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    Questions: How + Adjective ?: Noun Adjective Question (Expression)

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    The document discusses questions that begin with "How" followed by an adjective to inquire about a degree, quantity, age, or dimensions. It provides examples of common adjectives used in these types of questions like "big", "tall", "far", "old", etc. and their corresponding nouns. It then gives exercises asking questions about pictures using the "How" format. Finally, it reviews common English units of measurement for length.

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    Questions: How + adjective…?

    – How big, how tall, how far, how old etc


    1. To indicate a degree, a quantity, an age, some dimensions...
    Noun Adjective Question (expression)
    the depth deep how deep?
    the weight heavy / fat how heavy?
    the height High / tall how high? / how tall?
    the distance far how far?
    the speed fast or quick how fast?
    the age old how old?
    the frequency often how often?
    the width wide how wide?
    the length long how long?
    the duration of time long How long?
    many (muitos/muitas) How many? countables
    the quantity
    much (muito/muita) How much? uncountables

    Exercises: look at the pictures and complete the questions with the proper expression:
    How long
    1. ________________ is the pipeline?

    It´s very long. It´s 20 kilometers.

    How wide
    2. _________________ is this bed?

    It´s 64” (inches) wide.

    How deep
    3. ___________________ is this well?

    This well is 5 meters deep.

    How do we measure length? In the USA, we still use inches, feet, yards, and miles:

    1 inch (pulgada) = 2.54 cm

    1 foot (pie) = 30.48 cm

    1 yard (yarda) = 914 cm

    1 mile (milla) = 1.6 km


    How tall
    3. ___________________ is he?

    He is 6 feet 11 inches.

    How far is New York from London?


    4. ___________

    New York is 3,471 miles from London.

    How long
    5. _________is your office?

    My office is 9.72 square feet.

    How high
    6. ______________ are the buildings?

    The first building is 3-storey high.


    The second one is 8-storey high.
    QUESTIONS WITH HOW

    quantity
    price
    size/height
    How How
    big/tall How
    many
    Distance much
    Number
    How old
    How far How does

    the
    How do

    way/method
    Age

    Fill the gap with the correct question form, then match up the questions and answers.

    d
    1) ……………… is it to the Town Hall? Do I a) It’s 443m to the tip.
    need to take a bus? b) You should be 5 foot 4
    g
    2) ………………tomatoes are there in one c) I usually take the bus, but
    kilo? sometimes, I walk.
    3) ……………… i spiders catch their prey? d) No, you don’t. It’s not far – just up
    a
    4) ……………… is the Empire State Building? the road and turn left – about 100 m.
    n
    5) I am 13. …………are you? e) On Facebook and by text.
    6) I haven’t much money left, but I am very f) When I’m ready! Stop asking me all
    hungry! ………..m is a bag of chips? the time, will you?
    7) …………… l a jet engine work? g) It depends on the size of them!
    8) …………… j students are in your class? h) I don’t have much at all in the
    9) ……………o time do you spend doing your mornings.
    homework every evening? i) They spin a web and they attach it to
    k
    10) ………….. would you go to help another things so it traps the prey.
    person? j) There are twenty-five of us.
    b
    11) ………….. do you need to be to apply to k) A long way! I help others whenever I
    become a police officer in the UK? can!
    c
    12) ………….. you travel to school? l) You need to ask an aviation
    13) ………….. h food do you eat for breakfast? technician!
    e
    14) ………….. your friend keep in touch with m) 75p a bag.
    you? n) I’m a bit older than you - fifteen.
    f
    15) ………….. times do I have to ask you? o) Not as much as my mother would
    Answer me, please! like me to!

    Match the start and the end of the questions. Make six questions
    1 ) How strong A) is the Amazon river? 3)
    beginning with HOW ………
    2) How fast B) is the snow outside? 4)
    and a different adjective
    3) How wide C) is a snail? 5)
    4) How thick D) is your car? 2) and ask them to your
    5) How slow E) is the wind? 1) partner.

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