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THE SENSES

_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ SIGHT Underline the verbs of seeing 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 his telescope. He went and hit the other one on the head with the telescope and I realised that I had witnessed a crime. Which of the verbs in the text suggests looking: 1 on as a crime or accident occurs? 2 closely, finding it hard to make things out? 3 in a scientific kind of way? 4 quickly? 5 fixedly? HEARING Order the words related to the sense of hearing according how loud things are. silent noisy loud deafening noiseless quiet Write the equivalent expressions for hearing. to go blind to be short-sighted/long-sighted to wear glasses / contact lenses to be as blind as a bat to read Braille to be colour blind to visit an oculist TASTE Match different tastes with an example of a typical food. vinegar sweet honey salty Indian food bitter sour crisps spicy strong coffee 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 opposite of both is tasteless. He looks dreadful. The trip sounds marvellous. The cake tastes strange. It felt rough. The soup smelt delicious. Somehow I feel that we cannot trust him

Are the following best described as sweet, salty, bitter, sour, spicy or hot? 1 unsweetened coffee 2 chilli TOUCH Show the meaning of the 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. The secretaries complained that their boss was always pawing them. 3 Chinese cooking 4 pineapple 5 lime 6 sea water

Match the verbs used with these definitions. 1 to take something very quickly 3 to touch with the hands 2 to move between the fingers 4 to touch in an offensive way SMELL These adjectives describe how something smells. Order them into three groups, good, bad and neutral. stinking evil-smelling smelly smell aromatic scented fragrant Which of the adjectives describes best for you the smell of the following? 1 herbs in a kitchen 2 old socks SIXTH SENSE Different phenomena which a person with sixth sense may experience: telepathy ghosts UFOs premonitions intuition dj vu be psychic instinct extra-sensory perception 3 rotten eggs 4 roses 5 a baby's bottom 6 a hairdresser's sweet-smelling perfumed odour

Which of the phenomena mentioned have you experienced if you: 1 see a flying saucer? 2 suddenly think of someone two minutes before they phone you? 3 see someone in white disappearing into a wall? 4 feel certain someone cannot be trusted although you have no real reason to believe so? 5 walk into a strange room and feel you have been there before? 6 refuse to travel on a plane because you feel something bad is going to happen?

I. Cross out any answers which are wrong. 1 I was listening to / hearing the radio when I listened to / heard a terrible noise outside. 2 The government is going to introduce new laws about noisy neighbours -I listened to / heard it on the radio this morning. 3 She turned up the volume but I still couldn't listen to / hear it. 4 I don't know if this is an antique; we'll have to get an expert to come and look at / see it. 5 They wanted to stay and watch / look at the programme, but it was a bit late. 6 I was very angry with Tom -he just wasn't hearing / listening when I spoke to him. 7 Can you bend over and touch / press your toes? 8 You have to touch / press the eject button if you want to get the video out. 9 Could you touch / hold this video for a moment while I move the TV? 1 0 If you watch / look carefully, you can look / see how the man does the trick with cards.

II. Look at the list of words formed from the word sense. Complete the sentences with an appropriate word from the list or the word sense, which you will use three times. sensible senseless sensitive sensation sensational sensual sensuous

1 What should you say? You'll just have to use your common __________ . 2 The news of the scandal caused a __________. 3 I've always found the buzzing of bees has a very __________ attraction. 4 I think the __________thing to do would be to stop now and get a good night's sleep. 5 In one __________ I think you're right, but not completely. 6 Kleindorf's defeat of Real Madrid in the European Cup was __________ . 7 It's __________trying to argue with him; he never listens to a word anybody says. 8 She's very __________ on the subject of divorce, so be careful what you say. 9 I felt a __________ of 'dj vu' when I was turned down for the job the second time. 10 The cashier at the bank has incredibly __________ hands.

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