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

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

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

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

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

6. 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).

7. 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).

8. 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 usually answer How tall and How high questions in metres (m).
We ask How high questions to find out the height of mountains and walls.
e.g. How high is the mountain?
It’s 700 metres (high).

9. 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).

10. Practice Choose the correct question word. How long
How heavy
How tall
How long
How long
_______________ is the road?
It’s 10 kilometres.

11. Practice Choose the correct question word. How high
How tall
How high
How long
How high
_______________ is the mountain?
It’s 5,000 metres.

12. Practice Choose the correct question word.
How tall
How heavy
How high
_______________ is the horse?
How tall
It’s 2 metres.

13. Practice Choose the correct question word. How heavy
How tall
How long
How heavy
How heavy
_______________ is the banana?
It’s 3 grams.

14. Practice Choose the correct question word. How tall
How heavy
How tall
How long
How tall
_______________ is the tower?
It’s 338 metres.

15. The End