Dimensions and measurements

A. 'How high is it?'

Ron is making a new door. Alan is helping him.

Metric System
m = metre km = kilometre
dm = decimetre
cm = centimetre
mm = millimetre

1. Look at the pictures below and make sentences:

Example: (a) The door is one metre wide.
Adjectives used to describe dimensions:

2. Make sentences from the pictures below:

Example: (a) The wall is ten metres long and two metres high .

wall

bridge

window
road

box

well

shelf
 shelf wardrobe

3. Ask your partner questions about them:

Example: (a) A: How long is the wall?

B: It's ten metres long.
A: And how high is it?
B: It's two metres high.

'It's only a metre high.'

4. Look at the drawings and write sentences:

Example: (a) The wall is 4m long, but the wire is only 2m long.
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5. Ask your partner questions, using the sentences you wrote in the previous exercise:

Example: (a) A: What's wrong in picture a)?

B: The wall is 4m long, but the cord is only 2m long.