What does height mean?
Word: Height
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Height means how tall a person or thing is, measured from the bottom to the top.
How do you spell height?
Syllables: height
Tricky part: The long i sound here is spelt with an e and an i side by side. Many children put the i first, or write an a in place of the e.
Watch out for: hieght, haight
Memory tip: Every Inch of you counts when you are measured: E comes before I.
Height in a sentence
Example 1: Ravi stood against the door frame so Papa could mark his height in pencil.
Example 2: The kite rose to a great height above the rooftops.
Example 3: The height of the new bookshelf suits even the smallest children in our class.
Fun Fact
The height of Mount Everest was announced in 2020 as 8,848.86 metres, after Nepal and China measured it together.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
hei___
a) tgh
b) ght
c) hgt
d) gth
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b) ght. The g and h stay together and the t comes after them, which gives height.
Sound Check
Which of the following words rhymes with the given word?
height
a) quite
b) hate
c) wait
d) meet
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a) quite. Quite ends in the same long i and t sound; the other three have a different vowel.
Word Champ
Which of the words cannot be made using the letters in the given word?
height
a) tie
b) get
c) thigh
d) teeth
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d) teeth. Two es and two ts are needed for teeth, but height gives one of each.
Spell Spies
Choose the misspelt word/s in the given sentence:
My cousin was suprised to find that my height had gone up by two centimetres since March.
a) suprised and centimetres
b) only height
c) only suprised
d) only centimetres
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c) only suprised. Surprised has an r in its first part as well as its second; the rest of the sentence is correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would you use to find out how tall your friend is?
a) a weighing scale
b) a stopwatch
c) a measuring tape
d) a thermometer
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c) a measuring tape
2. Two friends are the same height. What can you say about them?
a) they are the same age
b) they weigh the same
c) they run at the same speed
d) neither one is taller
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d) neither one is taller
