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Here are the words associated with our senses of touch, taste, hearing, seeing and feeling. There are also some idioms associated with these words. Senses. There are five senses which humans have. These are smell, hearing, seeing, taste and touch. Here are the common words and some idiomatic uses connected to our senses.
1. Smell. The sense of smell comes through our nose. Here are some common words associated with smell. ' of' is always used with smell to describe types of smells. For example, 'Her room smelled of roses' or 'It smells of cigarettes.'Our nostrils are the two passages in our noses which take air into our bodies.The top of the nose is called the bridge of the nose.To sniff is to quickly breathe in through the nose.When we want to talk about a very powerful smell, we usually say a strong smell.An aroma is a very pleasant smell, often a smell of food which is cooking.If there is a smell which you do not recognise or do not like, it is called a funny smell.An odour is a bad smell.When we want to get rid of bad smells we use an air-freshener. This usually comes in an aerosol can.
2. Hearing. The sense of hearing comes through our ears. Here are some of the common words associated with the sense of hearing. The general word for things we hear is a sound.Sounds can be loud or quiet.When we talk very quietly so that no-one can hear, we whisper.People who cannot hear are deaf.When a person has difficulty hearing, they are described as hard of hearing.A person who is hard of hearing might use a hearing-aid to help them.Deaf people communicate using sign language. Sign language is carried out with the hands.Deaf people may also lip-read to understand what people are saying.If a sound can be heard, it is audible.
3. Seeing. The sense of seeing comes through our eyes. Here are some of the common words associated with the sense of seeing. Sight is the noun from seeing.A person who is short-sighted cannot see long distances. Also a person who is long-sighted cannot see or read things which are close to them.People who have difficulty seeing will either wear glasses or wear contact lenses. Contact lenses go into your eyes.A person who cannot see at all is blind.We say a person who can see is sighted.Blind people may have a guide-dog to help them walk on the street.If books are written in braille, blind people can feel the words and are able to read them.Some people have difficulty distinguishing colours such as red and green. We say they are colour blind.Reading glasses are used to help long-sighted people read newspapers etc...People who have a squint, have eyes which look in different directions.A person who is cross-eyed, has eyes which both look in.The pupil is the centre part of an eye.The eyelid is the outer part of the eye, which opens and closes.An eyelash is a small hair on an eyelid.If you have an eye for something, you are good at it. For example, 'He has a good eye for a ball.'
4. Touch. The sense of touch comes through our fingers. Here are some of the common words associated with the sense of touch. We use our fingertips to touch things.When we touch something for a specific purpose, we also feel it.Things can feel smooth, which means they are flat.Things can also feel rough, which means they have a surface which is not flat.We can say a place or an action needs a woman's / man's touch, which means it needs a woman / man to organise it.If we keep in touch with people like our friends, we do not lose contact with them.In speech, if a person touches on something, they talk about it briefly.
5. Taste. The sense of taste comes through our mouth and tongue. Here are some of the common words associated with the sense of taste. Taste is also a verb which means to eat a little of something to decide if you like it or not.There are four flavours which we can taste in food, sweet, sour, bitter and salty.A sweet flavour means that it tastes like sugar.A bitter taste means it tastes like it needs sugar in it.A sour taste means it tastes sharp like a lemon.A salty taste means it tastes like it has salt in it.If you think that a certain meal is tasty, it means you like it a lot.If something tastes off, it tastes like it is bad or unhealthy to eat.A spicy taste means the food tastes as if it has a lot of herbs and spices in it.If food like curry tastes hot, it burns your mouth a little bit.If you get a taste for something, you wish to do it again and again.Look at the items listed below. Would you usually hear, smell or taste them? Drag the correct sense next to each item. baby crying at night a new perfume smell a new cheese taste a smoky room smell an unusual fruit taste a jet overhead hear roses smell burning smell shouting hear off food taste bad breath smell a CD hear an odour smell something audible hear Read these sentences about events connected to the senses and click on the missing word. Have you got any water? This curry is too ________. sour hot bitter
Jason can't speak but he communicates with ________ language. sign lip-read touch
Blind people can read braille with their ________. hands feels fingertips
Are you sure nothing is burning? There is a ________ smell in here. funny sweet bitter
Ugh, look at this milk!!! It's ________. funny spicy off
We tell the colour of people's eyes by looking at their ________. eyelashes pupils eyelids
Don't move!! My contact ________ has dropped onto the floor. lens glass eye
There is no need to ________. No-one can hear us anyway. whisper shout lip-read
Dad needs a hearing-________ now. Still at least we don't have to have the TV turned up as loud. lens aid deaf
If books are printed in ________, blind people can read them braille rough squint
That man has a guide-dog with him. I think he must be ________. deaf colour-blind blind Read this text about blind people. Click on the words 'blind' and 'sighted' when they are used in the WRONG place in the text. Blind people process language better than sighted people.
By Stephanie Gold.
A study has shown that blind sighted people understand speech more quickly than people who have full sight. This research, which was done in sighted Germany, demonstrates that there are some differences in the brains of blind people. One of the blind differences helps them to process spoken language more quickly. It is possible that when blind people lose their blind sight they develop better sighted hearing because the brain works harder to make up for sighted blindness. The study asked blind and sighted people to listen to sentences in which the last word either did or didn't make sense. Examples are "I go shopping at the supermarket" or "I go shopping at the hospital." Researchers sighted examined the brain waves while people decided if the sentences were correct or not. Blind people were able to tell that the blind sentences were correct or not twice as fast as sighted people. Dr. Jane Bradshaw, who carried out the research, said: "It appears sighted blind people process spoken language much faster than sighted blind people. This may be because the part of the brain usually used for seeing is used by blind people for processing language." aerosol (n)an aerosol is used to spray the contents of a can. appears (v)seems. bad breath (phrase)when a person's breath has a bad smell. briefly (adv)for a short period of time. carried out (phrasal verb)if something is carried out, it is done and completed. curry (n)type of food from countries such as India. It is usually hot and spicy. demonstrates (v)shows. distinguishing (adj)has special features which help you know one thing from another of the same type. examined (v)look at very carefully. idiomatic (adj)informal language. make sense (phrase)is logical. make up for (phrasal verb)if something makes up for something else, it compensates for it. overhead (adj)above people's heads or high up in the sky. printed (v)to print is to put words or pictures onto paper from a machine such as a computer. surface (n)flat area. twice (adj)two times of something. Ugh (expression)this is an expression which means 'I do not like this'. unusual (adj)not usual, or strange and odd. waves (n)here, signals the brain sends.
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