English grammar
Sizes and weights: two metres high, it weighs, twice as big, at least / at most
Give sizes and weights: one metre wide, two metres high, it weighs, twice as big, at least, at most.
From the scene It's two metres high
In short
Sizes: number + unit + high, wide or long; weight: weigh. At least is the minimum, at most the maximum.
Your turn
Which one goes with length?
Options: it's one metre long · one metre wide and two metres high · it weighs three kilos at most
Show answer
length → it's one metre long
How it works
Give a size as number + unit + high, wide or long: one metre wide and two metres high.
Good to know
Use measure or be for size, and weigh for weight: it weighs three kilos. Twice as big means double the size, and half is one of two equal parts.
Good to know
At least is the smallest possible amount, and at most is the largest.
width and height one metre wide and two metres high
Ramón
It measures roughly one metre wide and two metres high.
Mide aproximadamente un metro de ancho y dos de alto.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
It measures roughly (blank).
Options: it weighs three kilos at most · one metre wide and two metres high · it's one metre long
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Ramón
It measures roughly one metre wide and two metres high.
Mide aproximadamente un metro de ancho y dos de alto.
length it's one metre long
Javi
I've brought a light wooden panel. It's one metre long.
Traigo una pieza de madera ligera. Mide un metro de largo.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
I've brought a light wooden panel. (blank).
Options: It weighs three kilos at most · It's one metre long · One metre wide and two metres high
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Javi
I've brought a light wooden panel. It's one metre long.
Traigo una pieza de madera ligera. Mide un metro de largo.
weight, the largest amount it weighs three kilos at most
Javi
It weighs three kilos at most: that's the size limit without a lift.
Pesa tres kilos como mucho: es el tamaño límite sin ascensor.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
(blank): that's the size limit without a lift.
Options: One metre wide and two metres high · It's one metre long · It weighs three kilos at most
Show answer
Javi
It weighs three kilos at most: that's the size limit without a lift.
Pesa tres kilos como mucho: es el tamaño límite sin ascensor.
double, the smallest amount at least twice as big
Elena
The patch is at least twice as big! It doesn't even cover half the surface.
¡La mancha mide como mínimo el doble! No cubre ni la mitad de la superficie.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
The patch is (blank)! It doesn't even cover half the surface.
Options: one metre wide and two metres high · it's one metre long · at least twice as big
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Elena
The patch is at least twice as big! It doesn't even cover half the surface.
¡La mancha mide como mínimo el doble! No cubre ni la mitad de la superficie.
one of two equal parts half the surface
Elena
The patch is at least twice as big! It doesn't even cover half the surface.
¡La mancha mide como mínimo el doble! No cubre ni la mitad de la superficie.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
The patch is at least twice as big! It doesn't even cover (blank).
Options: one metre wide and two metres high · it's one metre long · half the surface
Show answer
Elena
The patch is at least twice as big! It doesn't even cover half the surface.
¡La mancha mide como mínimo el doble! No cubre ni la mitad de la superficie.
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| width and height | one metre wide and two metres high |
|---|---|
| length | it's one metre long |
| weight, the largest amount | it weighs three kilos at most |
| double, the smallest amount | at least twice as big |
| one of two equal parts | half the surface |
More lines from the story
- JaviThey don't pay me, so it doesn't count.No me pagan, así que no cuenta.
- ElenaThe patch is shaped like a face: it looks just like the poet!La mancha tiene forma de cara: ¡es igual que el poeta!