Illness and symptoms · Health

feel dizzy

feel unsteady

If you feel dizzy, you feel as if you might lose your balance or faint.

B1 common speech & writing

feel dizzy

This vs that

I feel as if I might lose my balance

I feel dizzy.

I lost consciousness

I fainted.

Hear it in real life

Are you all right?

I feel dizzy. Could you open the window?

Play the conversation

I felt dizzy when I stood up too quickly, so I sat down again.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I ~~am feeling dizziness~~ after standing up.

Say: I feel dizzy after standing up.

Use the adjective 'dizzy' after 'feel', not the noun 'dizziness'.

Say it together

Whole chunks natives use with it.

feel dizzy when ___

I feel dizzy when I stand up too quickly.

She felt dizzy when she skipped lunch.

More for talking about illness and symptoms.

have a temperature

I think I've got a temperature, so I'll stay home today.

see a doctor

You should see a doctor if the cough gets worse.

Health · Illness and symptoms: the words around “feel dizzy”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

I'm feeling a bit dizzy.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

feel dizzy

feel unsteady

“I felt dizzy when I stood up too quickly, so I sat down again.”

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