Complete the following sentences.
1She is very ............... and he is very short.
Wrong!
Use "tall" for a person's height from head to foot.
2I don't know how ............... he is.
Wrong!
Use "old" to ask about a person's age.
3She is twenty-three years ...............
Wrong!
The age expression is "old" after the number of years.
4We use scales to measure how ............... things are.
Wrong!
Scales measure weight, so the correct word is "heavy".
5What is the ............... of a football field?
Wrong!
The word "length" means the distance from one end to the other.
6He is six feet ...............
Wrong!
Use "tall" after a measurement to describe a person's height.
7How ............... is he?
Wrong!
Use "tall" in the question "How tall...?" for a person's height.
8She has got beautiful ............... legs.
Wrong!
Use "long" to describe the length of legs.
9That tree is about 60 feet ...............
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "tall" and "high" can describe a tree's height.
10The garden has got very ............... walls, so nobody can see over them.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "high" and "tall" can describe walls that extend upward; "long" describes length, not height.
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- She is very tall and he is very short.
- I don’t know how old he is.
- She is twenty-three years old.
- We use scales to measure how heavy things are.
- What is the length of a football field?
- He is six feet tall.
- How tall is he?
- She has got beautiful long legs.
- That tree is about 60 feet tall / high.
- The garden has got very high / tall walls, so nobody can see over them.