To talk about a person\u2019s age, height and weight we usually use a form of\u00a0be.<\/b><\/p>\n
He\u00a0is eighteen<\/b>. OR He\u00a0is eighteen years old<\/b>.<\/i><\/p>\n
I am thirty-two. OR I am thirty-two years of age. (NOT I am thirty-two years.)<\/i><\/p>\n
We do not normally ask \u2018What is your age?\u2019 Instead we use the expression \u2018How old are you?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018How old are you?\u2019 \u2018I\u2019m twenty-five.\u2019 OR \u2018I\u2019m twenty-five years old.\u2019<\/i><\/p>\n
She is my age.<\/i><\/p>\n
Talking about height<\/b><\/p>\n
In measurements we use\u00a0tall<\/b>\u00a0for people and\u00a0high<\/b>\u00a0for things.<\/p>\n
He is nearly six feet tall. (NOT He is nearly six feet high.)<\/p>\n
She is the same height as her husband.<\/p>\n
He is six feet tall.<\/p>\n
That tree is about sixty feet high.<\/p>\n
To ask about a person\u2019s height, we use tall, not high.<\/p>\n
How tall is he? (NOT How high is he?)<\/p>\n
Parts of the body can be long, but not tall.<\/p>\n
She has got lovely long legs. (NOT She has got lovely tall legs.)<\/p>\n
To talk about weight, we use the verb\u00a0weigh<\/b>.<\/p>\n
He weighs 90 kilos. (NOT He is weighing 90 kilos.) (NOT He is 90 kilos.) (NOT He is 90 kilos heavy.)<\/p>\n
To talk about physical conditions we do not use have + noun. For example, it is\u00a0wrong<\/b>\u00a0to say:<\/p>\n
He has six feet.<\/p>\n
He has 80 kilos.<\/p>\n
He has 19 years.<\/p>\n
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