Tuesday, September 17, 2024

The Senses








Think of a taste. Any taste. What taste comes into your mind?














Think of a sound. Any sound. What sound is it?











Think of a sight. Any sight. What is it?










Think of a smell. Any smell. What is it?













Think of a texture or surface you are touching. What is it?










Now discuss with others.









What are your favourite....






Tastes                Smells                Things to touch                 Sights                      Sounds


















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













1. flowers

Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


What is the most beautiful flower?



















2. coins


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


What do coins taste like?












3. garden


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


Do you have a garden back at home?
does it have...
walls    a fountain   a pond    birds   tall trees     grapes    flowers    a barbeque   statues
bricks    a vine     bushes     grass     insects    a compost bin       outdoor chairs



 











4. cheese


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


Is cheese popular in your country? What do you eat cheese with?












5. snakes


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch



Have you ever see a real snake in the wild? (not at the zoo)
Have you ever touched a living snake? What did it feel like?










6. fire


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


Do you know how to light a campfire?
What can you cook in / on a fire?
What does hair smell like when it catches fire?













7. rain


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch



How often does it rain in your country?
Do you like rain?
Have you ever had to walk home in the rain with no raincoat or umbrella? Where? When?









8. keys


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


How often do you lose your keys? 
How many hours of your life have you wasted looking for keys?








9. cigarette


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


Do you smoke?
Do / did your parents smoke?








10. Xmas tree


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


Does you family ever have a real Xmas tree for Xmas?
Do you give gifts at Xmas in your family?
What did you get last Xmas?










11. storm



Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


Do you enjoy storms?










12. sand



Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch



What does sand taste like?






13. bread



Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


What is your favourite kind of bread?

bagels, baguette, naan, roti, hamburger buns, dark bread, other?



14. shower



Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


How long are your showers?





15. dogs



Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


What's a good name for a dog?



16. coffee


Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch


How do you like to have your coffee?





Image result for nose







Do you have a good sense of smell?















What are some of your favourite smells?












Think of three natural smells and three artificial smells.








Outside exercise


Outside exercise

 

 

Go out for a walk outside and find 10 different smells. Write them down.

 

  Smell source       adjectives / description   comparison       mark out of 5

1.

2,

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.





Alternatively, divide into groups each concentrating on a different sense.

group1 
smells

group2
sights

group3
sounds

group4
touch









How many words are there for "sweet" in your first  language?
Can you think of any synonyms for "sweet" in English?











What is "umami"?





Dictionary
Definitions from Oxford LanguagesLearn more
umami
noun
  1. a category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter), corresponding to the flavour of glutamates, especially monosodium glutamate.




basic taste/smell 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:

try putting appropriate nouns with these

E.g. Tangy + orange juice

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 can focus on their degree of intensity. 


But we also compare colours with other things

ocean
forest
lemon
royal
emerald
sapphire
sky
pitch
dirt
fire-engine
battleship
eggshell
snowy



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