4
Wide and thin
Learner’s Book 1: Unit 4, pp. 62–65
GoalUse the words wide, wider, thin and thinner, and use all the length words to compare things.
New words
wide · a long way from one side to the otherwider · more wide than another thingthin · not widethinner · less wide than another thing
Explanation
Wide tells us how far it is from one side to the other. A road can be wide. A gate can be wide. A wide gate lets a car drive through. Thin is the opposite of wide. A pencil is thin, and a straw is thin. When we compare, we say wider or thinner. Look at the distance from side to side and choose the right word. Now you know many words for length: long, short, tall, wide and thin.
Worked examples
A scarf and a ribbon are the same length. The scarf is wide. The ribbon is thinner than the scarf.
Road A is 6 steps from side to side. Road B is 3 steps. Road A is wider. Road B is thinner.
A doormat is short and wide. A skipping rope is long and thin. We can use two length words for one thing.
Class activity
Wide and thin hunt: find a wide book and a thin book, a wide spoon and a thin spoon. Lay them out in pairs and say a sentence with wider or thinner. Then make a wide road and a thin road for a toy car from strips of paper. On which road can two cars go side by side?
Practice
1
Which gate is thinner?
A
2
Which road is wider?
B
3
Which is thinner, a pencil or a tree trunk?
The pencil.
4
A road is a long way from one side to the other. Is it wide or thin?
Wide.