Book6BChapter1KeyStructures

Howlong/Howdeep/Howheavy/

Howtall/Howhigh

as…asWecanuse‘How’questionstofindoutmoreinformationaboutthings.‘How’questionsHowlongHowheavyHowtallHowdeepHowhighWhatman-madethingsornaturalfeaturesdoweusewiththesequestionwords?Wecanuse‘Howlong’questionstofindoutthelengthofsomething.Howlong…?B: It’s4,500km(long).A: Howlongistheriver?Wecanjustsaythelength

It’s4,500km.Howlong

It’s4,500kmlong.orincludetheword‘long’attheend.Wecanuse‘Howdeep’questionstofindoutthedepthofsomething.Howdeep…?B: It’s600m(deep).A: Howdeepthelake?HowdeepWecanuse‘Howheavy’questionstofindouttheweightofsomething.Howheavy…?B: It’sabout5.9milliontons.A: HowheavyistheGreatPyramid?Wedon’tadd‘heavy’attheend.HowheavyIt’sabout5.9milliontonsheavy.

Wecanuse‘Howtall/high’questionstofindouttheheightofsomething.Howtall/high…?B: It’s300m(tall).A: Howtallisthetower?HowtallHowhighB: It’s4,200m(high).A: Howhighisthemountain?Weuse‘tall’with:people,statues,towers,buildings,animalstrees,andplants.Weuse‘high’with:mountains,wallsandwaterfalls.Sometimeswhenwetalkaboutthesizeofahugestructure,it’seasiertocompareitwithanotherthing.…as…as...theworld’slargestflowerHowbigisit?It’sasbigasarounddiningtable.=Itisthesamesizeasarounddiningtable.…as…as...world’stallestbuilding(BurjKhalifa,Dubai)ICC(HK)828m490mThetallestbuildingintheworldisalmosttwiceastallasthe

ICC.Wecanincludethenumberoftimesbefore‘a(chǎn)s…as’.e.g.…fivetimesasdeepas…twentytimesaslongas…KeyStructuresisThePacificOceanTheSaharaDeserttwiceseventimesasdeepasasbigastheArcticOcean.theGobiDesert.1.Choosethecorrectanswers.PracticeA:isthisboxofbooks?B:It’s20kg. HowheavyHowlongHowtallHowdeepA:istheEiffelTower?B:It’s300m.HowheavyHowtall2.Choosethecorrectanswers.PracticeA:isthebluewhale?B:It’s30m.HowheavyHowlongHowdeepA:isthismountaininJapan?B:It’s3,770m.HowhighHowhighHowlong3. Fillintheblanks.PracticeA:_______isthiswaterfall?B:It’s____________.A:_______isthisbridge?B:It’s____________.420m(high)HowhighHowlong2,737m(long)(420m)(2,737m)4. Fillintheblanks.PracticeA:_________isthisocean?B:It’s______________.A:_______isthisstatue?B:It’s__________.8,050m(deep)HowdeepHowtall93m(tall)(8,050m)(93m)5. Completetheblanksusing‘a(chǎn)s…as’.PracticeBigBuddhainHongKong:34m

TallestBuddhastatueintheworld:128m(almost4times!)ThetallestBuddhastatueintheworldis___________

_______________theBigBuddhainHongKong.almostfourtimesastallas6. Completetheblanksusing‘a(chǎn)s…as’.Practiceanordinarytomato:118gtheheaviesttomatointheworld:3.8kg(32times!)Theheaviesttomatointheworldis_________________

___________anordinarytomato.thirty-twotimesasheavyas7. Fillintheblanks.Practice120kgA: _________isthepanda?B:____________A:Wow.It’s____________

___________________.=X10HowheavyIt’s120kg.tentimesasasheavyasthefox8. Fillintheblanks.PracticeA: ______