Showing posts with label Medical English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medical English. Show all posts

November 25, 2012

Illness, disease, sickness? That is our business!

The last blog post was on a medical topic, so let's go on with it. Today we have here some collocations, i.e. words that often go together, this time about illnesses.

First, let's look at some collocations about becoming ill. There are a few ways how to express what has happened to you:

catch a cold/an infectious disease/the flu/

November 20, 2012

Fun in the hospital?

Want to practice determiners? (a/an, the)
And have fun?
Does it sound impossible? Well, practicing grammar while reading jokes is far more enjoyable, I'm sure.

Here are a few: