1 Complete the words for the body parts.
1 It’s one of five digits on your hand. finger……
2 It’s one of five digits on your foot. t……………….
3 It’s at the back of your mouth. t……………….
4 You’ve got two of these on your face. c……………….
5 It’s on the upper part of your body, above the stomach. c……………….
6 It connects your head to your body. n……………….
7 It’s the opposite side of your body to your chest. b……………….
8 It connects your arm to your body. s……………….
Answer
2 toe 3 throat 4 cheek 5 chest
6 neck 7 back 8 shoulder
2 Underline the odd word out. Write why you think the body part doesn’t belong.
1 ankle knee elbow toe
……It isn’t part of the leg or foot. ……
2 chin back cheek forehead
………………………………………..
3 chest thumb finger elbow
………………………………………..
4 thumb toe throat finger
………………………………………..
5 forehead ankle knee shoulder
………………………………………..
Answer
2 back, It isn’t part of the face.
3 chest, It isn’t part of the arm/hand.
4 throat, It isn’t a hand/foot digit.
5 forehead, It isn’t a leg or arm joint.
3 Write the illness or injury with the words in the box.
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aches broken cough cut fever flu sore toothache |
1 She fell playing volleyball and now she’s got a ……broken…… arm.
2 I‘ve got to go to the dentist because I have ………………… .
3 My legs are full of ………………… and pains after our hike in the mountains yesterday.
4 Josie had a terrible cold, and now she has a ………………… that just won’t go away.
5 Your forehead is really hot and you’ve got a high temperature. You must have a ………………… .
6 Mum was so ill last week, she couldn’t get out of bed. She most definitely had the ………………… .
7 Danny has a nasty ………………… on his cheek after falling off his bike.
8 If you’ve got a ………………… throat you must have caught a cold.
Answer
2 toothache 3 aches 4 cough
5 fever 6 flu 7 cut 8 sore
4 Write one more verb that matches with the illness or injury.
1 feel, ……get…… better
2 hurt, ………………. your knee
3 break, ………………. your finger
4 injure, ………………. your ankle
5 have, ………………. a cold
6 get, ………………. a stomach ache
Answer
2 injure, cut,
3 cut , hurt, injure
4 break, hurt
5 catch, get
6 have
5 Complete the sentences with a suitable verb.
1 You’ll ……catch…… a cold if you don’t dress properly in this weather.
2 ‘……………… a leg!’ is an expression that also means ‘Good luck!’.
3 They’re going to ……………… themselves if they climb that tree.
4 Did you ……………… your toe on the rocks walking barefoot on the beach?
5 I ……………… better after taking some medicine for this nasty cough.
6 Be careful! You’ll ……………… your back if you pick up those heavy boxes.
Answer
2 Break
3 hurt, injure
4 cut, hurt, injure
5 feel
6 injure, hurt
6 Use the word prompts to write sentences.
1 throat / feel / sore / think / got / cold
……My throat feels sore. I think I’ve got a cold. ……
2 really sore / ankle / think / broken
…………………………………………….
3 Mina / forehead / very hot / sure / got / fever
…………………………………………….
4 You / get / cut / thumb / if / chop / onions / like that
…………………………………………….
5 Simon / sore / elbow / hurt / arm / play / tennis
…………………………………………….
Answer
2 I’ve got a really sore ankle. I think it may be broken.
3 Mina’s forehead is very hot. I’m sure she’s got a fever.
4 You’ll get a cut on your thumb if you chop onions like that.
5 Simon’s got a sore elbow because he hurt his arm playing tennis.
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