The world of the senses

Close your eyes and concentrate on each sense....










Taste                Smell                 Touch                 Sight                      Sound


















Think about the following things and decide which sense they most strongly bring to mind....













1. flowers

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch













2. coins

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

3. garden

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

4. cheese

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

5. snakes

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

6. fire

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

7. rain

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

8. keys

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

9. cigarette

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

10. Xmas tree

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

11. storm

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

12. sand

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

13. bread

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

14. shower

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

15. dogs

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

16. coffee

Sight

Sound

Smell

Taste

Touch

Do you have a good sense of smell?

What are some of your favourite smells?

Think of three natural smells and three artificial smells.

What smells will trigger memories for you?











Think of an adjective to describe the smell of the following....










a wet blanket














a lemon















fresh coffee
















a hospital ward














old books












rain on hot concrete
















a glass of red wine 

































This a wheel for tea aromas. Which sound appealing?

Is your first language good at describing smells and tastes? For example, do you have lots of different words for "sweet" to describe different kinds of sweet things?

basic vocab

sweet 

sour

fragrant

acidic

fumy

smoky

salty

spicy

musty

earthy

metalic

woody

grassy

off

rancid

soapy

In English we also might describe sweet smells and tastes with these words:

Fruity
Caramel
Nutty
Gingery
Floral
Chocolate-y
syrupy
Buttery
Butterscotch
citrus-y
Banana-ry
Aniseed
Liquorish
Malty
Vanilla
Berry
Rich
Biscuity
Minty
Tangy
Tropical
Zingy
Sugary
Cinnamon-y
Honeyish
Milky



We use these adjectives to describe colours...

cool
warm
hot
bright
pale
florescent
dark
deep
light
fiery
mellow
pure
vivid

How do our adjectives for smell differ from our adjectives for colours in English?


We tend to describe tastes and smells by comparing them to similar tastes and smells, whereas with colour we tend to focus on their degree of intensity. 


Try using these words to describe the following sweet treats


A Snickers bar
Cheese cake
Blueberry Pancakes
Apple pie
Cocacola
Ginger beer
Hot chocolate
Chai latte




1.Do you drink wine?

2. How can you tell good from bad?

Watch:

Adam Ruins Wine














Sight, sound, touch, taste, or smell?















smudged















acrid














crackle














bland















faint














gooey














gleaming














spongy














gingery





















tangy














blaring














cool














squawking















grimy














slimy














stale














stench














sticky














rancid














gloomy


















Kahoot!! (adjectives of senses)




Onomatopoeia


Human, animal, thing or material?














crunch











hum












quack














chomp











plop










Choo-choo












ahem











oink










giggle













yelp














chirp














cluck














cackle














thud














purr














vroom














hiccup














belch












creak











meow














munch













snip














rumble














rustle














sniff














crash

Kahoot!


Ono-tomato-poeia





Rain

I can hear you
making small holes
in the silence
rain

If I were deaf
the pores of my skin
would open to you
and shut

And I
should know you
by the lick of you
if I were blind

the something
special smell of you
when the sun cakes
the ground

the steady
drum-roll sound
you make
when the wind drops

But if I
should not hear
smell or feel or see
you

you would still
define me
disperse me
wash over me
rain

- Hone Tuwhare