LONG vs. LARGE

Good morning. Happy Friday and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

Today we are going to finish up this week's lessons by looking at two words (related to size) that often cause confusion for Spanish speakers learning English: Long (largo) and large (grande).

LONG (adjective)
Meaning: it's an adjective that is used to say that something measures a large amount or that there is a big distance from one end to the other. It is also used to indicate a large amount of time.

Example 1: That table is very long. 10 people could probably sit at it very comfortably.

Example 2: The longest street in the world is Yonge Street in Toronto, Canada. It is 1,900 km long.

Example 3: Next Monday is a holiday so we have a long weekend. I plan to go to the beach.

LARGE (adjective)
Meaning: bigger than usual; it is also used in clothing sizes to mean big.

Example 4: The Wilson's own quite a large house in the country. I think it has about six bedrooms.

Example 5: The "L" on clothing tags (etiquetas) stands for "large."

I also encourage you to write a sentence or two with these words to get some writing practice in English. You can post your writing to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your writing ASAP.

Have a great weekend and we'll be back next week with more lessons.

Enjoy the rest of your day!