Expressing measurements

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EXPRESSING MEASUREMENTS IN ENGLISH

If you want to express how a body is you can measure it and then express your measurements properly. Here you have some questions and answers to learn how to express the size of a body.

LENGTH.

How long is the table? The table is 150 cm long.
How wide is the table? The table is 80 cm wide.
How high is the table? The table is 90 cm high.
How tall is the boy? The boy is 125 cm tall.
How far (away) is the table from the door? It is a metre away.

Notice that tall is used for people and high is used for objects.
There is another way to ask the same previous questions: What length is the table? What width is the table? What height is the table?

TEMPERATURE.

How warm is it in the room? It is 20 degrees Celsius.
What temperature is it in the room?

MASS.

How heavy is the table? The table is 50 kg. (Notice that you don’t say "heavy" in the answer.)
How heavy is the table? The tables weighs 50 kg.

Now you can do your own sentences. Look at the picture and answer the questions below.

How wide is the window?
How high is the ceiling?
How far is the table from the door?
How tall is the boy?
How heavy is the bag?
How hot is the classroom?
How high is the door?
How high is the tree?
How far is the bag from the door?
How heavy is the table?
How wide is the board?
How heavy is the boy?
How high is the table?
How heavy is the tree?
How hot is it outside?

Author: Pablo Acosta Robles