CBSE solutions for इंग्लिश लैंग्वेज स्किल्स कक्षा १२ chapter A - Healing [Latest edition]

Who takes care of patients and their needs after the doctor has seen the patient, diagnosed the illness, recommended the treatment and carries out the prescribed regimen of treatment? Share your answers with the class.

Match the names of these medical/healthcare professionals with their definitions.

Florence’s choice of nursing as a career showed that she was ______.

The nursing job in London proved a challenge because ______.

She began improving the state of the military hospital with ______.

In Crimea, Florence’s first initiative was to ______.

The soldiers called her ‘The Angel of Crimea’ because she ______.

‘The Nightingale Jewel’ was an ______.

Even as a young girl, Florence ______.

Florence’s parents were ______.

The death rate in the Middlesex Hospital reduced considerably because ______.

Where did Florence Nightingale train to become a nurse?

What challenge did she face in her first nursing job?

Why was the Royal Commission for the Health of the Army established?

On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following mind-map.

Based on this mapping of the qualities of Florence Nightingale, write a character sketch of about 150-200 words based on her life and achievements.

In groups of four, discuss the ‘healing careers’ listed in activity 1. Identify the qualifications and qualities one needs for success. Note them in the given chart, and write a paragraph based on your notes.

Here are a group of words related to various professions that deal with healing. Pick out the words from the ones given in the box and write them in the appropriate column. Also, find out what they mean.

Find terms related to five other professions and make a similar chart as previous.

Recall the rules for capitals and punctuate the following:

1. bhola would you like to come with us for the movie asked shekhar no said bhola i have to submit this project tomorrow what project asked vimal we don’t know about any project this is a first aid project we have to assemble our own first aid kits and also make some charts oh when was this task given shekhar asked how is it we do not know about it you don’t know about it because it was given on the day you all had bunked school to go fishing in the pond outside the village.
2. why can’t you keep quiet for sometime mother asked shyama
3. shyama smiled and said it is because I have so much to tell you about what happened at school today
4. what happened mother wanted to know
5. i think i will tell when father comes back not just now shyama replied and went out to play.

As a reporter working living in the times of Florence Nightingale, with the ‘Times London’, and you have been asked to cover the war in Crimea where you see how Florence Nightingale has improved the conditions for the care of the wounded soldiers which has made a quantum difference in their rate of survival. Write a report in about 150-200 words about this achievement. You are Mark, a correspondent with the London Times.

Complete these statements meaningfully with a word or a phrase from the text you have heard:

1. Services which assist medical profession in some form or the other are called ______.
2. Since paramedical services help in the right diagnosis of any disease they form the ______.
3. ______.

Without the paramedical sciences, the medical profession would ______.

Expansion in the health-care industry has raised the demand for more ______.

Which one of these services is not a part of paramedical studies?

Three qualities that make a paramedical professional highly successful are ______.

Role-play: Ankita/Ankit wants to pursue a graduation degree in Physiotherapy. S/he is at an interview with the Principal for admission to this course. Work with a partner, read the given part of the dialogue and fill in what is missing and then share it.