Download this free B1–B2 English worksheet PDF for English learners and teachers. This lesson is based on a recent medical news story from Brazil about a new experimental treatment for spinal cord injuries.
Students practise reading comprehension, useful vocabulary, phrase matching and speaking skills through a real-world health and science topic about spinal cord injuries, medical research, hope, testing and patient safety. The worksheet is suitable for private English lessons, online classes, classroom teaching, homework and discussion practice.
The article explains that the treatment is called polylaminin and comes from a protein in the placenta. Students read about how some early patients have shown signs of movement, why many people are feeling hopeful and why doctors still say the treatment needs more testing before it can be treated as strong medical proof.
This worksheet helps B1–B2 learners discuss medical news in careful, balanced English. Students talk about why new treatments attract attention, how doctors can give hope without promising too much, whether patients should get early access to experimental treatments and why honest information is important when families are under stress.
The PDF includes a B1–B2 reading text, True / False questions, Phrase Match, Synonym Match, a task where students use new language, discussion questions and a full answer key. It helps learners build useful vocabulary for talking about health, research, medical treatment, patient access, scientific evidence and cautious hope.
Level: B1–B2
Date: 09 June 2026
Focus: reading, vocabulary, medical news, science, health and speaking
This free worksheet includes:
- a B1–B2 reading text about a new spinal cord treatment
- True / False comprehension questions
- Phrase Match practice with useful expressions
- Synonym Match vocabulary practice
- a sentence-writing task using new language
- discussion questions for Student A and Student B
- full answer key
The worksheet includes useful phrases such as getting attention, comes from, grow again, shown signs of movement, feeling hopeful, more testing, medical proof, give them access, careful tests and honest information. It also practises vocabulary such as treatment, injuries, damaged, hopeful, results, safe, access, research, careful and honest.
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