Temperature measures how hot or cold something is.
The idea
Use temperature with a number of degrees, or describe it as high or low. A temperature can rise or fall.
Examples
- The water temperature is twenty degrees.
- Please check the temperature of the oven.
- Her temperature went down overnight.
- The nurse measured his body temperature.
- The room temperature rose during the afternoon.
- The thermometer shows a high temperature.
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Say high temperature, not hot temperature, when describing the measurement.
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Choose the correct word. The thermometer measures ___. (temperature / distance)
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temperature
temperature is what the thermometer measures.
Choose the correct word. The soup has a high ___. (temperature / temperatures)
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temperature
temperature names the soup’s degree of heat.
Choose the correct word. The air temperature ___ overnight. (fell / counted)
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fell
fell describes a decrease overnight.
Practice round
Answer questions and rebuild English sentences to practise. Your score is shown.
Choose the correct word. The thermometer measures ___. (temperature / distance)
Choose the correct word. The soup has a high ___. (temperature / temperatures)
Choose the correct word. The air temperature ___ overnight. (fell / counted)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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