Doctors and treatment · Health

a follow-up appointment

a later medical visit

A follow-up appointment is a later visit to check how treatment is going.

B2 common speech & writing

collocation

This vs that

a later visit to review progress

I have a follow-up appointment next month.

the first medical visit

I have an initial appointment next month.

Hear it in real life

Are you finished with the hospital now?

Not quite. I have a follow-up appointment in three months.

Play the conversation

I've got a follow-up appointment next week to see whether the treatment has worked.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: The doctor gave me a ~~follow up~~ appointment for next month.

Say: The doctor gave me a follow-up appointment for next month.

Write the compound adjective 'follow-up' with a hyphen before a noun.

Say it together

Whole chunks natives use with it.

have a follow-up appointment

I have a follow-up appointment in two weeks.

She has a follow-up appointment to check whether the treatment is working.

Health · Doctors and treatment: the words around “a follow-up appointment”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

I've got a follow-up appointment next week.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

a follow-up appointment

a later medical visit

“I've got a follow-up appointment next week to see whether the treatment has worked.”

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