Body Parts

Hook

If something hurts, you need to say where. At the doctor’s, at the pharmacy or when a friend asks “Are you OK?”, body words are the first thing you need, before you can describe any problem.

Notice

  • My head hurts.
  • She has long hair and brown eyes.
  • I broke my arm when I was ten.
  • He has a pain in his back.
  • My feet are tired after the walk.
  • Brush your teeth twice a day.

Which two body words have an unusual plural?

Rule

AreaWords
Head and facehead · hair · face · eye(s) · ear(s) · nose · mouth · tooth (teeth) · neck
Upper bodyshoulder · arm · elbow · hand · finger · chest · back · stomach
Lower bodyleg · knee · foot (feet) · toe
  • Irregular plurals: foot → feet, tooth → teeth.
  • Use my / your / his / her with body parts, not the: My head hurts.
  • hurt: My leg hurts. My eyes hurt. (the body part is the subject)

Watch Out

  • ✗ The head hurts me. → ✓ My head hurts.
  • ✗ two foots / two tooths → ✓ two feet / two teeth
  • ✗ My eyes hurts. → ✓ My eyes hurt. (plural subject, no -s)
  • ✗ I have pain in the stomach. → ✓ I have a pain in my stomach. / I have a stomachache.

Practice

  1. Plural of foot?
  2. Plural of tooth?
  3. You smell with your ___.
  4. You hear with your ___.
  5. Complete: “___ (my / the) arm hurts.”
  6. Name three parts of your face.
  7. The middle of your leg is your ___.
  8. Correct it: “My feet hurts.”
Show the answers
  1. feet
  2. teeth
  3. nose
  4. ears
  5. My
  6. eyes, nose, mouth, ears… (any three)
  7. knee
  8. My feet hurt.

Your Turn

Touch and name ten parts of your body in English, out loud. Then write three sentences: My… is/are… · I have long / short… · My… hurts when…

Connect

Check body words and meanings in our Vocabulary Quiz (A1).

Try our Vocabulary Quiz →

Our Hangman game is a fun way to practise spelling words like shoulder and stomach.

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CEFR A1 — Spoken Production: I can name the basic parts of the body and say where something hurts.

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