成人快手

Let's learn some words and phrases to help us talk about health and our bodies.

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Video

In this film Jess, Nazia and Filip feel unwell.

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Key words

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 3, Parts of the face: head, eye, nose, chin, ear, cheek, mouth, The head
Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 4, Torso labelled: neck, chest, stomach, shoulder, arm, The upper body
Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 3, Lower body labelled: leg, knee and shin, The lower body
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Activities

Labelling activity

Look at the boy in the picture.

How many body parts can you see and name?

A boy holds a skateboard behind his head

Matching activity

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Make a sentence

Say what hurts

  • To say what hurts you can say:

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How would you say these?

A grazed knee

A woman holds her eye in pain

A bruised arm

Say how you feel

To say how you feel you can use:

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Below are some key phrases. Read, listen and repeat each one:

Jess is sweating, a thermometer shows it is hot

Nazia is trembling, a thermometer shows it is cold

Filip looks like he is about to be sick

Say what you have

  • To say what you have you can use:

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Below are some key examples. Read, listen and repeat each one:

A man holds his head in pain

A boy touches his ear in pain

A girl touches her stomach in pain

A woman sneezes into a tissue

A boy coughs

A woman holds her throat in pain

Say what you need

  • To say what you need you can say:

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Examples

Read, listen and repeat each example below:

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 6, Filip needs the toilet, I need the toilet

Video example:

Watch Nazia and Jess try to help Filip at school.

What does Filip need?

Ask if someone is ok

  • To ask if someone is feeling ok you can say:

Say what you think Filip and the teacher are saying:

Image gallerySkip image gallerySlide 1 of 2, A teacher looks worried. Her speech bubble has a tick and a question mark in it, What is the teacher asking?
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Challenge

Draw an alien!

Label its body parts and say each word out loud.

(If you can't write yet just point and say the words)

A drawing of an alien with body parts labelled
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