Grammar fix

serious injury

bad injury

An injury that is severe and can have a big effect on your health or daily life.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

He was taken to hospital with a serious injury after the car accident.health
If someone suffers a serious injury at work, it can affect their ability to earn money and support their family.IELTS speaking

Pattern: serious injury (noun phrase); suffer/sustain/receive a serious injury

WrongHe made a serious injury to his knee.

RightHe suffered a serious injury to his knee.

You suffer/sustain/get an injury — you don't 'make' it.

Patternserious injury (noun phrase); suffer/sustain/receive a serious injury

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff The player sustained severe physical trauma during the match.

Natural The player picked up a serious injury during the match.

Natives 'get/pick up a serious injury'; 'sustained physical trauma' is medical/report language.

Words that usually travel with it.

A 'minor injury' is the opposite and means a small or not dangerous injury.