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English Vocabulary Exercises for B1 – Parts of the body

9 exercises

1. Complete the labels.

3 A Vocabulary intermediate 01
  • 1)
    s
  • 2)
    f
  • 3)
    l
  • 4)
    c
  • 5)
    j
  • 6)
    c
  • 7)
    e
  • 8)
    e
  • 9)
    s
  • 10)
    w
  • 11)
    t
  • 12)
    w
  • 13)
    h
  • 14)
    t
  • 15)
    k
  • 16)
    s
  • 17)
    e
  • 18)
    n
  • 19)
    b
  • 20)
    s
  • 21)
    t
  • 22)
    c
  • 23)
    a
  • 24)
    h

2. Complete the accidents and injuries with the verbs below.

  • bang break bruise burn cut
  • have have sprain twist
  • 1)
    your ankle
  • 2)
    your wrist
  • 3)
    a bone
  • 4)
    yourself
  • 5)
    a bad nosebleed
  • 6)
    a black eye
  • 7)
    yourself
  • 8)
    your head
  • 9)
    yourself

3. Match the words below with the definitions.

  • blood brain heart intestine kidneys lungs
  • muscle ribs skull spine stomach throat
  • 1)
    You use it to think.
  • 2)
    It allows you to move a part of your body.
  • 3)
    It’s made of bone and it runs down your back.
  • 4)
    The red liquid in your body.
  • 5)
    It’s a bone that surrounds your brain.
  • 6)
    The part of the neck where food and air go.
  • 7)
    It’s in your chest and it pumps blood around your body.
  • 8)
    When you eat, the food goes down your throat to this place.
  • 9)
    They’re in your chest. You use them to breathe.
  • 10)
    They are bones that go round your chest and protect your heart and lungs.
  • 11)
    The long tube below your stomach that digests food and gets rid of waste.
  • 12)
    They clean your blood.

4. Listen to three dialogues. What problem does each person have? Choose from the illnesses and injuries in exercise 2.

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  • The patient has:
  • 1)
  • 2)
  • 3)

5. Complete the treatments with a, e, i, o and y.

  • 1)
    ntb tcs ◻
  • 2)
    bndg ◻
  • 3)
    cr m ◻
  • 4)
    drssng ◻
  • 5)
    mdcn ◻
  • 6)
    p nkllrs ◻
  • 7)
    X-r ◻

6. Listen again to the dialogues. Which treatment or treatments in exercise 5 does the doctor give each patient? Write 1, 2 or 3 in the correct boxes.

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7. Match the words with the parts of the body where they are found.

  • 1)
    brain
  • 2)
    calf
  • 3)
    cheek
  • 4)
    elbow
  • 5)
    heart
  • 6)
    heel
  • 7)
    throat
  • 8)
    thumb
  • a)
    arm
  • b)
    chest
  • c)
    face
  • d)
    foot
  • e)
    hand
  • f)
    head
  • g)
    leg
  • h)
    neck

8. Complete the sentences with the treatments below.

  • antibiotics bandage cream dressing painkiller X-ray
  • Doctors often
  • 1)
    put a around your ankle if you sprain it.
  • 2)
    prescribe to cure an infection.
  • 3)
    send you for an when they need to see inside your body.
  • 4)
    tell you to cover a cut with a to protect it.
  • 5)
    give you if a part of your body is hurting.
  • 6)
    recommend a if you have a skin allergy.

9. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs below.

  • bang break bruise burn cut have sprain
  • 1)
    My little sister a bone in her leg when she fell off the wall.
  • 2)
    Josh a bad nosebleed after walking into a lamp post.
  • 3)
    She their heads on the shelf when she got up from the table.
  • 4)
    He himself when he was putting a pizza in the oven.
  • 5)
    I myself badly while I was opening a tin.
  • 6)
    One of the players his wrist as he was catching the ball.
  • 7)
    You yourself badly when you fell down the stairs.

How to Practice

  1. 1Read each question carefully
  2. 2Write your answer or select the correct option
  3. 3Click 'Show Answer' to check your work
  4. 4Review any mistakes and try similar exercises
  5. 5Move to the next exercise when ready

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