A certain algorithm is important in learning English. The basis of learning English is knowing many basic things, including knowing the parts of the body in English. Of course, it is almost impossible to compile an exhaustive list of body parts, but it is still necessary to know the basic 20-30 words to get an idea of ​​human anatomy in English.

Knowing body parts in English is important, if only because this knowledge can really be useful to you. For example, on a trip abroad you will feel unwell. Then knowing the main parts of the body will be a real help in communicating with the doctor. Of course, given that the human body consists of 200 bones, we are not talking about remembering the names of all organs. But knowledge of 20-30 external and internal organs will be enough to be able to explain what exactly is hurting you.

Let's look at the 10 most popular body parts in pictures:

The table below shows the names of not only other parts of the body, but also organs.

Knowing the parts of the body in English will help you adapt faster to the language environment. It is worth noting that in addition to knowing the familiar and familiar parts of the body in English, so that your language is not too dry and formal, you need to know English idioms, including those that relate to knowledge of body parts. There are a great many such idioms, but there are about 10 main ones.

Muffin top- muffin top. Everyone knows that the top of a muffin is fluffy and even unnecessarily so, because the dough protrudes from the sides of the bottom of the muffin. An analogy is drawn with the excessively curvy sides of a woman, which are covered with jeans or trousers. This kind of embarrassment happens very often, especially with those who wear low-waisted trousers.

Saddle bags- saddle bags. Initially, it was about bags tied to the sides of the horse. Today we are talking about the fact that in Russian speech the word legs are conveyed by breeches - the excessively full hips of a woman.

Bat wings or bingo wings- bat wings. This idiom applies to flabby and sagging arms in the forearm area.

Bingo wings- the second name of this idiom. It comes from the fact that the game of bingo is often played in nursing homes, while winning, they wave their hands with pleasure.

Spare tire or spare tire. This translates to car tire. This is what they say about the so-called lifebuoy in Russian, the fat with which the waist has grown on all sides. In English, such body parts are also called donut or donut in pictures.

Beer belly- beer belly. This is what they say about a fat belly in Russian too. Or there is another English idiom - pot belly. It means pot belly, the same fat round belly.

Love handles- love handles, means full hips just above the pelvis. Think for yourself why these fatty deposits are called that.

Chubby cheeks- this is how chubby baby cheeks are often called.

Stovepipe legs- legs like chimney pipes. This idiom seems to need no explanation. We are talking about very full legs.

Cancle-calf And ankle- this is what they say about full legs when the transition between the ankle and calf is not visible.

It is safe to say that knowledge English units body is necessary if you want to learn at least the basics of the English language. And knowledge of the above idioms will make your English more similar to that spoken by native speakers themselves. And this is very important if you want to integrate into an English-speaking society.

At the same time, of course, we do not mention the names of specific bones in the human body, as well as many other specific parts of the body, because this is already the competence of a special subsection of the English language - medical terms. However, it is worth noting that if you are studying English language In order to move to an English-speaking country and get a job, including in the medical field, you definitely need a more in-depth and consistent study of human anatomy. Only then will you be able to confirm your diploma and work in your profession in another country.

A convenient way to study human body parts in English is to write words indicating body parts in a picture of a person. This way you can not only study body parts, but also their location. And, of course, learn words faster, because many people have better developed visual memory than other types of memory. To do this, we recommend making a model of the human body so that studying the parts of the body is fun, quick, and effective.

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It's a great idea to spend some time learning English. In addition, what awaits us today is not a very simple lesson, but a short journey into the wonderful world of a fairy tale. How delightful the world of fairy tales is, especially when it brings not only a good mood, but also useful knowledge! For all children, I think it will be interesting to go on a little journey with Snow White and her dwarfs, who will help you learn the names of body parts. Let's begin!

Learn the names of body parts with Disney characters

First gnome: Hello! I am one of the seven dwarfs. I am Snow White’s friend and I want to help you to learn the parts of body. Look at the picture then read part, its transcription and translation. In addition, I will describe my face.
Hello! I am one of the seven dwarfs. I'm Snow White's friend and I want to help you learn body parts. Look at the picture, then read the name of the body part, its transcription and translation. I will also describe my face.

• Eye - eye - - [ouch]
  • I have brown kind eyes. - I have kind, brown eyes
• Nose - nose - - [nose]
  • My nose is big. — I have a big nose
• Mouth - mouth - [mouse]
  • My mouth is wide. - I have a wide mouth
• Cheek - cheek - - [chi: k]
  • My cheeks are red. — My cheeks are red
• Eyebrow - eyebrow - [ˈaɪbrau] - [aybrau]
  • My eyebrows are bushy. — My eyebrows are thick
• Eyelash - eyelash - [ˈaɪlæʃ] - [ˈaylash]
  • The eyelashes are short. — Eyelashes are short
• Beard - beard - - [beed]
  • My beard is long. — My beard is long
• Language - tongue - - [tang]
  • Do you see my red tongue? - Do you see my red tongue?
• Forehead - forehead - [ˈfɔrɪd] - [ˈforid]
  • My forehead is narrow. - I have a low forehead

Second gnome: Hi! I am a dwarf. I want to help you too. My friend forgot about some parts of the body.

Hello! I'm a gnome. I want to help you too. My friend forgot to mention some body parts.

1. Ear - ear - [ɪə] - [ie]
2. Chin - chin - - [chin]
3. Neck - neck - - [neck]
4. Shoulder - shoulder - [ˈʃəuldə] - [ˈsheulde]
5. Elbow - elbow - [ˈelbəu] - [ˈelbeu]
6. Finger - finger - [ˈfɪŋɡə] - [ˈfinzhe]
7. Chest, chest - chest- [ʧest] - [honor]
8. Belly - stomach - [ˈstʌmək] - [ˈstamek]

Snow White: Hello, everybody! It's me, Snow White. I found out that my friends help you, don’t they? I am so proud of them, that my cheeks became rose. May I help you a little bit? I'll add some new words.

Hi all! It's me, Snow White. I found out that my friends are helping you, right? I'm so proud of them that even my cheeks turned pink. Can I help you a little? I will add new words.

1. Waist - waist - - [weist]
2. Back - back - - [back]
3. Thigh - hip - - [hip]
4. Leg - leg - - [lay down]
5. Knee - knee - - [niː]
6. Ankle - anckle - [‘æŋkl] - [‘enkl]
7. Foot - foot - - [foot]
8. Heel - heel - - [hiːl]

All: We must go. Learn today's topic. Learn English! We will check. Bye for now!
We have to go. Learn today's topic. Learn English! We will check. See you later!

How can children remember body parts without difficulty?

Memorizing new words is difficult, but if you approach this process correctly, you can greatly simplify the task. In addition, it is well known that children grasp on the fly foreign languages, especially since English is not the most difficult of languages. The main thing is that the learning process is interesting for your child. The English language should not evoke bad associations in children, such as: “I won’t go for a walk again until I learn 10 new words,” or “It’s starting... this boring English again.” He himself must be interested in the language. To do this, you must make your classes more colorful and varied: use fairy tales, cartoons, videos, songs, games, etc.

Another tip: reinforce the material covered, even if your young student remembers it well. He will be pleased to realize that he already has some knowledge and results, and this will increase his self-esteem and self-confidence. If the topic was poorly understood, then you will return to it again, and it will finally take a strong position in the child’s memory

Now, regarding our topic today, we’ll find out how to learn and consolidate new material.
To begin with, the child must remember the parts of the body, for this I suggest:

Watching visual video lessons and online games

Look three interesting lessons about this theme.

In order to test and consolidate the acquired knowledge, you can find a lot of tasks that will not be a burden for children, but rather entertaining.

You can do the following exercise. Save the picture and ask your child to write the number and name of the body part on a piece of paper, then check the correct answer.

1.hair; 2. forehead; 3.eyebrow; 4.eyelash; 5.eye; 6.ear; 7. nose; 8. cheek; 9.mouth; 10. chin; 11. neck; 12.shoulder; 13. chest; 14.arm; 15. elbow; 16.hand; 17.finger; 18. stomach; 19. hip; 20. leg; 21. knee; 22.food; 23.heel; 24.toe.

Happy exploring!
We do exercises and teach body parts:

Today I would like to continue the series of articles about important groups of words. We suggest learning the names of body parts in English. Many students admit that they know this topic superficially, only basic words, because their field of activity is not related to anatomy or medicine. But our lives are so unpredictable: sometimes not knowing just one word in a stressful situation can endanger someone else's life or your own.

When my close friend was vacationing in Europe, a very unpleasant incident happened to her. While walking, she tripped and fell. The pain was very severe, they called an ambulance, but my friend didn’t know how to say “ankle” or “shin” over the phone. Fortunately, an English-speaking compatriot was nearby to help. But after this story, my friend can take the body parts knowledge test with her eyes closed.

And, of course, very often in conversation we describe other people, their appearance and character. These are all cases in which knowing body parts in English will help you a lot.

Our body consists of a torso ( body), heads ( head), two hands ( two arms) and two legs ( two legs). We see with our eyes ( eyes), we hear with our ears ( ears), we catch odors with our nose ( nose), eat with teeth ( teeth), located in the mouth ( mouth, lips - lips). When you're learning new words, it's best to work with pictures. We invite you to say the words out loud and “apply” them to yourself, naming your (or someone else’s) body parts. And here are the pictures!

Body. Body

Face. Face

I hope the first part was easy. Now let's look at the face and find out what it consists of. Do you know all these words?

Arms and legs. Hands and feet

The next group of words is for the curious. Let's look at the structure of the hand and foot.

Idioms with body parts in English

We ourselves don’t notice how often we use set expressions (idioms) in our speech. For example, phrases such as “ears on top of your head”, “soul in your heels”, “sit back”, etc. are common. Set expressions should be known by heart, as they cannot be translated literally. All words in a phrase lose their original meaning, and the expression is translated by a phrase as one whole. They say about a man who is head over heels in love he is head over heels in love(literally “he is head over heels in love”). If someone promises something but does not fulfill it, they use the expression lip service(literally “lip services”) – empty promises. When they say that the information given should be trusted, it means that it is from a reliable source - the horse's mouth(literally “from the mouth of a horse”). And if someone tries not to notice certain facts, they will definitely say that he turns a blind eye to everything - to turn a blind eye to(literally “to turn with a blind eye towards something”).

English has become an international language due to its relative simplicity and logical construction of phrases. It is not surprising that in our country schoolchildren begin to learn it almost from the first grade. If you are no longer a schoolchild, but at one time you studied at school, say, German, which you happily forgot six months after leaving school, then you will probably need to learn at least the basic and basic concepts, the most frequently used words and phrases. For example, such as “exit”, “entrance”, “call”, “police”, “hotel”, etc. They will be very useful to you when you find yourself abroad. And knowing what parts of the body are called in English can even save your life.

Here, for example, is such an unpleasant, but quite possible situation: you received an injury to any part of the body or saw someone get it. The injury is serious enough that you call ambulance. But, without knowing how to tell which specific part of the body is injured, you will not be able to explain over the phone what exactly happened and what help you need.

Let's look at the main parts of the human body and their names in English. These should include, firstly, the head. In English it will be “head”. Transcription (pronunciation) of this word, if written in international format, it will look like this: . You can completely simplify the task and write the same transcription in Russian symbols, but you should keep in mind that in this case the pronunciation will only be approximately correct, since many sounds of the English language are completely alien to Russian, therefore, reliably depicting them using Russian symbols will be very difficult . So, the word “head” is pronounced [head], and the sound “e” should sound drawn out.

Basic parts of the human body in English

Similarly, using Russian and international transcription, we will write down other parts of the body.

• 🔊 Listen to Body [‘bɔdɪ], [badi] - body
• 🔊 Listen to Shoulder - [‘ʃəuldə], [shaulde] - shoulder
• 🔊 Listen Arm - [ɑːm], [aam] - hand (from the shoulder to the fingertips)
• 🔊 Listen Hand - , [hand] - hand (brush)
• 🔊 Listen Elbow - [‘elbəu], [elbow] - elbow
• 🔊 Listen to Chest - [ʧest], [honest] - chest
• 🔊 Listen to Stomach - [‘stʌmək], [stamak] - belly, stomach
• 🔊 Listen to Back - [back] - back
• 🔊 Listen to Bottom - [‘bɔtəm], [botem] - back
• 🔊 Listen Thigh - [θaɪ], [sai] - thigh (the sound “s” is pronounced by pinching the tip of the tongue between the teeth, as a result it sounds like a cross between the sounds “s” and “f”)
• 🔊 Listen Leg - , [leg] - leg
• 🔊 Listen to Knee - , [nii] - knee
• 🔊 Listen Calf (calves) - , , [kaaf], [kaavz] - caviar (calves of the legs) (the pronunciation is given in the second brackets plural body parts)
• 🔊 Listen Foot (feet) - , , [foot], [fiit] - foot (feet)
• 🔊 Listen to Ankle Ankle - [‘æŋkl], [enkl] - ankle (the sound “n” is pronounced “in the nose”, as if you have a cold)
• 🔊 Listen Heel - , [heel] - heel
• 🔊 Listen to Finger - [finge] - finger on hand
• 🔊 Listen to Fist - [fist] - fist
• 🔊 Listen Neck - [neck] - neck
• 🔊 Listen Palm - , [paam] - palm
• 🔊 Listen Toe - [tou] - toe
• 🔊 Listen to Waist - [waist] - waist

Knowing the names of the main parts of the human body, you will be able to communicate with, say, the same ambulance, find out what hurts the person, etc.

How to quickly learn the names of body parts in English?

You should try to teach them with the help of pictures, tongue twisters, and various sites where you can learn words. Remember how, as a child, you learned parts of the human body on your native language

: mouth, ears, eyes, nose... Try to do the same now - point in the mirror at yourself or at the person you are studying with, and pronounce the parts of the body. This way they will be better remembered in the mind. In general, look for ways, fantasize, learn from someone else!

Just as in the first case, for some reason you may need to describe the appearance of a person, and for this you also need to know the names of some parts of the body. But, a description of a person in English, as, in general, in any other language, can consist of several hundred different parameters and characteristics, so let’s consider what gives the most accurate and understandable description of a person’s appearance - his face. After all, sometimes it’s enough to say that someone has dark long hair, a big nose and brown eyes, and everyone has already imagined this person quite vividly, isn’t it?

Parts of a human face in English

• 🔊 Listen to Cheek
• 🔊 Listen to Chin [chin] chin
• 🔊 Listen to Ear [ɪə(r)] [IA] ear
• 🔊 Listen to Eye [ay] eye
• 🔊 Listen to Eyebrows [ibrow] eyebrows
• 🔊 Listen to Eyelashes [aylash] eyelashes
• 🔊 Listen to Eyelid [ailid] eyelids
• 🔊 Listen to Face [face] face
• 🔊 Listen to Hair [hea] hair (at the end of a word, if you follow British pronunciation, there should be a faint [r] sound, pronounced as if you were not pronouncing the letter r; in American English there is no such sound)
• 🔊 Listen to Lips [lips] lips
• 🔊 Listen to Mouth [mauf] mouth (at the end - the same sound [s], at the same time similar to [f])
• 🔊 Listen to Nose [nose] nose
• 🔊 Listen to Nostril [ˈnɔstrɪl] [nostril] nostril
• 🔊 Listen to Pupil [ˈpjuːp(ə)l] [puple] pupil
• 🔊 Listen Tooth / teeth [tus] [yew] tooth (teeth)

Interestingly, all parts of the face associated with the eyes (eyebrows, eyelashes, eyelids) have the word “eye” as a prefix in their name in English.

Example of using words in speech

Using words meaning parts of the face, you can construct something like this description of a person’s face:
He had beautiful blue eyes long eyelashes and thin brows. When his lips made a smile everyone could see his perfect white teeth. — He had beautiful blue eyes, long eyelashes and thin eyebrows. When his lips smiled, everyone could see his perfect white teeth.

So you have studied the main parts of the human body that will help you describe it. Of course, you won’t be able to become a master of verbal description just like that, right off the bat—you learn a language over years. But these words will help you describe yourself or someone else in emergency, just explain to a passerby or seller and help your little son do his homework.