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General C1 · Unit 8 · Health & Travel

8A. The best medicine?

C1 · Advanced · advanced gerunds & infinitives · health, medicine & similes

Unit 8 · Epigraph
"The pill in the small paper cup, handed over with a nod, is doing work."
— on the biology of the medical ritual
Objectives

What you'll be able to do

5 min
  • Use advanced gerund and infinitive forms accurately (having done, to have done, being done, to be done).
  • Choose between simple / perfect / passive forms based on time and voice.
  • Talk about health, symptoms and treatment with C1-precise vocabulary.
  • Deploy at least six health similes naturally in speech and writing.
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