INTERMIDIATE PROJECT

Language points:

• Grammar consolidation.

• Reading comprehension Competences to reach:

• I can identify main ideas in a text.

• I can describe and compare situations.

• I can read short and easy texts in English.

Achievement:

• The aim of this project is to improve student’s comprehension of written texts as well with the use of keywords in texts.

Talking About Symptoms

Activity 1:

Complete the table with the correct way of the words. Check the chart above.

NOUN ADJECTIVE

Ex’haustion decay

Fatigue discouragement

Lethargy paralysis

Tiredness weakness

Activity 2:

Complete the sentences with the words from the box .

1. A 67 – years old man _____presented____________with a 9 month history of increasing shortness of breath.

2. The most common ___presentation__________is loss of consciousness.

3. Cranial arthritis may ___presenting____________as fever without any obvious causes.

4. The patient usually ____________presenting__________with a severe sore throat.

5. The _____Presents ______________ symptoms in this patient could perhaps be due to renal failure.

6. Other conditions with a similar __________presentation________include acute cholecystitis

7. Reduce growth is an important_____presentation___________complaint of celiac disease.

8. Two months following ____present____________, the patient was able to walk.

Activity 3:

Read the patient’s description of her symptoms then complete the case report. You have to use some words from the chart “Talking about Symptoms”.

A 50 – year old house wife, who had been well until four months previously, 1) ____ of tiredness and

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