Tatiana
talk with the doctor what does the pain make better? what does the pain make worse? where is the pain located? how severe is it? when has the pain started?
May 30, 2015 8:34 AM
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A talk with the doctor

What makes the pain better?
what makes the pain make?
Where is the pain located?
How severe is it?
When did the pain start?

 

Hello Tatiana,

In English there are 2 types of questions. Subject questions where the answer comes before the verb and object questions where the answer comes after the verb.

 

Subject questions are actually easier because you just replace the answer in the sentence with the question word(s)

 

Rest makes the pain better. >>>> What makes the pain better?

 

The object questions are the ones that require the auxiliary 'do' or 'be'

 

The pain is located in my leg. >>> Where is the pain located?

I like chocolate >>>>>>>> What do you like?

 

Hope this helps

May 30, 2015

A talk with the doctor - Phrases to use on a visit to  the doctor

what does the pain make better?
what does the pain make worse?

These two sentences clearly do not have the meaning you intended, but they are in fact grammatically correct and each has a plausible meaning! 

Pain could indeed make something better - for example, pressure-point massage is painful, but serves to make you feel better afterwards.

Pain can certainly make life worse!


where is the pain located? correct
how severe is it? correct


when has the pain <em>usually</em> started? <em>(at what time of the morning does it normally start)</em>

<em>However the sense I guess you intended is </em>'When did the pain start'<em>
</em>

<em>This is the wrong verb tense for your intended meaning, but it too is also plausibly correct, particularly if you add the word 'usually'.</em>

the pain has usually started whenever I walk down the stairs to breakfast.

 

June 2, 2015
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