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?
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
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
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
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
9. cigarette
Sight
Sound
Smell
Taste
Touch
Do you smoke?
Do / did your parents smoke?
10. Xmas tree
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
Do you enjoy storms?
12. sand
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?
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
- a category of taste in food (besides sweet, sour, salt, and bitter), corresponding to the flavour of glutamates, especially monosodium glutamate.
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
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.
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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