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Identifying Sentence Types: Resistance to Antibiotics

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  1. Resistance to antibiotics is a worldwide problem, but medical experts list ways to help slow resistance and keep current drugs effective.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  2. When you go to the doctor with a cold or the flu, don't automatically ask for antibiotics.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  3. Colds and flu are caused by viruses, and antibiotics don't work to fight them, so you should discuss other remedies with your doctor.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  4. If the doctor prescribes antibiotics, follow directions and take all of the medicine.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  5. Not taking the medicine as prescribed could allow the infection to re-establish itself in your body and become more resistant to the drugs later.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  6. Taking more than one antibiotic at once or taking left over antibiotics in your medicine cabinet may increase the chance of resistance.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  7. Keep current with your vaccinations; this can prevent you from getting infectious diseases and needing the antibiotics.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  8. Remember to practice personal cleanliness as simple hand washing and proper food handling can help protect you from infectious diseases.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  9. Improper use of antibiotics helps develop drug resistance, so many medicines that were strongly effective a few decades ago don't work at all in the present.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  10. When bacteria is resistant to antibiotics, the only option may be to remove the infection with surgery.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  11. Germs are smart, and if you use a lot of one drug in many patients, the germs will find a way to become immune to it.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex

  12. While many factors are creating this problem of resistance, experts agree that a major cause is doctor's tendency to easily prescribe antibiotics.
    a. simple
    b. compound
    c. complex
    d. compound/complex
Copyright (C) 1999 by Colleen Weldele (cweldele@palomar.edu)
This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.