2. Now listen and complete the text:
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a. Our sense of touch is in our skin. We use our skin to feel.
b. Our sense of sight is in our eyes. We use our eyes to see.
c. Our sense of hearing is in our ears. We use our ears to hear.
d. Our sense of smell is in our nose. We use our nose to smell.
e. Our sense of taste is in our tongue. We use our tongue to taste.
3. Look at the pictures. Which senses do you
use to recognise these things?
taste
hearing
6. Listen and fill in the gaps.
smell
sight
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Our sense of touch is in the skin that covers our body, especially in our hands.The skin
is very sensitive.
It’s got millions of nerves. They receive information and send it to the brain.
Touch allows us:
• To perceive temperature We know if something is hot or cold by touching it.
• To recognise the shape of an object: We know if something is round, square, rectangular
or triangular by touching it.
• To recognise the consistency of an object. We know if something is soft or hard by
touching it.
• To recognise the texture of an object. We know if something is rough or smooth by
touching it
• To feel pleasure or pain.
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7. Look at the pictures. What does it feel like?
a. Hard or soft?
Hard
Soft
Hard
Soft
b. Smooth or rough?
Smooth
Rough
Rough
Hot
Hot
Smooth
c. Hot or cold?
Cold
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8. Write the shape of the following objects. Remember they can
be round, square, rectangular or triangular.
Round
Triangular
Rectangular
10. Write the sentences in order.
is
The skin
Square
sensitive
very
The skin is very sensitive.
The
covers
body
skin
our
The skin covers our skin.
sense
of touch is
skin Our in
our
Our sense of touch is in our skin.
12. Listen to the text and fill in the gaps.
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Sight is the sense that permits us to see all that is around us.
Sight allows us:
• To recognise the size of an object. We know if something is big or small.
• To recognise the shape of an object. We know if something is round or square.
• To recognise the colour of an object. We know if something is blue or red.
• To recognise how far away an object is. We know if something is near or is far.
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13. Look at the pictures and choose the correct answer.
Big small
green blue
round square
far
near
15. Can you label the picture?
lens
eyeball
iris
retina
pupil
16. Can you label the picture?
eyebrow
eyelid
Lachrymal glands
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eyelashes
18. Read the definitions and choose the correct answer.
It receives information and sends it to the brain.
RETINA PUPIL
It can be brown, green or blue.
LENS IRIS
Light goes through it into the eyeball.
RETINA PUPIL
We focus on objects with this.
IRIS LENS
19. Now complete the chart. Put a tick in the correct place.
Parts for to help us see
pupil
Parts to protect us
X
eyelids
X
eyelashes
X
iris
X
lens
X
lachrymal glands
retina
X
X
eyebrows
X
20. Read and say if the following sentences are
true or false. Then correct the false ones.
a. The eyelids protect the eyeball from too much light. True
b. The eyebrows stop dust from entering our eyes. False
c. The lachrymal glands stop sweat from going into our eyes. False
d. The eyelashes keep the eyes wet and clean. False
b. The eyelashes stop dust from entering our eyes.
c. The eyebrows stop sweat from going into our eyes.
d. The lachrymal glands keep the eyes wet and clean.
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22. Listen to the following text and fill in the gaps.
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We hear sounds with our sense of hearing. The ears are the organs used for hearing.
Our ears are on each side of our head.
Our sense of hearing allows us to distinguish:
- If sounds are quiet or loud.
- If sounds are high or low.
- If sounds are near or distant.
Sounds are vibrations that move through the air.
23. Look at the picture. Which things are producing sound?
1
2
25. Now answer the questions:
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a. What organs do we use to hear with?
Ears.
b. What are the parts of the ear? Name them.
The outer ear, the middle ear and the inner ear.
c. What animal is similar to the cochlea?
Snail.
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26. Listen, look and label the picture.
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3. Eardrum
4. Little
bones
5. Cochlea
1. Ear
2. Ear
6. Auditory
nerve
canal
Ear diagram courtesy NASA
27. Now use the text to put these words in the correct
order according to how the process of hearing works.
Sound, ear canal, eardrum, little bones, cochlea, auditory nerve, brain.
28. Listen and fill in the gaps.
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The sense of taste is located in our mouth. The main organ used for taste is the
tongue.
The tongue has lots of little taste buds.
We use taste buds to distinguish the flavours of what we eat and drink.
We distinguish four different flavours: sweet, salty, sour and bitter.
The nerves send the information to the brain and the brain tells us if it is sweet,
bitter, salty or sour.
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29. Look at these foods and drinks. How do they taste?
Sweet
Sour
Bitter
Salty
32. Answer the following questions about the sense of taste:
a. What are the names of the little bumps on your tongue that allow you
to recognise flavours?
Taste buds.
b. What are the four main flavours?
Bitter, salty, sour, sweet
c. Where is the sense of taste?
In the mouth
34. Listen and repeat the following words. Then
listen to the text and fill in the gaps.
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We detect different smells with our sense of smell.
Our sense of smell is in our nose.
The area that perceives smell is in the olfatory region.
It is inside the nose. We know if something smells nice or olfactory region
The nose has two external openings called nastry.
When we breathe, air goes in the nostrils, through the nostrils, and into the nasal cavity.
The olfactory nerves carry the smell to the brain.
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35. Now listen to the text again and put the words in order
according to how smells travel through the nose to the brain.
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Breathe, nostrils, nasal cavity, olfactory region, olfactory nerves, brain
37. Write if the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
a. The cochlea is inside your nose. False
b. The area which perceives smells is the nasal cavity. False
c. The olfactory region is a part of your nose. True
d. The nose has two external openings called taste buds. False
38. Which of the following things can you identify by smelling? Circle.
oranges
pencil
coffee
cheese
car
shirt
42. Write sentences for each picture. Then write more
sentences with your partner. Read them to rest of the class.
1
2
flower
3
1. You must shower everyday.
2. you must protect your skin with suncream.
3. you must wash your hands after going to the toilet and before you eat.
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