Lesson 39
While John Gilbert was in hospital, (1)________________________, but the doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain atient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert (2)_________________________. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'
He asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful.
will be allowed to go home,and the doctor told him he will have to stay in hosptial for another two weeks.
1 he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had benn successful.
2 would be ? to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.
1. he asked his doctor to tell him wheather his operation had been successful.
2. would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hospital for another two weeks.