WARMER

Look at the pictures below. In pairs, answer the questions below the pictures. Write down
your answers in the box given.

Picture 3.2 (Consulting room) Picture 3.3 (ICU-room)

Q: What does the doctor do in this room? Q: When do the doctors use ICU-room?

A: …. A: ….

Picture 3.4 (Surgery room) Picture 3.5 (Pharmacy room)

Q: What can the doctor do here? Q: What is this room used for?

A: …. A: ….

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 VOCABULARY BUILDER

Look at the pictures in the warmer section again. Make a list of any word (nouns or
verbs) that are related to the pictures.

1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
6. ___________________
7. ___________________
8. ___________________
9. ___________________
10. __________________

DIALOGUE: EXPRESSING INTENTION

Task 1:
Read aloud the following conversation. Take turns with your classmates doing the roles.
Then, answer the questions following that.

A. A doctor and a nurse are talking about their plans. Pay attention to the
pronunciation and intonation of the dialogue below.

Nurse: “Good morning Sir, I am going to tell you about the condition of patient on behalf
Budi”
Doctor: “Ok nurse, how his condition? Is there any problem?”
Nurse: “Yes Sir, he felt pain in his left abdomen. “
Doctor: “What are you going to do with that condition?”

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Nurse: “Well, I am going to give her the medicine sir. Is there any additional medicine for
her sir?”
Doctor: “Oh yes, I want you to give this additional medicine. It will help make her
condition better and don’t forget to write down the recipe in the letter report.”
Nurse: “Okay sir, I will do that. Now, I would like to continue my work”
Doctor: “Oh Sure. Thank you for the nice discussion. I am going to check the patient in
room 203 now. Good morning”
Nurse: “You’re welcome and good morning sir.”

B. Answer the comprehension questions below based on the dialogue.

1. What are the doctor and the nurse discussing?
2. What are their plans?
3. What will the doctor do after discussing something with the nurse?
4. What do the sentences typed in bold express?
5. When do people use those expression?

Task 2:
Later, the doctor and the nurse talk again about the plan. This time they want to do
something together. Continue the conversation based on the given hint.

Nurse: “Good morning Sir, I would like to remain you that we will have a surgery for
patient in room 203 this afternoon.”
Doctor: “Ok nurse, how his condition? Is there any __________?”
Nurse: “No Sir, everything is ____________.”
Doctor: “____________________________________________?”
Nurse: “Well, we are going to _________________________.”
Doctor: “___________________________________________________.”
Nurse: “___________________________________________________.”
Doctor: “______________________________. I am going to ______________. Good
morning.”
Nurse: “You’re welcome and good morning Sir.”

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VOCABULARY EXERCISES

Use the words you have listed in Vocabulary Builder to make sentences. You may use more
than one word. See number 1 and 2 as the examples.

1. I would like to take the medicine for the patient in the pharmacy room.
2. I am going to meet the doctor later in the surgery room.
3. ________________________________________________________________.
4. ________________________________________________________________.
5. ________________________________________________________________.
6. ________________________________________________________________.
7. ________________________________________________________________.
8. ________________________________________________________________.
9. ________________________________________________________________.
10. ________________________________________________________________.

GRAMMAR REVIEW

Read the first dialogue again. Identify the bold-typed expressions and fill in the table below
with the question and statement forms of the expressions.

See the example Statement form Question form

be going to + simple I am going to give her a

verb medicine.

would like to +
simple verb

Note:
In daily life, it is common for us to tell other people about our intention or plan to do something
in the future. We also frequently ask them, or they ask us about that. For telling our intention

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 or plan, we can use be going to + simple form of the verb and would like to + simple form of
the verb, and we use the statement form. For asking, we use the question form. Read again the
dialogue between the doctor and the nurse in this chapter to see how the expressions are used
in conversation.

SPEAKING

Task 1:
Make up short dialogues for the following situations. Read the answer of number 1 as an
example.

1. A nurse plans to help a doctor to do a surgery for a patient who suffers from cancer in the
surgery room. She asks the doctor about what she should prepare.
A: We are going to have a surgery for the patient in room number 309 who suffers from
cancer.
B: Alright, doc. What should I prepare for this surgery?

2. I plan to meet a doctor in the hospital to check my condition after suffering from fever. I ask
my father to accompany me to go there meeting the doctor.
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__________________.

3. A nurse plans to take the medicine for the patient who is waiting for her in the pharmacy
room. However, the medicine is out of stock and she advises the patient to buy the medicine
in the drug store.
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 _________________________________________________________________________
__________________.

4. A nurse plans to give breakfast for the patient in room 108 after having discussion with the
doctor.
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__________________.

5. A doctor plans to go home earlier because of a reason, and he ask the nurse to check the
blood pressure of the patient in room 107 every 3 hours.
_________________________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________________________
__________________.

Task 2:
Act out one of the dialogues for the class.

WRITING

Supposed that you are a nurse. Write a paragraph about your plan for checking the patient.
Use I would like to … and I am going to … in your paragraph. Use the given questions to
guide you.

1. Where would you like to go you take the medicine?

2. If you want to meet the doctor, where will you find him?
3. What will you prepare for checking the patient in ICU-room?

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REFLECTION

At the end of this chapter, ask yourself the following questions to know how effective
your learning process has been.

1. Are you able to identify the forms and uses of “would like to” and “be going to”?
2. Can you make statements or questions using “would like to” and “be going to”?

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 3. Do you know when to use the expressions?

If you answer “no” to one of those questions, see your teacher and discuss with him/her
to make you able to express your intention in spoken and written forms.

FURTHER ACTIVITIES

Have a casual chat with your friend. Tell him/her the activities you plan to do in the
hospital. For example, you make a plan, called plan A, but you need to make a back-up
plan called plan B, just in case something happens.

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