A ‣ Head and face
B ‣ Arm and leg
C ‣ Rest of body
We have skin covering our bodies.

D ‣ Inside the body

E ‣ Pronunciation problems
  1. eye /aɪ/
  2. knee /niː/
  3. stomach /ˈstʌmək/
  4. heart /hɑːt/
  5. blood /blʌd/
  6. foot /fυt/
  7. tooth /tuːθ/
F ‣ Singular and plurals

one foot – two feet
one tooth – two teeth

Hair is a singular word.
My hair is very long – I must cut it soon.

Common mistakes

Usually we use my, your, his, her, etc. with parts of the body.

Katie is washing her hair [NOT Jane is washing the hair]. I have a pain in my leg [NOT I have a pain in the leg].

(See Unit 6: Health and illness.)

VOCABULARY
  • arm 
  • blood 
  • body 
  • brain 
  • chest 
  • ear 
  • eye 
  • feet 
  • finger 
  • foot 
  • hand 
  • heart 
  • hip 
  • knee 
  • leg 
  • lip 
  • lipstick 
  • mouth 
  • nail 
  • neck 
  • nose 
  • pain 
  • shoulder 
  • stomach 
  • teeth 
  • thumb 
  • toe 
  • tooth 
  • waist 
  • wash 
  • face 
  • hair 
  • head 
  • side 
  • skin 
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