Year 5 Taste and smell words worksheet

“Precise flavour words” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 English unit “Taste and smell words”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 21 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 11 to 13 of the year, 8 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Precise flavour words

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · English · about 21 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can choose precise flavour adjectives and explain why each one fits.

A Look back3 min

1.
How many letters are in the word 'sweet'? Circle the number.
456
2.
Which word means the same as 'gloomy'? Circle it.
cheerfuldismalbright
3.
Which word class describes a noun? Circle it.
adverbadjectivepronoun

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ali tastes a plain bowl of boiled rice. It has no salt, no sugar and no sauce. Find the best word.

Watch me

Ali tasted plain rice with no salt, sugar or sauce.

The bars show almost no taste, so the rice is bland.

Bland means plain or flavourless.

Now you

1.
This sauce tastes very sour. Circle the word that fits best.
tartblandsugary

C Your turn7 min

Read each sentence and look at the bars. Circle the word that fits.

1.
Mia's plain pasta tastes of almost nothing. Circle the word that fits.
blandpepperysugary
2.
Sam's soup has lots of black pepper and tastes hot on the tongue. Circle the word that fits.
sugarypepperybland
3.
Priya's fizzy drink tastes like melted sweets. Circle the word that fits.
sugarysavourybland
4.
Noah's vegetable stew is rich and salty. Circle the word that fits.
savourytangybland

Say it out loud: Which bar was tallest in each row? How did that tell you the word?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A pan of tomato sauce bubbling gently on a kitchen stove

Ben says: “The sauce tastes savory and rich.”

1.
Which spelling is correct in British English?
savorysavoury

E Think deeper4 min

Tart can describe food, and it can describe words. Use it in two sentences.

A lemon tree with ripe lemons beside a small wooden table

1.
Write one sentence where tart describes food. Write one sentence where tart describes someone's reply. Then explain how the meaning changes.

How did it feel?

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For the grown-up

Precise flavour words · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 5 If your child chose 4 or 6, ask them to touch each letter of sweet in turn and say it aloud.

2. dismal your child chose a word with the opposite meaning. Ask what a gloomy day feels like, then find the word that matches it.

3. adjective your child chose a different word class. An adjective describes a noun, as in sour lemon. Ask which word in sour lemon does the describing.

B

1. tart your child chose bland, which means no flavour. The bars show a strong sour taste. Ask which word means sharp and sour.

C

1. bland your child chose peppery. Peppery means spicy, but every bar is empty. Ask which word means plain or flavourless.

2. peppery your child chose sugary. Sugary means very sweet, but the sweet bar is empty. Ask which bar is tallest.

3. sugary your child chose savoury. Savoury means salty or spicy, but the sweet bar is the tallest. Ask which taste is strongest.

4. savoury your child chose tangy. Tangy means sharp, but the sour bar is empty. Ask which taste bar is tallest.

D

1. savoury your child chose savory, the American spelling. Say the word aloud and point to the u in savoury.

E

1. Look for: Two sentences: one where tart describes food and one where tart describes a sharp reply, plus an explanation that the meaning moves from taste to tone.

Words to use

Say“Which bar is the tallest? What does that taste feel like in your mouth?”

Instead of“That's close enough, just write any word for the food.”

After the sheet

Taste a lemon slice, a spoon of plain rice, and a piece of cheese. Ask your child to pick one precise word for each, such as tart, bland or savoury.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

7 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Words for strong smells(with a plan)
Smells that fit(with a plan)
Words that make food sound good(with a plan)
Words for hunger and thirst(with a plan)
Rich words for meals(with a plan)
Precise words for disgusting(with a plan)
Eating verbs with feeling(with a plan)

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