This summary provides the key details from the passage in 3 sentences: The passage discusses the functions and features of human skin, noting that it is the largest organ and lets us feel touch while also maintaining temperature and protecting us from the sun. It explains that some parts of the body are more sensitive to touch than others, like fingertips and lips. The passage also describes how skin helps regulate body temperature by causing hairs to stand up when cold to hold a layer of air next to the body to keep warm.

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Macmillan English 5
Unit 18 worksheet
Student name:
Total mark:
5
1 Read. Find the incorrect homophones. Write the correct homophones.
Skin
What can you feel (Example) write now? You may (1) bee touching this paper, your
clothes or a table. Your skin lets you feel. It also maintains your temperature and
protects you from the (2) son. It is your largest organ – it has a (3) wait of about 3 kg.
(4) Sum parts of your body are more sensitive than others. (5) Four example, you can’t
feel much on your lower back but your fingertips and lips are very sensitive. This is
why babies often put things in (6) there mouths. When you are cold, you can (7) sea
the hairs on your arm stand up straight. The hairs hold a layer of air next (8) two your
body which keeps you warm.
Example:
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
2 Write and explain how we see. Use the notes.
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6
right
1 use brain and eye to see
2 light enters through pupil
3 lots of light – smaller pupil
4 less light – bigger pupil
5 light hits back of eye (the retina)
6 image travels to brain (along optic nerve)