Choose one of the four possibilities that best complete the sentence.

1) He must be terribly strong! Look at his ……. .

a) skin b) limbs c) muscles d) nerves

2) He stood with his hands on his …… daring me to go past him.

a) ankles b) knees c) shoulders d) hips

3) Every tooth in my upper ……. seemed to be aching

a) chin b) cheek c) jaw d) forehead

4) When Mary twisted her ankle, John carried her home on his …….

a) shoulders b) knees c) hands d) arms

5) His shoes were so old that his …… were sticking out of them.

a) fingers b) thumbs c) tips d) toes

6) The blind man ran the ……. of his fingers over the box.

a) points b) edges c) tips d) ends

7) When people sweat, the liquid comes out through the …….. of the skin.

a) veins b) vents c) pores d) holes

Complete the sentences. The number of dashes is identical with the number of letters in the missing words.

1) We have ten __ __ __ __ __ __ __ on our hands and ten __ __ __ s on our feet.

2) The function of the heart is to enable the __ __ o __ __ to circulate.

3) The __ __ __ __ a __ ­­__ is used for digesting food.

4) The flesh your teeth grow from is your __ __ __ .

5) Do you wear your watch on your right __ __ __ s __ because you are left-handed?

6) A bear crushed him and cracked several of his __ __ __ s.

7) With the help of our __ __ __ __ u __ we are able to speak.

8) Our __ __ __ i __ enables us to think.

9) At first she thought the boy had a high temperature, but when she put her hand on his __ __ __ e __ __ __ __ to make sure, she found it was cold.

10) I dropped a heavy box on my __ __ __ __ and broke one of my toes.

Each of the ten words below is regularly used to describe an action or gesture made with a part of the body. Write which. In some cases more than one answer is possible. Then make up sentences with the formed collocations.

Idioms

Fill in the words from the list then explain the phrases with them.

▪ mouth ▪ finger (2) ▪ teeth ▪ tooth ▪ chest ▪ bones ▪ feet

1. Martin loves chocolate and biscuits – he’s really got a sweet ……. .

2. Thank you for listening. I needed to get that off my …….. .

3. There’s something wrong with the car, but I just can’t put my …… on what it is.

4. It's important to keep your ……… on the pulse by reading all the right magazines.

5. The brothers cut their professional ……….. at Lusardi's before starting their own restaurant.

6. I’m sure something is going to go wrong today. I can feel it in my ……… .

7. I didn’t say that. Please don’t put words into my ……… .

8. Debbie has itchy ……. – she never stays in one place for more than a year or two before she goes travelling again.

II. Listening

You will hear 10 people talking about their problems with body parts. Make notes what body part they mention and what happened to it.

III. Reading

Before reading. Answer the following questions.

What do you know about human’s skin? What is its function? What do you think we can perceive via skin: temperature, wetness, pain, pressure, something else?