Practice

 

The Human Body

 

Activity 1:

Reading and matching activity

Level:

Basic-A2

Language focus:

Human body organs (kidneys, lungs, brain, heart, skin, liver, and stomach).

Aim:

Students are going to be able to review and practice human body organs vocabulary by matching pictures and words.

Directions:

Get in pairs, shuffle the set of cards and spread them face down in two sets. Take turns to turn over one word card and one picture card. If the word matches with the picture, you keep the cards and have another turn. If the cards do not match, you turn them back in the same place. Continue playing the game until all the cards have been matched. The participant with the most number of cards wins the game.

Activity 2:

Crossword puzzle

Level:

Basic-A2

Language focus:

Human body organs´ functions.

Aim:

Students are going to be able to practice vocabulary related to human body organs´ functions by completing a crossword puzzle.

Directions:

Activity 3:

Worksheet

Level:

Basic-A2

Language focus:

Human body organs and their functions.

Aim:

Students are going to be able to practice human body organs vocabulary and their functions by completing reading and writing exercises.

Directions:

1. Use the words from the word bank to complete the sentences.

• Your __________ tells the parts of your body what to do
• Your __________ bring air in an out of your body
• Your __________ holds everything together in a protective waterproof layer
• Your __________ pumps blood around your body
• Your __________ cleans your blood
• Your __________ filter the blood
• Your __________ receives ingested food and liquids from the esophagus

2. Label the human body organs using the vocabulary from the previous activity.