Medical English: A Healthy Lifestyle
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Lesson 8. A Healthy Lifestyle

Interactive one-to-one online lesson for medical and wellbeing vocabulary, collocations, health advice, case notes and short letters. British English is used throughout.

A&Esymptomsminor illnesseshealthy lifestyledoctor-patient language
How to work with this lesson Choose answers, write notes, then press Check in each section. Options are shuffled each time the page is opened, so the answers cannot be guessed by position. Open-ended speaking tasks are checked for completion, target vocabulary and clarity.

1 Match the columns: medical case notes

Match the openings with the continuations and final details. Then choose which question each complete answer responds to.

OpeningContinuationFinal detailQuestion answered
Questions below the case notes
  1. Have you ever had an accident?
  2. Have you ever been taken to A&E?
  3. Do you think you’ll be able to come to my birthday next week?
  4. Does anyone in your family suffer from a chronic condition?
  5. How are you getting along with your exam preparation?
  6. Are there any health conditions that run in your family?
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2 Talk with a partner: patient interview

Prepare short spoken answers. The checker looks for a complete answer and relevant health vocabulary, not for one fixed sentence.

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3 Collocation chart and triage board

Put the words into the chart. If more than one collocation is possible, the checker accepts the most natural British English options.

A. Choose the best collocation pattern
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B. Which conditions usually require a visit to the doctor, A&E, or home care?

This is a language and triage awareness task. In real life, urgent or severe symptoms should be assessed by a medical professional.

ConditionBest first choice
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C. Home remedies and seriousness ranking
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4 Decide whether the statements are logical

Choose Logical or Needs changing. If it needs changing, correct the unhealthy or illogical idea. For logical statements with a gap, complete the idea naturally.

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5 Healthy lifestyle chart

Classify the expressions, add your own examples, then decide who is responsible for teenagers’ healthy lifestyle choices.

A. Healthy, unhealthy or controversial?
ExpressionCategory
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B. Who is responsible: parents, schools, the government or teenagers themselves?
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6 Complete the letters

Complete the letters. Then guess what questions the letters answer and write short replies.

Letter I

Back to your questions. I think the best way to is to and after your health. If you do this, it will reduce your chances of . As far as I know, with most minor illnesses, such as a cold or flu, one can themselves by taking lots of rest and drinking plenty of fluids. Talking about more serious conditions, I can say that if someone in my family from something more serious, they prefer to go to the doctor in a local state clinic.

Letter II

Now it is time for me to answer your questions. You asked me about visiting the doctor. Well, there’s nothing to worry about – they’ll you and, if possible, you with medicine which you can from your local chemist. Talking about more serious conditions, your doctor may you to a specialist or a hospital, who may decide to on you if your illness is serious. You will then have to , and this can take a long time.

Letter III

In your letter you asked me about my health. Thank God, I’m doing okay. I have an operation and right now I still have a pain in my shoulder. However, other symptoms have . My doctor prescribed me some drug and I’m also getting some physiotherapy. Well, I think I’ll be better next week and I’ll be able to go to Ben’s party. I’m an appointment with the doctor next Monday and I hope I’ll be given a clean bill of health.

Letter IV

Well, let me answer your question. My mum is not feeling well at the moment. Her health has a bit this week, she has an pain in her stomach and other symptoms . Her doctor told her to stop eating fast food because it was for her health but she didn’t. Right now she’s been a new treatment. I hope it’ll work.

Original answer options
  1. keep fit / recover / get well / recuperate
  2. make exercise / take exercise / have exercise / give exercise
  3. suffer / care / look / take
  4. getting well / falling ill / keeping fit / treating
  5. cure / operate / look after / suffer from
  6. suffers / recuperates / looks / gets well
  7. examine / investigate / look into / take care
  8. operate / treat / recover / refer
  9. take / bring / pick up / sell
  10. send / advise / recommend / refer
  11. examine / operate / give up / look
  12. recuperate / suffer / keep fit / cure
  13. performed / carried out / undergone / got
  14. slight / awful / agonising / unbearable
  15. disappeared / destroyed / undergone / worsened
  16. anti-flu / anti-inflammatory / anti-ill / anti-pain
  17. making / missing / having / cancelling
  18. developed / damaged / reduced / deteriorated
  19. acute / thick / sore / important
  20. involved / disappeared / appeared / included
  21. beneficial / worst / harmless / harmful
  22. responded / undergone / received / prescribed
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7 Match symptoms with likely causes

Match the columns to get sentences. Some causes can be used more than once.

    SymptomLikely cause
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    Teacher’s note: for open-ended tasks, the checker confirms completion and target vocabulary. Use the student’s spoken answer for final correction, pronunciation and extension.