Exercises
I. Parts of the body. Label the pictures with the correct words.
Armpit, artery, calf, eyelid, heart, iris, kidney, knuckle, liver, lung, nostril, palm, pupil, ribs, shin, skull, sole, spine, thigh, vein
1. The hand. Match the words and pictures: finger, palm, nail, thumb.
2. The leg and foot. Match the words and pictures: thigh, calf, big toe, knee, heel, toes.
3. Inside the body. Decide whether the words below are bones (B) or organs (O)
spine ... 5. liver …
heart ... 6. kidneys …
skull ... 7. lungs …
ribs ... 8. pelvis …
4. What the organs do. Match the beginnings of the sentences on the left with the endings on the right:
The average heart a. passes through the windpipe and into the lungs.
The heart b. circulates around the body supplying oxygen to
the cells.
The air we breathe in c. pumps blood around the body through the arteries.
The skeleton d. helps to regulate body temperature.
Muscles e. separate waste liquid from the blood.
Blood f. beats more than 100,000 times a day.
The skin g. are attached to bones by tendons.
The kidneys h. supports the body and protects the internal organs.
Now do the same with these:
9. The spine i. supports the back and protects the spinal cord.
Veins j. is a bag which collects urine before it is passed out of
the body.
Arteries k. carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body.
The womb 1. carry blood from all parts of the body to the heart.
Joints m. is the part of a woman's body where a baby grows
and develops.
The liver n. are where two bones are connected together by ligaments.
The bladder o. helps to clean the blood and produces bile.
II. Feeling ill. 1. Translate the underlined words:
1. I've got a cold. 5. I've got a sore back.
2. My neck aches. 6. My arm hurts.
3. I think I've got flu. 7. Have you got a temperature?
4. I've got a pain in my knee. 8. What are the symptoms?
2. Saying you don t feel very well. Match the beginnings of each sentence on the left with the pairs of endings on the right:
1. I’m a. terrible/awful/dreadful; a bit under the weather.
2. I’ve got b. ill/not very well.
3. I don’t feel c. a cold/the flu.
4. I feel d. very well/too good.
3. Serious conditions. Match the condition on the left with the part of the body that it particularly affects on the right:
1. appendicitis a. your stomach
2. tonsillitis b. your lungs
3. hepatitis c. your head
4. asthma d. your appendix
5. an ulcer e. your joints and bones
6. arthritis f. your blood
7. migraine g. your tonsils
Match the diseases with their possible causes:
8. IDS h. stress
9. typhoid i. the sun
10. heart disease j. smoking
11. skin cancer k. a mosquito bite
12. malaria l. dirty water
13. lung cancer m. unprotected sex