3,500 patients. Dr. Edwards sees between 25 and 30 patients every day. He usually sees patients at the surgery, but he sometimes visits patients in their homes. All of his patients are National Health Service patients: he doesn’t see any patients privately.
Henry Thompson is the Smith family’s dentist. He works at Redlands Dental Surgery. The practice has 2,000 patients. Mr. Thompson sees between ten and fifteen patients every day. All his patients are private: they pay for their dental treatment. National Health Service patients go to James stone, another dentist at Redlands. Three other people work at the practice: two nurses and a receptionist. The receptionist, Jean Thompson, is Henry’s wife. Sue Smith is at the dental surgery at the moment. She is sitting in the dentist chair. She is having a check-up. Sue has a check up twice a year.
Answer the questions:
1. What’s Mary’s doctor? 2. Where does he work? 3. How many other doctors work there? 4. How many receptionists are there? 5. When does the nurse work? 6. How many patients does the practice have? 7. How many patients does Dr. Edwards see every day? 8. Where does he usually see patients? 9. Where does he sometimes see patients? 10. Does he have a lot of private patients?
Give full answer about your doctor:
1. What is your doctor’s name? 2. Where does she or he work? 3. How many other doctors work there? 4. How many receptionists work there? 5. Do any nurses work there? 6. Where does your doctor usually see patients? 7. Does he or she do home visits? 8. Does he or she have any private patients?
Degrees of comparison of adjectives
| Adjective | Comparative | Superlative | |
| One-syllable adjective | old safe big hot | older safer bigger* hotter* | the oldest the safest the biggest* the hottest* |
| Adjectives ending in - y | noisy dirty | noisier dirtier | the noisiest the dirtiest |
| Adjectives with two or more syllables | boring beautiful | more boring more beautiful | the most boring the most beautiful |
| Irregular adjectives | good bad far | better worse further | the best the worst the furthest |
* Adjectives which end in one vowel and one consonant double the consonant.
e.g.: You’re older than me.
New York is dirtier than Paris.