LO1.3

Question 1

Ch is pronounced like __

Answer 1

k, Chronic

Question 2

ps is pronounced like __

Answer 2

s, Psychiatry

Question 3

pn, gn, kn is prounounced like __

Answer 3

n, knee; pneumonia

Question 4

pt is pronounced like __

Answer 4

t, ptomaine

Question 5

c is pronounced as __ before __, __, __

Answer 5

s; e,i,y (cytoplasm)

Question 6

g is pronounced as __ before __, __, __

Answer 6

j; e,i,y (generic) except gynecology

Question 7

c and g have a __ sound before other letters

Answer 7

hard (gastric)

Question 8

ae and oe are pronounced __ when contained within a word

Answer 8

e (paediatrics)

Question 9

ae is pronounced __ when found at the end of a word

Answer 9

a (vertebrae)

Question 10

i at the end of a word to form a plural is pronounced __

Answer 10

eye (alveoli)

Question 11

e and es at the end of a word are often pronounced as separate sullables, like __, __

Answer 11

e, a (syncope)

Question 12

ph is pronounced like __

Answer 12

f (physician)

Question 13

rh is pronounce like __

Answer 13

rhu (rheumatism)

Question 14

Singular to Plural: ending with is

Answer 14

replace is with es (testis-testes)

Question 15

Singular to Plural: ending with um

Answer 15

Replace um with a (ovum-ova)

Question 16

Singular to Plural: ending with us

Answer 16

Replace us with i (bronchus-bronchi)

Question 17

Singular to Plural: ending with a

Answer 17

add e after a (vertebra-vertebrae)

Question 18

Singular to Plural: ending in ix and ex

Answer 18

Replace ix or ex with ices (apex-apices)

Question 19

Singular to Plural: ending with on

Answer 19

replace on with a (ganglion-ganglia)

Question 20

Singular to Plural: ending with ax

Answer 20

replace x with ces (thorax-thoraces)

Question 21

Singular to Plural: ending with oma

Answer 21

replace oma with omata (myoma-myomata)

Question 22

Singular to Plural: ending with y

Answer 22

replace y with ies (biopsy-biopsies)

Question 23

Homonyms are ___

Answer 23

words that sound similar