Meaning: "preventative" means taken to stop something from happening.

Wrong options:

• prevetative: It leaves out the "n". Check the letters: "preventative". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• prevetive: It leaves out the "nta". Check the letters: "preventative". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.

Correct answer: patients

Explanation: Listen again to "and for younger patients who". It comes after "younger", so you need more than one.

Meaning: "patients" means people who have the disease and get care.

Wrong options:

• patents: It leaves out the "i". Check the letters: "patients". A small spelling mistake loses the mark.
• patient: "patient" has no "s" at the end. The speaker says "patients", so write the "s".

Correct answer: smoking

Explanation: Here you hear "a history of smoking". It comes after "history of", so the word ends in ing.

Meaning: "smoking" means the habit of using cigarettes.

Wrong options:

• smoke: "smoke" is a close word, but it ends in "e". The speaker says "smoking", which ends in "ing".

Correct answer: diagnosed

Explanation: The speaker says "800,000 new cases are diagnosed every year". This already happened, so the word ends in ed.

Meaning: "diagnosed" means officially found to have the disease.

Wrong options:

• diagnosing: "diagnosing" is a close word, but it ends in "ing". The speaker says "diagnosed", which ends in "ed".