Tall vs. high

Tall vs. High by anonymous

This is a prime example of why you have to pay attention when you are learning basic adjectives, it'll save you some embarrassment!

*This activity is aimed at students in the first cycle of ESO or with an elementary or pre-intermediate level of English.  

Read carefully the comic strip above and answer the following questions by using the Cambridge Dictionary:

• What's the difference between tall and high when talking about height?
• What does 'to be high' mean in the strip? 
• Gotcha is a contraction. Look it up. Which entry of the dictionary fits in with this context?
• Watcha, another informal contraction, but do you know of which two words? And sayin', it also sounds quite colloquial, isn't it? Rewrite the dialogue using the full form of both words.