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This B2-C1 reading, listening, vocabulary and pronunciation worksheet practises related to ‘Kidney disease is not just a death sentence, you can live a full life
Level: B2 C1
Sector: medicine, nursing
Medical Area: symptoms, diseases and conditions, other
Skill focus: reading, listening, vocabulary, pronunciation
Vocabulary check: Do you understanding the following terms?
Match the terms to their correct meanings. Draw a line from the term to the correct meaning.
silent | a path or progression that resembles an upward curve |
undiagnosed | a small change |
minority | too large or too small in comparison to something else |
counterpart | person with the same disease in another ethnic group |
adjustment | happening without being noticed |
trajectory | having an illness that hasn’t been recognised and named after examination |
disproportionate | a smaller number of a group |
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