Primary Longman Elect 4 B Chapter 7 Talking

Primary Longman Elect 4 B Chapter 7 Talking about weight, length and height

Talking about weight: How heavy is the tiger? ? It’s 300 kilograms.

Talking about length: How long is the bridge? It’s 1 kilometre long.

Talking about height: How tall is the building? It’s 250 metres tall.

Talking about height: How high is the mountain? It’s 700 metres high.

Talking about weight, length and height • We ask How heavy questions to find out the weight of people, animals and objects. e. g. How heavy is the tiger? It’s 300 kilograms. We usually answer How heavy questions in grams (g) or kilograms (kg).

Talking about weight, length and height • We ask How long questions to find out the length of animals and objects. e. g. How long is the bridge? It’s 1 kilometre (long). We usually answer How long questions in centimetres (cm), metres (m) or kilometres (km).

Talking about weight, length and height • We ask How tall questions to find out the height of people, statues, towers, buildings, animals, trees and plants. e. g. How tall is the building? It’s 250 metres (tall). • We ask How high questions to find out the height of mountains and walls. We usually e. g. How high is the mountain? answer How tall and How high It’s 700 metres (high). questions in metres (m).

Key structure How heavy is the apple? It’s 135 grams. How long is the escalator? It’s 800 metres (long). How tall is the tower? It’s 325 metres (tall). How high is the mountain? It’s 8, 850 metres (high).