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bedridden: sick on bed oath: promise
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Listening Skills
Listen to the story first. Then your teacher will read out the statements given below.
Say whether they are true or false.
1. A war broke out in 1954.
2. The Military Hospital was in Turkey.
3. Florence Nightingale was born in a rich family.
4. Florence became a doctor.
5. Florence died at a young age.
Comprehension Skills
A. Tick () the correct answer.
1. In 1854, a war broke out in ________ .
a. Crimea b. London c. Germany
2. Florence Nightingale came to be called ________ .
a. The Lady of Peace b. The Lady with the Lamp
c. The Lady of Love
3. The symbol for nursing is ________ .
a. the cap b. the dove c. the lamp
4. When Florence was seventeen, she declared that she wanted to become a ________ .
a. doctor b. nurse c. teacher
5. The Nightingale Oath is taken by ________ .
a. nurses b. patients c. doctors
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. Many injured soldiers were sent to __________________ hospital.
2. Florence walked to the wards carrying a __________________.
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