Unit 6: Diseases and Illness

Doctor looking angrily at you
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Basic activities (computer-graded)
Vocabulary Builder Activity

Students should be familiar with the following vocabulary before continuing on to the activities and exercises:

  • Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
  • Anemia
  • Bacterium
  • Cancer
  • Chlamydia
  • Condition
  • Diabetes
  • Disorder
  • Epidemic
  • Heart disease
  • Incurable
  • Infectious
  • Infertility
  • Influenza
  • Meningitis
  • Outbreak
  • Polio
  • Sexually transmitted disease
  • Terminal
  • Virus
Reading Comprehension: Diseases and Illness.

This unit discusses common diseases and trends in medicine.

Multiple Choice Activity (Registered users only)
Pick the correct answer from a list.
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Listening Comprehension (Registered users only)
Listen to the word and type it in.
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Spelling and Recognition (Registered users only)
Type in the correct answer for each definition.
Advanced activities (optionally teacher-graded)
Speaking Practice Activity (Registered users only)
Record yourself speaking five example sentences from the unit.
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Writing Practice Activity (Registered users only)
Pick a question and write about it.