Stories about Body Parts
Body Parts is a topic that helps learners learn the names and functions of various human body parts. These words are essential for everyday communication and useful when discussing health, appearance, and activities.
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Stories about Body Parts
Muscles That Help Us Move
Squeeze your arm with your other hand. Do you feel something soft move? That soft thing is a muscle. Muscles are all over your body. They pull on your bones to move. Your leg muscles help you walk. Th...
Skin Hair and Nails
Touch your arm with your finger. That soft cover is your skin. Skin covers your whole body. It keeps germs and water out. Skin also helps you feel touch. You feel hot, cold, and pain through it. Hair...
How We Hear Sounds
Listen closely right now. What sounds can you hear? Your ears catch sounds in the air. Sound waves travel into your ear. They shake a tiny part inside. That part sends a signal to your brain. Your bra...
Why We Yawn
[Ahh], do you feel a yawn coming? Everyone yawns, even babies and pets. A yawn is a big deep breath. Your mouth opens wide during a yawn. You take in a lot of air. Yawning can cool down your brain. It...
Story levels
- Level 1: 16 stories
Key Vocabulary
Body (n) The physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal.UK: ˈbɒdiUS: ˈbɑːdiLearn more
Bones (n) Any of the pieces of hard whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrates.UK: bəʊnzUS: boʊnzLearn more
Bored (adj) Feeling weary and impatient because one is unoccupied or lacks interest in one's current activity.UK: bɔːdUS: bɔːrdLearn more
Breath (n) The air taken into or expelled from the lungs.UK: breθUS: breθLearn more
Carry (v) Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.UK: ˈkæriUS: ˈkæriLearn more
Clap (v) Strike the palms of (one's hands) together repeatedly, typically in order to applaud someone or something.UK: klæpUS: klæpLearn more
Daily (adj) Done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday.UK: ˈdeɪliUS: ˈdeɪliLearn more
Danger (n) The possibility of suffering harm or injury.UK: ˈdeɪndʒə(r)US: ˈdeɪndʒərLearn more
Ears (n) Ears; hearing, ability to hearUK: ɪəzUS: ɪrzLearn more
Energy (n) The strength and vitality required for sustained physical or mental activity.UK: ˈenədʒiUS: ˈenərdʒiLearn more
Exercise (n) Activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.UK: ˈeksəsaɪzUS: ˈeksərsaɪzLearn more
Eyes (n) Each of a pair of globular organs of sight in the head of humans and vertebrate animals.UK: aɪzUS: aɪzLearn more
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