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Digestive System (case report)Verb tenses: advanced activity

Instructions: The case report below needs to have the verb tenses fixed. Each verb that needsadjustment has been placed within { }. After you complete the activity, listen to the report andcheck your answers. Special Note: Sometimes the words in a verb form may have to be splitaround an intervening word, e.g. not.

The patient {present} __________ at 9 pm to the emergency room with nausea and {vomit}

 __________. The patient not {eat} __________ since the day before. The patient {report}

 __________ that the symptoms {come} __________ on slowly over a period of 12 hours. He

{recall} __________ that the first symptoms {occur} __________ that morning. He {say}

 __________ he {feel} __________ a little nauseous when he first {wake up} __________ and the

feeling steadily {get} __________ worse. He {say} __________ his first episode of vomiting

{occur} __________ at 1 pm. He {report} __________ that the contents of his stomach {appear}

 __________ to contain the previous evening’s meal. He {say} __________ that he {vomit}

 __________ ever since.

 

He {say} __________ that on the previous night he and his wife {dine} __________ at a

Sushi restaurant in the central part of the city. He {have} __________ traditional sushi with rice

wine and his wife {have} __________ vegetarian sushi. She also {consume} __________ rice

wine with her meal. They {eat} __________ lunch around noon that day, although, they not {eat} __________ together. He {eat} __________ at McDonalds and {have} __________ a Big Mac

Menu with cola, while she {eat} __________ at a Pizzeria near her office.

Since he first {vomit} __________ at 1 pm, he {say} __________ he {vomit} __________ 6

additional times, at approximately 90 minute intervals. The other episodes of {vomit} __________ 

produced mainly fluids with only small bits of solid matter. The patient’s wife {report} __________ 

no illness and no nausea. She {concur} __________ with her husband’s assessment of his illnessand the time line he {describe} __________.

She {offer} __________ some additional information regarding what he {consume}

 __________ that day. She {say} __________ that she {make} __________ him coffee for 

breakfast and {get} __________ him to drink several cups of tea before his first episode of 

vomiting. After that, she {able} __________ {get} __________ him {drink} __________ several

glasses of water. She {guess} __________ that he {have} __________ about 4 glasses of water 

since 1 pm.

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The couple {say} __________ that they {make} __________ plans {go} __________ to

 Aruba, and {schedule} __________ {leave} __________ in 3 days. They {concern} __________ 

that they {have} __________ {cancel} __________ their flight. The patient’s mood somewhat

{depress} __________, {express} __________ that if they make plans, one of them ______ almost

certainly end up {get} __________ sick just before they {is} __________ {leave} __________.

The patient {admit} __________ to the hospital, put on IV hydration and {give} __________ 

antiemetics. Food poisoning {suspect} __________. The patent’s condition {improve} __________ 

steadily over night and he {discharge} __________ home the following afternoon.

Information regarding the case {pass} __________ along to the food safety department for 

investigation.