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The six senses
Our basic five senses are sight, hearing, taste, touch and smell. What is sometimes called the sixth sense refers to a power to be aware of things independantly of the five senses - a kind of supernatural power.
The five basic verbs referring to the senses are modified by an adjective rather than an adverb
He looks dreadful
The trip sounds marvellous
The cake tastes good
It felt strange
The soup smelt delicious
Sight
Look at the verbs in the text below
Yesterday I glanced out of the window and noticed a man observing a house opposite through a telescope.I thought I glimpsed a woman inside the house.Then I saw someone else peering into the window of the same house.I gazed at them wondering what they were doing.Suddenly the first man stopped staring through the telescope.He went and hit the other one on the head with the telescope and I realised that I had witnessed a crime.
Hearing
The following scale relates to the sense of hearing and how loud things are
noiseless - silent - quiet - noisy - loud - defeaning
Taste
Some different tastes with an example of a typical food
sweet (honey)
salty (crisps)
bitter (strong coffee)
sour vinegar)
spicy (indian food)
If you say something tastes hot it may mean spicy rather than not cold.Food can be tasty but tasteful is used to refer to furnishings,architecture or a style of dressing or behaviour.The opposire of both is tasteless.
Touch
Some good verbs for describing different ways of touching
She nervously fingered her collar
He stroked the cat and patted the dog.
She tapped him on the shoulder
He grasped my hand and we ran
She grabbed her bag and ran
It's rude to snatch
Press the button
Please handle the goods with great care
Smell
These adjectives describe how something smells
stinking
evil-smelling
smelly
aromatic
scented fragrant
sweet smelling
perfumed
Sixth sense
Different phenomenon which a person with a sixth sense may experience
telepathy
ghosts
UFO
premonitions
intuition
deja vu
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