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Listen to the audio, and fill in the following information.

1. Patient 1
Name : James
Pain location : _______________________________________________________________________
Pain description : _______________________________________________________________________

2. Patient 2
Name : Godfrey
Pain location : _______________________________________________________________________
Pain description : _______________________________________________________________________

3. Patient 3
Name : Alma
Pain location : _______________________________________________________________________
Pain description : _______________________________________________________________________

Listen to the patients describing their pains, then complete the sentences with the words
in the box.

burning dull sharp stabbing

tingling throbbing shooting

1. I still have a headache. It’s like a drum, a real ______________
pain.
2. There’s a ______________ ache in my lower back. It’s quite a
mild pain, but sometimes I can feel a ______________ pain, like
an electric shock.
3. I get this ______________ feeling two or three hours after food

and sometimes it’s very sore, sometimes it’s very uncomfortable.
Quite in moderate pain, but other time it’s only a bit more than uncomfortable.
4. It’s kind of ______________ feeling, like pins and needles. I get it in my feet as well, but it’s better than
last week.
5. Yes, it’s a ______________ pain, like a knife. It’s a severe pain. It really hurts a lot.

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