Painis usually stronger, more sudden, and more difficult to ignore. You would feel painwhen you cut yourself or hit your head on something. If you exercise and you injure yourself break a bone or tear a muscle you would feel a sudden pain.
We also have the expression aches and pains, which describes general and various physical discomforts.
Your 90-year-old grandfather might complain about all the aches and pains he has at his age!
Hurt is a little different because it is usually used as an adjective or verb, not a noun. To describe an ache or a pain, you could say:
My ankle hurts. = I have a pain in my ankle.
My neck hurts. = I have a pain in my neck.
My shoulders hurt. = I have a pain in my shoulders.
Hurt is also used to mean injure:
Dont play with that knife you could hurt yourself.
He was badly hurt in the car accident.
Finally, all three of these words can be used to refer to emotional pain as well as physical pain:
My son is in prison; the situation is causing me a lot of heartache. (heartache = emotional anguish)
It took her years to move past the pain of her divorce. (pain = emotional injury/discomfort)
I was extremely hurt that he didnt invite me to his wedding. (hurt = upset, sad)
Exercise 1. Fill in the gaps with pain, ache, hurt.
1. I've got a . in the neck. 2. Seven people got .. in a car accident. 3. The .. in the muscles began last Sunday. 4. I had a tooth.., so I went to the dentist. 5. My burned hand .. for a week. 6. Yesterday I suddenly felt a lot of .. in my stomach. I was taken to hospital where they discovered I had appendicitis. 7. He is causing me a lot of heart.. 8. Be careful on that ladder, you might .. yourself if you fall. 9. When he told her he wanted a divorce she could hear a lot of .. in his voice. 10. Harry has been enduring considerable back . for a number of years. 11. All his limbs . and he shivered with cold. 12. An old injury was causing him intense .. 13. The fresh air had done nothing to ease the .. Kelly felt in her head. 14. There was a dull . in his stomach. 15. Dont . yourself exercising. 16. Youre being a real !
Exercise 2. Fill in
a) ache, hurt, pain, painful:
What... you?
I can't say I feel any sharp... in some definite place, I just... all over.
Does it... you to move your arms, legs or head?
My head... all the time, it... me to look at the light and each movement is....
Well, I must examine you. Don't be afraid, it wont be....
But, doctor, each touch gives me....
Well, try and take it easy.
b) in, on
Your child's health is... a rather bad condition, he must be thoroughly examined in the health center.
But, doctor, he is... no condition to leave the house, he's too weak.
Perhaps, we'd better take him to hospital then.
Oh, doctor, isn't it possible to keep him at home?
Well, only... condition that you follow all my instructions.
c) refuse, give up:
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1. In spite of his father's wish he... to leave the Medical Institute as he was fond of medicine and didn't want to.... 2. I decided to break with him after he had... to help me when I was in great need of help. 3. Though she regularly... his proposals he couldn't... his dream of marrying her sooner or later. 4. If she asks me for any favour, I'll never... her. 5. If I were you, I wouldn't... my plan so easily.
d) like, as
1. The children jumped and squealed ()... little puppies. 2. The girl tried to behave... a grown-up person. 3. She was invited to this conference... a specialist in medicine. 4. He works... a doctor in one of our hospitals. 5. You just listen to him, he speaks... a real doctor, though he doesn't know anything about medicine. 6.... your doctor, I don't allow you to get up for some more days.
Exercise 3. Fill in prepositions or adverbs where necessary and summarize the passage:
Well, you'd better let me take your temperature, said Griffiths.
It's quite unnecessary, answered Philip irritably.
Come on.
Philip put the thermometer... his mouth. Griffiths sat... the side... the bed and chattered brightly... a moment, then he took it... and looked... it.
Now, look here, old man, you stay... bed, and I'll bring old Deacon... to have a look... you.
Nonsense, said Philip. There's nothing the matter. I wish you wouldn't bother... me.
But it isn't any bother. You've got a temperature and you must stay... bed. You will, won't you?
You've got a wonderful bedside manner, Philip murmured, closing his eyes... a smile.
