noun · neutral
pain
/peɪn/PAIN
Band 5-6speakingtask2
physical or emotional suffering; the unpleasant feeling when hurt
Examples
“After the operation she felt a lot of pain for a few days.”
“He took painkillers to reduce the pain in his back.”
“The research measured how pain affects concentration.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the treatment was effective, the recovery was painful and required careful rehabilitation.”
Collocations
- a painful experience
- feel pain
- painless procedure
Word family
pain nounpainful adjectivepainless adjectivepainfully adverbpainlessly adverb
Common mistakes
I felt many pains after the match.→I felt a lot of pain after the match.
She has a pain in her head.→She has a pain in her head.
Say it for a higher band
5hurt→6ache→7+pain
Synonyms
ache
suffering
Easily confused
ache
“I had a stomach ache after lunch.”
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