Hvilken kroppsdel bruker du til å høre?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (helse); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Norskprøven · Helse
Norskprøven Practice Questions: Helse (2026)
Helse covers the body, the doctor, the pharmacy and emergencies, and it is where Norskprøven vocabulary becomes survival vocabulary: «legevakt» is the out-of-hours clinic that gives quick medical help around the clock when you cannot wait for your GP, and medicine that is «reseptpliktig» can only be bought with a valid prescription from a doctor. The topic starts gently, you hear with the «øre» (ear), and climbs to exactly the words you need when something goes wrong.
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Hvilken kroppsdel bruker du til å se?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (helse); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
Hvilken kroppsdel bruker du til å lukte?
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Hvilken kroppsdel pumper blodet rundt i kroppen?
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«Jeg har vondt i ___, jeg kan ikke gå.» Fyll inn riktig ord.
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Hva betyr «feber»?
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Hva betyr «forkjølet»?
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Hva gjør du ofte når du er forkjølet?
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Hva er det motsatte av «syk»?
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Hvilket ord betyr at man føler seg dårlig i magen og vil kaste opp?
Based on: Norskprøven (HK-dir): Øving (helse); originalt skrevet av RiverMap Learning.
The body and feeling ill
The foundation layer is body parts and states of health, tested with clean function questions: which body part do you use to hear? The answer is «øret» (the ear), with «øyet» (the eye), «nesen» (the nose) and «munnen» (the mouth) as the distractors, each tied to its own sense, seeing, smelling, speaking and eating. Opposites follow the same pattern as elsewhere in the test: the opposite of «syk» (sick) is «frisk» (healthy), while «svak» (weak), «trøtt» (tired) and «kald» (cold) hover nearby as states that often accompany illness without being its opposite. This is core A2 material, but do not rush past it: the listening subtest builds appointment messages around health settings, a spoken message like «Du har time hos tannlegen på torsdag» asks you where the appointment is, dentist, GP, hospital or hairdresser, and the whole question turns on catching one place word in real time. Since A1–B1 clips are played twice on Norskprøven, the body-and-places vocabulary in this topic is what turns the second listen from guesswork into confirmation.
The doctor, the pharmacy and the emergency words
The B1 end of the topic is the Norwegian health system's everyday machinery. «Legevakt» is the out-of-hours clinic: rapid medical help around the clock when you are ill or injured and cannot wait until your GP (fastlege) is open. Practice tasks contrast it with the dentist, the pharmacy's monthly prescriptions and even the gym, so the tested idea is urgency: legevakt is where you go when it cannot wait. At the pharmacy the key word is «reseptpliktig»: prescription-only medicine that you can buy only with a valid prescription from your doctor, tested against wrong ideas like the medicine being free, cheap or available in the grocery store. These two words anchor a small map of where to go for what: routine matters to the fastlege, urgent out-of-hours problems to the legevakt, teeth to the tannlege, medicines to the apotek. That map is precisely what the situational questions check, and it doubles as real preparation for life in Norway. In the oral test, describing an illness, saying where you went and what the doctor said is bread-and-butter A2–B1 conversation, all drawn from this topic's stock.
| Situation | Where you go | Norwegian word |
|---|---|---|
| Routine illness, regular check-ups | Your regular GP | fastlegen |
| Sudden illness or injury that cannot wait, any hour | The out-of-hours clinic | legevakten |
| Sore or aching teeth | The dentist | tannlegen |
| Collecting prescription-only medicine | The pharmacy, with a valid prescription | apoteket (reseptpliktig medisin) |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does «legevakt» mean in Norwegian?
The «legevakt» is the out-of-hours clinic: quick medical help around the clock when you are ill or injured and cannot wait until your GP (fastlege) is open. Norskprøven-style tasks contrast it with the dentist, the pharmacy and other places, because the tested idea is urgency.
What does it mean that medicine is «reseptpliktig»?
«Reseptpliktig» means prescription-only: you can buy the medicine at the pharmacy only if you have a valid prescription (resept) from your doctor. The wrong options in practice tasks say the medicine is free, cheap or sold in the grocery store, none of which is what the word means.
What is the opposite of «syk»?
The opposite of «syk» (sick) is «frisk» (healthy). Words like «svak» (weak), «trøtt» (tired) and «kald» (cold) appear as distractors because they describe how a sick person may feel, but only «frisk» is the true opposite of being ill.
How does health vocabulary appear on the listening test?
Often as short appointment messages: a voice says something like «Du har time hos tannlegen på torsdag» and the options are places, the GP, the dentist, the hospital, the hairdresser. At the A1–B1 levels each Norskprøven listening clip is played twice, so knowing the health place words lets you confirm the answer on the second listen.
Which body part words does Norskprøven expect at A2?
The everyday set tied to the senses: you hear with the «øre» (ear), see with the «øye» (eye), smell with the «nese» (nose) and speak and eat with the «munn» (mouth). Function questions, which part do you use to hear, are a standard A2 pattern in this topic.