Writing and Speaking

7 Write true answers to these questions. Use words,
not numbers.

1What area is your classroom?

2 How tall are you?

3 What is the speed limit on the roads in your
town?

4 How fast can you run?

5 What is the area of your desk?

6 How much does your school bag weigh?

7 How much did you weigh when you were born?

8 How far is it from your town to the capital city?

8 Choose six answers from Exercise 7 and read
them to your partner. Can he/she identify the
question?

Get real

I Find out about the history of measurement. For example, what are the connections between human bodies and measurement? Which countries developed the earliest standard systems? Why did they need them?

26 Engineering

Where have I heard that name before?