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Practice each question, then open the answer or worked solution.
Jhoolan’s mouth started watering when she heard the word imli. When does your mouth water? List five things you like to eat and describe their taste.
| Things | Taste |
| Chocolates | Sweet |
| Ice-cream | Sweet |
| Chips | Salty |
| Pickles | Salty-spicy |
| Lemon | Sour |
Do you like only one kind of taste or different ones? Why?
Answer: Tasting only one taste makes me bored, so I like experiencing different tastes.
Jhoolan put a few drops of lemon juice in Jhumpa’s mouth. Do you think we can make out the taste with just a few drops?
Answer: Yes, we can make out the taste with just a few drops of sour lemon juice.
If someone were to put a few seeds of saunf (aniseed) on your tongue, would you be able to tell with your eyes closed? How?
Answer: Yes, even though we don’t taste it, we can identify by its smell also.
How did Jhumpa make out the fried fish? Can you guess the names of certain things only by their smell, without seeing or tasting them? What are these things?
Answer: Jhumpa could guess the fried fish only by its smell. Yes, I can guess many things by their smell without even seeing them, like egg omelettes, fish fry, samosas, etc.
Has anyone ever told you to hold your nose before taking medicine? Why do you think they tell you to do this?
Answer: Yes, I have been told to close my nose and take the medicines because if we don’t like the smell of the medicine, we may not take it in.
Close your eyes and tell
Collect a few food items having different kinds of tastes. Play a game with your friends like Jhumpa and Jhoolan did. Tell your friend to taste the food and ask–
Q1. How did it taste? What was the food item?
Answer: The food item taken was chocolates. They tasted sweet.
Q2. On which part of the tongue could you get the most taste – in front, at the back, on the left or right side of the tongue?
Answer: In front. Since we put it on the tongue first.
Q3. Which taste could be made out on which part of the tongue? Mark these parts on the picture given.
Q4. One at a time, put some things to eat in other parts of your mouth – under the tongue, on the lips, on the roof of the mouth. Did you get any taste there?
Answer: No, we cannot taste different items together.