Vocabulary - Measures: Length

The vocabulary list provided is a comprehensive collection of terms associated with measures of length and spatial dimensions, tailored for Key Stage 2 learners. It includes fundamental measurements such as 'length', 'width', 'height', and 'depth', which are essential in understanding and describing the dimensions of objects and spaces. The list also covers comparative and superlative adjectives like 'long', 'short', 'tall', 'high', as well as their corresponding forms 'longer', 'shorter', 'taller', 'higher', and the superlatives 'longest', 'shortest', 'tallest', 'highest'. These terms help students articulate and compare the extent of different dimensions.

Additional vocabulary items such as 'low', 'wide', 'narrow', 'deep', 'shallow', 'thick', and 'thin' further enrich the students' descriptive language, enabling them to accurately convey the physical attributes of objects. For discussing proximity and placement, words like 'near', 'nearest', 'nearer', 'close', 'closest', 'closer', 'distance', 'apart', 'between', and phrases like 'distance apart', 'distance between', and 'distance to/from...' are included. The list also encompasses units of measurement such as 'kilometre (km)', 'metre (m)', 'centimetre (cm)', 'millimetre (mm)', and 'mile', along with tools used to measure them like 'ruler', 'metre stick', 'tape measure', and 'trundle wheel'. Finally, terms like 'breadth', 'edge', 'perimeter', 'area', and 'rectilinear' are essential for discussing geometric concepts and the measurement of shapes and spaces.