Student A
Choose one of the complete words and explain what it is to your partner without using any of the words, e.g. “It’s a kind of exercise that makes you breathe heavily”. When they guess the correct answer (“Aerobic”), correct their pronunciation if it is wrong and check if they know how to spell it.
Cotton woo_____ ____cte_____ia
The m____ning after pi____ Penici_____in
A___oma _____erapy An____ihistamines
___spi___in Inf___uenza
____accine A____er____y
Ty____us Cont____ct ____enses
A (p____aster) cast C___inic
G_____s Ba______oom sc____es
An infe____io____ty comp____ex M_____a___ia
A d______gst______ C____oning
A face ____ift High ____isk
____ina ___nxious
Jet lag Trouble
Milligrams Lamp
Pump Tranquilizer
Vegetarian Virus
Aerobic Atomizer
Data analysis Biotechnology
A nervous breakdown Laboratory
Medical records X ray (machine)
A scalpel Nicotine
Shiatsu Heroin
Melanoma Homeopathy
Cholera Asbestos
Vitamin
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Medical English- Difficult sounds
Student B
Choose one of the complete words and explain what it is to your partner without using any of the words, e.g. “It’s a kind of plastic surgery to make you look younger”. When they guess the correct answer (“A face lift”), correct their pronunciation if it is wrong and check if they know how to spell it.
A plaster (cast) Clinic
Aromatherapy Antihistamines
Aspirin Influenza
Cotton wool Bacteria
A drugstore Cloning
The morning after pill Penicillin
Vaccine Allergy
Angina Anxious
A face lift High risk
Typhus Contact lenses
Gums Bathroom scales
An inferiority complex Malaria
Shi____tsu He____oin
A n______ous ______eakdown _______o______ato_____y
____e___eta___i an ____i_____us
_____itami___ ___iote___no____gy
Medica___ ___ecords X ___y (machine)
A sc___pe___ Nico____ine
Cho___e_____a ____s____estos
Jet _____g T___oub____e
Mi_____ig_____ms ______mp
P____mp Tr____nquilizer
Ae_____ic ____tomizer
Me____onoma H___meop_____y
(Data) ana____sis
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NB: This worksheet is especially designed for Japanese learners, especially words that already exist in Japanese but they find difficult to pronounce and proper English for “Japanese English” words that do not actually come from English.
If you are using this with other nationalities, you might want to edit the worksheet in Word or Wordpad before you print out and use.