The COVID-19 pandemic introduced many new words and phrases into everyday conversations, news reports, and social media. Terms like social distancing, quarantine, and asymptomatic became part of daily life, while medical words such as incubation perior and ventilaor gained widespread use.
For English learners, understanding this vocabulary is essential for following news updates, discussing health guidelines, and talking about personal experiences. In this post, we’ll explore key COVID-related words and provide examples to help you use them naturally in conversation. Let’s get started!
The vocabulary included in the PDF is the following:
allergy · antibodies · asymptomatic · cough · (avoid) crowds · curfew · disease · epidemic · face mask · hand sanitizer · incubation period · lockdown · online education · outbreak · pandemic · quarantine · remote working · restriction · soap · social distance ·
(cotton) swab · symptom(s) · syringe · test · thermometer gun · vaccine · ventilator
