PAIN ASSESMENT ENG III

​This week objective

Remember parts of the body

Learn vocabulary related to pain

Study the comparative form

​I've got a terribly sore throat and I think I've got a temperature.

​I also can say:

​My throat hurts terribly and I think I've got a temperature.

​I've got a terribly sore throat and I think I've got a temperature.

​So, we have

VERBS such as:

hurt
sore
ache

NOUNS derived from a part of the body
such as:

backache
sore throat

ADJECTIVES
such as:

painful
sore

​I've got a terribly sore throat

​The word sore here is an adjective

​ My throat sores terribly.

​The word sores here is an verb

​Sometimes people describe their pain with adjective. These adjectives also show the grade of pain. So, they use them in comparative form

The context in which you can use this topic are many because we normally compare two objecst or people​

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Comparative adjectives

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Short adjectives and Long adjectives

Short adjectives are the ones with 1 or 2 syllables and long adjectives are the ones with more tan two syllables.
Examples: big (short adjective) interesting (long adjective)
good (short adjective) comfortable (long adjective)

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