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8 MINUTES • A1 READING

The Human Body: Bones and Teeth

Discover essential facts about your skeleton and teeth in simple English.

Teacher Notes

• Duration: Read the short text aloud together for 3 minutes.

• Checking: Review student answers together at the end of class using the evidence lines.

Learner Steps

• Step 1: Read the passage two times carefully and check the vocabulary table.

• Step 2: Answer the 8 questions below from easiest to hardest.

Reading Passage 55 words

a simple, friendly, child-friendly illustration of a human skeleton, no text

Your body is amazing. An adult has about 206 bones inside the body. Bones are hard and strong. Young children have 20 baby teeth. Around age 6, these baby teeth start to fall out. Then, new teeth grow in. Most adults have 32 teeth in their mouth. Take good care of your bones and teeth!

Word Help: Key Vocabulary

Word	Simple Meaning	Example Sentence
bone	A hard white part inside your body.	A dog likes to chew on a bone.
adult	A fully grown person (not a child).	My teacher is an adult.
baby teeth	The first set of small teeth in young children.	The child smiled with small baby teeth.
fall out	To come out from the mouth.	My baby tooth will fall out soon.

Practice Exercises

Answer all 8 questions based directly on the reading passage.

a simple, friendly, child-friendly illustration of healthy teeth, no text

True or False?

An adult body has about 206 bones.

____ True ____ False

True or False?

Young children have 32 baby teeth.

____ True ____ False

Multiple Choice

Around what age do baby teeth start to fall out?

____ a. Age 2 ____ b. Age 6 ____ c. Age 16

Multiple Choice

How many teeth do most adults have in their mouth?

____ a. 20 teeth ____ b. 206 teeth ____ c. 32 teeth

Multiple Choice

Which statement is correct according to the passage?

____ a. Adults have fewer teeth than children. ____ b. Adults have 32 teeth and children have 20 baby teeth. ____ c. Children have 206 baby teeth in their mouth.

Gap-Fill

Fill in the missing word:

Bones are hard and ____ .

Gap-Fill

Fill in the missing action word:

Then, new teeth ____ in.

Gap-Fill

Fill in the missing word:

An adult has about 206 bones ____ the body.

The Human Body: Bones and Teeth

The Human Body: Bones and Teeth

True or False?

True or False?

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

Multiple Choice

Gap-Fill

Gap-Fill

Gap-Fill

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