{"id":72733,"date":"2019-11-02T07:45:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T07:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=72733"},"modified":"2019-11-02T07:45:06","modified_gmt":"2019-11-02T07:45:06","slug":"talking-about-general-pains-and-aches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/talking-about-general-pains-and-aches\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking About General Pains And Aches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some common expressions that you can use to describe general aches and pains.<\/p>\n<h3>General aches and pains<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019m not feeling very well.<\/li>\n<li>I think I\u2019m going down with a cold. I\u2019ve got a sore throat.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve got a slight headache\/ toothache \/ stomach ache \/ backache.<\/li>\n<li>Are you getting enough sleep?<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019m not sleeping very well at the moment.<\/li>\n<li>I feel a little faint.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve got a nagging pain in my shoulder.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve got a splitting headache.<\/li>\n<li>I feel fine.<\/li>\n<li>I always feel sleepy on Mondays.<\/li>\n<li>I have a bit of a stomach bug.<\/li>\n<li>I think I\u2019ve got a bit of a temperature. Why don\u2019t you go home and have a lie-down?<\/li>\n<li>I am not feeling well. I must get some rest.<\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve got a nasty cough.<\/li>\n<li>You don\u2019t look very well. What happened? I have a touch of flu.<\/li>\n<li>You look a little pale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Grammar Notes<\/h3>\n<p>To talk about feelings that are going on at a particular moment, simple or progressive forms can be used.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I feel fine. OR I am feeling fine.<\/li>\n<li>How do you feel? OR How are you feeling?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Ill and sick<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ill<\/strong> is often used to mean unwell in British English. In American English ill is unusual except in a formal style. Note that we use ill after a verb.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She is ill.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Attributive position (before a noun), many British people prefer to use sick. Sick is also the normal informal American word for unwell.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The President is sick.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be sick can mean vomit.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I was sick three times in the night.<\/li>\n<li>She is never sea-sick.<\/li>\n<li>I feel sick. Where is the bathroom?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Uncountable nouns<\/h3>\n<p>The names of illnesses are usually uncountable in English, including those ending in -s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you have already had measles, you cannot get it again.<\/li>\n<li>There is a lot of flu around at the moment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The<\/strong> can be used informally before the names of some common illnesses such as <em>the measles, the flu<\/em>; others have no article.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I think I have got (the) measles.<\/li>\n<li>Have you had chickenpox?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Minor ailments<\/h3>\n<p>The words for some minor ailments are countable: e.g. a cold, a sore throat, a headache. However, toothache, earache, stomach-ache and backache are more often uncountable in British English. In American English, these words are generally countable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I have got a horrible cold.<\/li>\n<li>Have you got a headache?<\/li>\n<li>I am getting toothache. (GB)<\/li>\n<li>I am getting a toothache. 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