The correct pronunciation in English is the subject of the body. Names of parts of the human body in English

Starting to learn the world around, the child learns many basic words. His picture of the world immediately becomes brighter and richer. So when learning a foreign language, you need to increase your vocabulary at the expense of basic words. It is to these basic words that the parts of the body in English belong. The names of body parts can be useful both in everyday speech and when reading fiction and special literature. For children, body parts in English are an important topic for children as well. In addition, the entire arsenal of names of body parts in English can come in handy in an emergency.

Table of "external" parts of the body

People around have noses, lips, arms, legs and other visible parts of the body. It is also important to know how the large parts of the body are correctly called: stomach, chest, back in English. Often people can tell funny stories in which this or that part of the body appears, or they can even complain about pain. So that you understand your interlocutors, we have prepared a list of the 15 most common "external" parts of the human body in English.

Body part in Russian	body part in english	Transcription
hand	arm	[ärm]
leg	leg
back	back
stomach	belly	[ˈbelē]
rib cage	chest
breast	breast
elbow	elbow	[ˈelˌbō]
wrist	wrist
wrist	hand
nipple	nipple	[ˈnipəl]
foot	foot
finger	finger	[ˈfiNGgər]
toe	toe
shoulder	shoulder	[ˈSHōldər]
knee	knee

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Body part in Russian	body part in english	Transcription
a heart	heart
liver	liver	[ˈlivər]
bud	kidney	[ˈkidnē]
spleen	spleen
intestine	intestine
gallbladder	gallbladder	[ˈgôlˌbladər]
vein	wine
blood	blood
stomach	stomach	[ˈstʌmək]
esophagus	esophagus
uterus	uterus	[ˈyo͞otərəs]
brain	brain
adrenal	adrenal	[əˈdrēnl]
lymph node	lymph nodes
bone	bone
skeleton	skeleton	[ˈskelitn]
cartilage	cartilage	[ˈkartl-ij]
lung	lung
bronchi	bronchi	[ˈbrɒŋkʌɪ]
pancreas	pancreas	[ˈpaNGkrēəs]

Table of the face and head

Mentions of body parts of the face and head can occur in a variety of situations. For example, fiction and poetry in English are full of references to eyes and lips. To prevent someone's sharp cheekbones from making you look into the dictionary, we have prepared a list of the 15 most common names for parts of the face.

Body part in Russian	body part in english	Transcription
scull	skull
hair	hair
eye	eye	[ī]
eyebrow	eyebrow	[ˈīˌbrou]
cheek	cheek
eyelash	eyelash	[ˈīˌlaSH]
mouth	mouth
lip	lip
tooth	teeth
language	tongue
the chin	chin
cheekbone	cheekbone	[ˈCHēkˌbōn]
ear	ear
mustache	mustache
nose	nose
beard	beard
eyelid	eyelid	[ˈīˌlid]
nostril	nostril	[ˈnästrəl]
neck	neck
Adam's apple	Adam's apple	[ˈædəmzˌæpl]
head	head
whiskers	sideburns	[ˈsaɪd.bɜːnz]
forehead	forehead	[ˈfôrəd]
dimple on cheek	dimple	[ˈdimpəl]
gum	gum

Idioms with body parts

The English language is full of set expressions that refer to parts of the body. These can have a variety of meanings. We have selected for you 15 of the most interesting and common idioms about body parts. For convenience, we have made a table with idioms and their translations.

Idiom in English	Literal translation	Adapted translation
I'd give my right arm to do it	I would give my right hand to do this.	I would give anything to do this.
He's twisting my arm	He twists my arm	He presses me
To keep an eye on something	keep an eye on something	follow something
His eyes are bigger than his stomach	His eyes are bigger than his stomach	Devour with eyes
In the blink of an eye	While blinking	In the blink of an eye
I've got itchy feet	I have itchy feet	I have a passion for travel
I got cold feet	I have cold feet	I was frightened
I shot myself in the foot	I shot myself in the foot	I did it to my own detriment
I let my hair down	I let my hair down	I gave myself a break
I'm pulling your leg	I hold your leg	I fool you
It cost an arm and a leg	It costs an arm and a leg	It's too expensive
Cat got your tongue?	Did the cat take your tongue?	Did you swallow your tongue?
On the tip of my tongue	On the tip of my tongue	Spinning on the tongue
Pain in the neck	Pain in the neck	Source of constant irritation
Shake a leg	shake your leg	hurry up

Video about body parts for children and adults in English:

Marina Shevelkova

my body.

Acquaintance with new lexical material

Goals and objectives:

Educational: activate previously studied lexical and grammatical structures in children's speech, repeat the names of body parts, colors

Developing: to develop the cognitive activity of children; develop an ear for music, memory, attention, dexterity, physical activity, a sense of rhythm.

Educational: to cultivate interest in English classes.

Equipment: a toy kitten, handout - task sheets, felt-tip pens, a magnetic fishing rod, 8 cardboard fish with metal clips on the fins (colors are glued to the fish); rug imitating a lake;

Stages (Progress of the lesson)

I Introduction. greetings. Organizing time.

Teacher: Hello, children! I'm happy to see you today! Let's say HELLO to our parts of the body. They work for us day by day, they deserve polite treatment.

You are so nice!

Hello my shoulders!

Hello my knees!

Stay healthy please

My body, my tummy

My back and my arms!

Stay healthy, my body!

Be clear, my mind!

(Children greet parts of their body: nose, eyes, ears, shoulders, tummy, knees, toes, back, arms. They greet them and touch the part of the body called, thereby repeating the vocabulary on the topic “Parts of the body.”)

2. Game "Let's go fishing!" Fishing game. Color repetition.

Teacher: Children, look! There is a small lake full of fish here. But the fish are different colors.

Teacher: Yes! Let's catch the fish with the help of this fishing rod. Let's try to catch the fish.

Child: I have got a blue fish.

3. Riddles: Learning vocabulary on the topic BODY

In any weather,

Tempering the body … body.

From shoulder to hand,

I call the hand ... arm.

A friend extended his hand to me.

The hand was called ... hand

I love great running

Everyone called the leg … leg.

I broke my finger in the ring

Finger in English ... finger.

Bend your leg at the knee

Knee in English ... knee.

From problems and school troubles

I got very sick ... head

For marks bad

I got a nice kick… ear

He has a faster run

Who has longer ... leg

4. Song Head Shoulders Knees and toes

knees and socks

Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes (toes)

knees and socks

And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

And eyes and ears and mouth and nose

Head, shoulders, knees and toes

Head, shoulders, knees and toes (toes)

knees and socks

5. Learning vocabulary Body and face. Application "Clown face". The teacher calls a part of the face in English, the children take (if the teacher calls the magic word PLEASE) and stick it. Take a nose please.

6. Phonetic warm-up.

tongue [t]

by the name , lives in a comfortable warm house, in the mouth of his master. The house has two walls (cheeks)-cheeks, a floor and a ceiling. The tongue loves warmth, so he has two doors in his house: outer - lips lip, inner - teeth teeth

The tongue sleeps on the floor, it is more comfortable there, and at the tip of the tongue, there is a favorite place on the ceiling, on a dais, just behind the upper teeth. The tongue likes to play different sounds: - [ d ], [ t ], [ n ], [ l ], [ s ], [ z ]. This is how the tongue lives, lives, does not go outside, is afraid of a cold. One night, a bad weather broke out, a strong wind blew [u:], the trees rustled and it began to rain. The tongue woke up and began to listen to the sounds outside. At first he heard an owl hooting on a tree [ u ], as a hedgehog snorted very close [ f ], [ v ]. Some bird kept repeating [ : ]. Somewhere in the distance a cow mooed [m], a dog growled [r] and geese [g] cackled. Under the window of the tongue, angrily talking, two beetles hurried to the shelter, [h]. The tongue was sleeping and breathing softly [h].

In a dream, he heard rain pounding on the roof [p]. And in the morning there was no trace of the storm. The sun came out, the birds sang, the flies buzzed

The tongue woke up, stretched like a cat [--], and he wanted to go for a walk. He opened the outer door and at first stuck out only his tip, and then, emboldened, jumped out of the house and ran to the pond. The tongue became merry, began to throw pebbles into the pond [ b ], and then decided to swim. The water was very cold, but the tongue forgot about everything and sat in the pond for a long time, until it froze. He returned to his house, his tip jumped to his favorite place on the ceiling, but even there he continued to tremble slightly. In her haste, the tongue forgot to close the outer door, and she slammed [w]. The tongue quickly closed it, and lay down in bed under the covers.

The tongue failed to protect itself from a cold. His throat hurt, he started coughing [k], he had a fever, and he sneezed several times. The tongue lay and moaned softly until the doctor arrived. First like this [ e ], and then longer [ e: ]. Finally the doctor came, shook his head when he learned about bathing [ :], and told the tongue to say [ : ]. But the tongue got something completely different: strange, then [ i ] and finally

[i:]. The doctor was not satisfied, and then the tongue tried very hard, but he only succeeded. The doctor had to give the tongue a bitter medicine. The tongue swallowed the tasteless pill and said.

Soon he fell asleep and had a wonderful dream. Eight little gnomes came to visit him. They wanted to get to know and play with him. The elder gnome, putting his finger to his lips, said, "he is sleeping, we will not disturb him." And the smallest gnome said: "We will take him off, so we do not interfere with him." And then each dwarf went up to the tongue, politely greeted and said his name. So they met and became friends - a tongue named [i] and eight gnomes [ei],

[ai], [i], [au], [u], [u], [i], [є]. Then they played merrily, and in parting, the tongue asked the gnomes to come to visit him more often in a dream.

7. Lullaby for our tongue

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (original by Jason Graves)

Twinkle, twinkle, star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

Twinkle, twinkle star

How I wonder what you are!

How I long to know who you are!

Up above the world so high

You are so high above the whole world

Like a diamond in the sky!

You are like a diamond in the sky!

When the blazing sun is gone

When the sun goes down

When the nothing shines upon

When nothing shines

Then you show your little light

Then you shine softly

Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.

Twinkle, twinkle all night long

Then the traveler in the dark,

Traveler in darkness

Thanks for your little spark

Thank you for your sparkle.

He couldn't see which way to go

He wouldn't see where to go

If you didn't twinkle so.

If only you didn't shine like that.

When the blazing sun is gone

When the sun goes down

When the nothing shines upon

When nothing shines

Though I don't know what you are,

Let me not know who you are

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

Twinkle, twinkle, star!

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 schoolboy, but at one time you studied at school, for example, German, which you safely forgot six months after graduation, then you will probably need to learn at least the basic and basic concepts, the most commonly used words and phrases. For example, such as "exit", "input", "call", "police", "hotel", etc. They will be very useful to you when you are abroad. And knowing what certain 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 were injured in any part of the body or saw how someone got it. The injury is serious enough and you call an ambulance. But if you don't know how to report which specific part of your body is injured, you won't be able to explain over the phone exactly what happened and what help you need.

Let's look at the main parts of the human body and their names in English. To them should be attributed, firstly, the head. In English it would be "head". The transcription (pronunciation) of this word, if written in international format, will look like this: . You can completely simplify the task and write the same transcription in Russian characters, but it should be borne in mind that in this case the pronunciation will be only approximately correct, since many sounds of the English language are absolutely alien to Russian, therefore, a reliable representation of them using Russian characters will be very difficult . So, the word "head" is pronounced like [head], and the sound "e" should sound drawn out.

The main parts of the human body in English

In a similar way, using Russian and international transcription, we will write down other parts of the body.

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

Knowing the names of the main parts of the human body, you can explain yourself, for example, with the same ambulance, find out what hurts a person, etc.

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

You should try to learn them with the help of pictures, tongue twisters, all kinds of sites where you can learn words. Remember how as a child you taught parts of the human body in your native language: mouth, ears, eyes, nose... Try to do the same now - point in the mirror at yourself or at the one with whom you study and pronounce body parts. So they will be deposited in the mind better. In general, look for ways, fantasize, learn from someone else!

Description of a person's appearance in English.

Just like in the first case, you may for some reason 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, the 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 clearly imagined this person, right?

Parts of a person's face in English

• 🔊 Listen Cheek [chick] cheek
• 🔊 Listen Chin [chin] chin
• 🔊 Listen to Ear [ɪə (r)] [ia] ear
• 🔊 Listen Eye [ah] eye
• 🔊 Listen Eyebrows [eybrow] eyebrows
• 🔊 Listen Eyelashes [eylash] eyelashes
• 🔊 Listen Eyelid [eylid] eyelids
• 🔊 Listen Face [face] face
• 🔊 Listen to Hair [hea] hair (at the end of the word, if you follow the British pronunciation, there should be a weak sound [p], pronounced as if you were not pronouncing the letter p; in American English there is no such sound)
• 🔊 Listen 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
• 🔊 Listen Nostril [ˈnɔstrɪl] [nostril] nostril
• 🔊 Listen 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) in their name in English have the word "eye" as a prefix - eye.

An example of the use of words in speech

Using words that mean parts of the face, you can build 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 everybody could see his perfect white teeth. He had beautiful blue eyes, long eyelashes and thin eyebrows. When his lips smiled, everyone could see perfect white teeth.

So you have studied the main parts of the human body that will help you describe it. Of course, you can’t become a master of verbal description just like that, out of the blue - the language has been taught for years. But these words will help you describe yourself or someone else in an emergency, simply explain yourself to a passerby or a salesman, and help your little son do his homework. In the end, the main thing is that the beginning of the study of parts of the human body has been laid. And you can describe the pale pink skin color, high cheekbones, a pleasant slit of the eyes and long curly hair of your girlfriend when you get used to the language better and devote more time to studying it. Learn, dare, master English - this is a wonderful choice! Good luck and be patient!