Florence Nightingale "The Lady with the Lamp"
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Florence Nightingale – The Lady with the Lamp.

1. Answer the questions:

1. Who was Florence Nightingale?

2. Where was she born?

3. Where did she train to be a nurse?

2. Find in the text words and expressions, connected with health and medicine.

3. Put the following sentences in the correct order according to the text:

She became a famous person at home.

She established Nightingale Training School in London.

In 1851 she went to Germany and completed a nursing training.

Florence Nightingale was born in Italy in 1820.

She died in 1910.

Her parents were upset and angry when she told them that she wanted to become a nurse.

She helped soldiers during the Crimean war.

Florence wrote a book on nursing.

4. Are the following sentences true or false? Correct if necessary.

1) In her early years Florence realized that she wanted to help sick animals.

2) Her family was against her decision.

3) Florence finished nursing training in Italy.

4) Florence helped soldiers during the Second World War.

5) After the war she became a celebrity in Britain.

6) Florence established a training school for doctors.

7) She died when she was 80.

5. Choose the right answer:

1. Florence Nightingale was born…

        a) to a poor family         b) to a working class family             c) to a rich family

2. She wanted to become…

        a) a soldier          b) a doctor                c) a nurse

3. The Crimean War began…

             a) in 1828            b) in 1854                  c) in 1919

4. Florence Nightingale decided to go to Crimea…

          a) to fight           b) to look after the patients           c) to live in filthy conditions

5. The hospitals were …

           a) crowded and dirty          b) big and new              c) crowded but ventilated

6. Florence Nightingale became known as “ the Lady with the Lamp”…

                 a) for her dedication to Crimea                b) for carrying a lamp

                                      c) for caring for her patients

7. News of her hard work filtered back to London and she became…

                  a) rich             b) famous               c) a doctor

8. After the war she wrote a book…

                   a) about the Crimea War          b) on nursing        c) about her family

9. During all the life Florence developed and improved…

          a) nursing profession           b) rules of hygiene           c) educational standards

10. The Museum of Florence Nightingale is in…

                   a) New York                   b) London                       c) Florence