Senses vocabulary discuss and agree
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Discussion with vocabulary related to sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste
Lesson Plan Content:
Useful phrases for doing the activity
- … looks/ smells/ sounds… but I think it’s actually…
- I can’t smell/ see/ hear… very well.
- I don’t like it if people look at/ smell/ hear/ see/ feel/ touch my …
- I spend a lot of time looking at/ listening to things which…
- I think … tastes/ looks/ smells/ feels/ sounds better than… (because/ even though…)
- I think that I sound/ look… (even when…/ although…)
- I think that… smells/ looks/ tastes/ feels/ sounds (exactly/ more or less/ somewhat/ a little) like… (even though…)
- I think that… would make … smell/ taste/ feel/ look/ sound better.
- I try not to look at/ smell/ touch/ taste/ listen to… because it’s…
- I would be tempted to buy something that looks/ smells/ tastes/ sounds/ feels (like)…
- I’d like to invent something which smells/ looks/ tastes/ feels/ sounds (like)…
- If I look at/ smell/ hear/ listen to/ touch/ feel/ see…, I do it…
- If something looks/ smells/ feels/ sounds/ tastes (like)…, you should…
- If you look at/ smell/ taste/ touch/ listen to…, you should do it …
- In my opinion, … feels/ sounds/ tastes/ looks/ smells too… (to/ for…)
- It’s better to taste/ smell/ look at/ touch/ listen to… than to…
- The best thing about… is that it tastes/ looks/ smells/ feels/ sounds (like)…
- The best thing to listen to/ look at/ smell/ taste/ touch when… is…
- The best way to make yourself feel… is to listen to/ smell/ look at/ touch/ taste…
- The best way to smell/ look at/ see/ taste/ touch/ feel/ hear/ listen to… is…
- The way that… smells/ looks/ tastes/ feels/ sounds makes me…
- The worst thing about… is that it tastes/ looks/ smells/ feels/ sounds (like)…
- Things which look/ sound/ taste/ smell/ feel (like) … make me feel nostalgic.
- When I look at/ smell/ hear/ listen to/ touch/ feel/ see…, I do it…
- You should be careful when you look at/ listen to/ smell/ taste/ touch…, because…
Ask about any vocabulary or sentence stems which you couldn’t use, don’t understand, etc.
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Suggested vocabulary to discuss and agree on
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artificial barely/ hardly beautiful carefully closely cool cute dangerous dull fake from close (up) from far away gaze glance horrible in the dark in the distance Instagrammable inviting longingly look (at/ like) make out odd/ strange old peek peep pictures/ photos picturesque pretty revolting ridiculous (can/ can’t) see shiny silly squint stare strain to stylish through UFO watch with difficulty |
aggressive angry attentively avidly barely/ hardly bass carefully clearly deep/ low electronic for gist for key words funky funny harsh haunting (can/n’t) hear high pitched in silence intently listen to melodic muffled music noise noisy odd out of tune over the noise patiently podcast quiet(ly) radio rumour/ gossip scary soft soothing sound sound like squeaky strange sympathetically weird |
blunt brush (against) bumpy coarse cold/ freezing comforting cool cosy crisp crunchy damp/ moist dry (can/ can’t) feel feel like finger fluffy greasy/ oily hard hot/ boiling itchy jagged lumpy odd on the skin rough rub sharp silky slimy smooth soft soggy sticky strange stroke texture touch velvety warm weird |
alcoholic bitter bland delicious disgusting exotic fishy fruity funny junky odd overwhelming poisonous revolting rich salty sample slightly sour spicy/ hot strange strong(ly) subtly sweet (can/n’t) taste taste like tasteless the difference try weakly weird wrong yucky yummy
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aromatic awful delicious disgusting evocative exotic fishy fresh fruity funny/ odd lovely off/ rotten out of date pungent putrid rank reek revolting (can/n’t) smell smell like smell of sniff stink strange strong(ly) terrible unbearable vaguely weird yucky yummy
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Brainstorming stage
Without looking above, brainstorm vocabulary related to each of the five senses into the table below. Many words not above are also possible.
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sight |
sound |
touch |
taste |
smell |
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Compare with above. Many other answers are possible, so please ask if you wrote something different.
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