Make seven pairs of opposites from the words below.
deep high long low narrow shallow
short small tall thick thin wide
Complete the sentences with the correct adjectives.
1 Mount Everest is 8,848 m _____________
2 The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is 10,911 m _____________
3 The Empire State Building is 443 m _____________
4 The Amazon River is 6,992 km _____________
5 The country Chile is 4,300 km _____________ but less than 350 km _____________
Read the Learn this! box. Then complete the information with the correct adjectives.
a We usually use high for mountains and waterfalls, and 6 tall for people, buildings and trees.
b We can ask about size with How + adjective: How wide / long / far / big / deep etc. is ...? or What's the + noun: What's the length/width/size etc. of ...?
Write a paragraph describing the worst journey you can remember. Include phrases from exercise 1.
Write as many questions as you can that you could ask about the size and dimensions of
1 a lake. 2 a box. 3 a person. 4 a building.
1 How deep is it? How...