The body and the senses – practice for Years 1–3

Sample questions on The body and the senses with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject

Nature and society

Year

Years 1–3

Curriculum area

People and health

Question types: Match the sense

Sample questions

1. Question 1 Easy

   Which sense tells us this? Match each item (1–3) with the right option (A–D).

   1. birds singing
   2. sweet honey
   3. the scent of flowers

   • A) taste (tongue)
   • B) smell (nose)
   • C) hearing (ears)
   • D) sight (eyes)
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. birds singing → C) hearing (ears)
   2. sweet honey → A) taste (tongue)
   3. the scent of flowers → B) smell (nose)

   How it works: birds singing – hearing (ears); sweet honey – taste (tongue); the scent of flowers – smell (nose)

2. Question 2 Normal

   Which sense tells us this? Match each item (1–4) with the right option (A–E).

   1. that a stone is cold
   2. that it has got dark
   3. an alarm clock ringing
   4. sweet honey

   • A) smell (nose)
   • B) touch (skin)
   • C) taste (tongue)
   • D) hearing (ears)
   • E) sight (eyes)
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. that a stone is cold → B) touch (skin)
   2. that it has got dark → E) sight (eyes)
   3. an alarm clock ringing → D) hearing (ears)
   4. sweet honey → C) taste (tongue)

   How it works: that a stone is cold – touch (skin); that it has got dark – sight (eyes); an alarm clock ringing – hearing (ears); sweet honey – taste (tongue)

3. Question 3 Hard

   Which sense tells us this? Match each item (1–5) with the right option (A–E).

   1. birds singing
   2. sweet honey
   3. the scent of flowers
   4. that it has got dark
   5. that a stone is cold

   • A) hearing (ears)
   • B) smell (nose)
   • C) touch (skin)
   • D) sight (eyes)
   • E) taste (tongue)
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. birds singing → A) hearing (ears)
   2. sweet honey → E) taste (tongue)
   3. the scent of flowers → B) smell (nose)
   4. that it has got dark → D) sight (eyes)
   5. that a stone is cold → C) touch (skin)

   How it works: birds singing – hearing (ears); sweet honey – taste (tongue); the scent of flowers – smell (nose); that it has got dark – sight (eyes); that a stone is cold – touch (skin)

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