Vocabulary in use vocabulary reference and practice Third Edition Elementary Michael McCarthy Felicity O’Dell

Complete the sentences using 
died
, 
dead
 or 
death
. 
1 Kelly’s grandfather 
last year.
2 His 
made her very sad.
3 Her grandmother has been 
for five years now.
4 She 
of a heart attack.
5 Now all Kelly’s grandparents are 
.
Write about your family. Use words and expressions from the opposite page. 
Here are some ideas for making your sentences.
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2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
My mother was born in Scotland on July 4th 1967.
In
died
I have 
. I/my 
got married in 
(year).
For my/his/her honeymoon, I/he/she went
to 
. 
I have / My 
has 
children. They were born in 
and 
(years). 

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12
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Parts of the body
3
Head and face 
A
hair
eye
nose
tooth / teeth
ear
lip
neck
shoulder
nail
thumb
finger
hand
arm
chest
side
stomach
We have 
skin
covering our 
bodies.
back
waist
hip
Arm and leg 
B
Rest of body 
C
Inside the body 
D
Pronunciation problems 
eye 
/a/
knee 
/ni/
stomach 
/stmək/
heart 
/hɑt/
blood 
/bld/
foot 
/fυt/
tooth 
/tuθ/
Singular and plurals
one foot – two feet 
one tooth – two teeth
Hair is a singular word. My hair is very long – I must cut it soon.
E
F
brain
heart
blood
leg
knee 
foot / feet
toe
mouth
Common
 
mistakes
Usually we use my, your, his, her, etc. with parts of the body. 
Katie is washing her hair [
NOT Jane is washing the hair
]. I have a pain in my leg [
NOT I have a pain in the leg
].
(See Unit 6: Health and illness.)

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Exercises
13
English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Here are the names of some parts of the body with the letters mixed up. What are they?
1 eken 
6 are 
2 osen 
7 hotot 
3 rathe 
8 buhtm 
4 hamcost 
9 akbc 
5 olderush 
10 tiwas 
Complete these sentences with words from the opposite page.
1 A hand has five 
. 
6 You hear with your 
.
2 A foot has five 
. 
7 The child sat on her father’s 
.
3 An adult has 32 
. 
8 Your 
type can be A, B, AB or O.
4 You smell with your 
. 
9 You think with your 
.
5 The 
is a symbol of love.
Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1 I have a pain in the side. 
I have a pain in my side.
2 That woman has got very big foots.
3 My grandfather has a pain in the shoulder.
4 The baby has already got two tooths.
5 The little girl needs to wash the face and the hands before dinner.
6 My hairs are dirty. I need to wash them.
Parts of the body are often used in compound nouns too. Complete these nouns with a word 
from the opposite page.
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