English for General Communication Purposes. Upper-intermediate course

1.

English for General Communication
Purposes. Upper-intermediate course

2.

1. What is the English word for a nurse who has had special training to help women
give birth?
2. If you have an infection in front of your neck and your waist, you have a ________
infection
3. What is called a drug that is used to reduce pain?
4. If a doctor prescribes a medicine, which is supposed to reduce pain, it is called
______
5. What is called an illness related to the bones?
6. If you have ______, someone puts a drug into your body using a needle.
7. What is called a medical operation in which a new organ is put into someone’s
body?
8. In a pharmacy there is a special person who gives out medicines, and they are
called _______.

3.

aitipmoCocnl (an extra disease or medical problem that makes it more difficult
to treat an existing illness)
gonsiiDsa (a judgment about what particular illness or problem is, after examining
it)
ytpoSmm (any feeling of illness that is caused by a particular disease)

4.

authoritative
reassuring
knowledgeable
patient
open-minded
sensitive
objective
sociable
efficient
sympathetic
calm

5.

Complete the sentences with an appropriate word in italics.
reassuring, sociable, authoritative, symptom, sensitive, complication,
knowledgeable, diagnosis
It took the doctors a long time to come up with the correct ____________ .
Everyone does what she says because she has such an ______________ .
The surgeon was very _____________ and I calmed down immediately.
I can't sit in the sun for very long because my skin is so _____________ .
Extreme tiredness is a ______________ of diabetes.
She has read a great deal and is clearly very ______________ .
He died of a ________________ following the operation.
She's very ___________ and goes out all the time.

6.

Which preposition?
1. care ____
2. complain _____
3. focus ____
4. protect someone ____
5. specialize ____
6. succeed ____
7. worry ____
8. apply ____

7.

Expand on the ways face-to-face communication can be beneficial in everyday
life.
You should:
● Express your attitude towards the given problem
● Speculate on the problem and justify your statement providing at least 2
supporting arguments
● Summarise your ideas

8.

Main points:
You should:
provide 2 arguments to support your opinion
use linking words
use active vocabulary
intonation and articulation are important