LESSON XV: Vocabulary in Context

6. TALL, HIGH, ELEVATION & ALTITUDE TALL describes vertical measurement of people and "slender" objects . HIGH describes a vertical distance, elevation, or altitude . Look at Picture 4. What is John’s HEIGHT ? He’s 186 cm TALL . What is the HEIGHT of the tree? It’s 15 m TALL . What is the HEIGHT of the flagpole? It’s 8 m TALL . What is the HEIGHT of the table? It’s 85 cm HIGH . What is the ELEVATION of Denver? It’s 1500 m HIGH . What is the ALTITUDE of the plane? It’s 8000 m HIGH . Exercise: 6.1. Practice TALL and HIGH. Complete the sentences around the information given. Make a choice between TALL and HIGH. For example: 170 cm , Jane JANE IS 170 cm TALL . 1500 m , the plane THE PLANE IS 1500 m HIGH . 1. 192 cm, John 6. 3 m, the office lights 2. 3000 m, the clouds 7. 12,000 m, the jet plane 3. 7 m, the flagpole 8. 3,200 m, the mountain 4. about 8800 m, Mt. Everest 9. about 300 m, the Eiffel Tower 5. 22 m, the pine tree 10. 6 m, the roof of the house Picture 4.