Ready for CAE p 38. Scents and Sensitivity.

Extra activity

THE SENSES

1 What are the five senses? Smell, sense of touch, hearing, taste and
sight

2 Write down what sense, for you, is more connected with these words:
ocean water coffee cotton newspaper
knife bird glass fire grass
book rock baby

Comment with a partner

3 Divide the following words according to the five senses (give photocopy)

4 Group ss in 4
Do you remember the name of your partners?
Each ss puts on a blindfold
Give each ss in a group a different object (shell, ribbon, marble,
envelope) (button, stone, sweet)
One ss asks another ss in the group: Juan, what’s your object like? Juan
describes: material, shape, smell and temperature. Then he says what he
thinks it is.
When each has finished take off your blindflod and name the object.

5 Write the story of your object.

 WORKSHEET

Divide the following words according to the five senses and in two
categories: nouns or adjectives.

bang salted ripple bell silent velvet

silk perfume soft pointed sweet bitter
circular long sharp rough sour stink
edge fragrance horn juicy flat smooth
round loud rounded perfumed uneven whistle

TOUCH NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

SIGHT NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

SMELL NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

HEARING NOUNS

ADJECTIVES

TASTE NOUNS

ADJECTIVES
 KEY
WORKSHEET

Divide the following words according to the five senses and in two
categories: nouns or adjectives.

bang salted ripple bell silent velvet

silk perfume soft pointed sweet bitter
circular long sharp rough sour stink
edge fragrance horn juicy flat smooth
round loud rounded perfumed uneven whistle

TOUCH NOUNS Silk, edge, ripple, velvet

ADJECTIVES Soft, sharp, pointed, rough, flat, smooth, uneven

SIGHT NOUNS edge

ADJECTIVES Circular, round, long, rounded, flat, pointed

SMELL NOUNS Perfume, fragrance, stink

ADJECTIVES Sweet, perfumed

HEARING NOUNS Bang, whistle, bell, horn

ADJECTIVES Loud, silent, soft

TASTE NOUNS ---

ADJECTIVES Salted, juicy, sweet, sour, bitter