Test each other on five senses vocabulary
with list dictation and useful checking/ clarifying phrases
Landmark Advanced Unit 7
Without looking below, listen to words related to one sense and guess when you think you know what it is. Then take turns testing each other in the same way with the lists below.
Label each line below with which sense it relates to (including “the sixth sense”)
stare, glare, glance, look, watch, gaze, see,
blurred, blink, wink, optician, optical illusion, bifocals
audible, listen, hear, muffled, a racket, overhear, eavesdrop
stink, scent, aroma, smell, B.O, pungent,
ESP, mind reading, female intuition
rough, smooth, bumpy, slimy, texture, rub, fingertips, lumpy
greasy, brush against, stroke, coarse, tickle
soft, fluffy, sticky, numb, sharp, prickly
bitter, sour, bland, yummy, yucky, umami
disgusting, revolting, delicious, scrumptious, flavour
spicy, sweet, tasteless, savoury
blind, dazzle, shortsighted, longsighted, shiny, pupil
deaf, hearing aid, hard of hearing, acoustics, homophones
bouquet, odour, deodorant, joss sticks, incense,
perfume, reek, sniff, stench, musty
20/20 vision, visible, visual, invisible, peep, contact lens
view, vista, scenery, glimpse, lens, glitter, glint, blindfold,
observe, peek, squint, spectator, telescope, transparent
monocle, binoculars, specs, microscope, periscope
Check as a class, then ask about the meaning, pronunciation, etc of the words above.
Key words for classroom questions about vocabulary
Say or write one question about the vocabulary above using each of these words (like the questions you just asked your teacher):
spell
mean/ meaning
opposite
verb/ adverb/ noun
letter
pronounce(d)/ pronunciation
vowel
syllables
stress
example sentence
difference in…
stand for
synonym
positive/ negative/ neutral
formal/ informal/ neutral/ slang/ idiom
literal
idiomatic
Compare your questions as a class or with the list below. Other questions are possible, so please check if you wrote something different.
Test each other on the vocabulary above with questions like those below.
Change groups. Do the same, but with just the key words above to help.
Suggested classroom questions about vocabulary
How do you spell …?/ How is … spelt?
What does … mean? / How would you explain the meaning of …?/ Does…mean the same as…?/ Is there more than one meaning of…?
What’s the opposite of …?
What’s the verb of …?
What’s the adverb of …?
What’s the noun of …?
What’s the middle letter of …?
What’s the second to last letter of …?
How do you pronounce …?/ How is … pronounced?
Is …pronounced the same as …?
What’s the difference in pronunciation between … and …?
What’s the vowel sound in…?
How many syllables does… have? / How many syllables has…got? / How
many syllables are there in…?
Where is the stress in…?
Could you give me an example sentence with… in it, please?
What’s the difference between… and…?
What does… stand for?
Is… a positive or negative word?
Is… a formal or informal word or expression?
What’s the literal meaning of…?
Is there an idiomatic meaning of…?
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