about = almost
| 1. He looks like he’s about four years old.(He’s almost four.) |  |
| 2. She’s about 12 years old. |  |
| 3. When he woke up, there were about ten people waiting for his garage sale to begin. (garage sale: a homeowner sells unneeded, personal items from his or her garage) |  |
| 4. He’s been on the phone for about ten minutes. |  |
| 5. He weighs about 240 pounds. |  |
| 6. Those mountains are about five miles away. |  |
| 7. He’s just about to sneeze. |  |
| 8. It took about 20 minutes to get our pizza delivered. |  |
| 9. She’s reading a very interesting book about European history.(In this example, the word “about” refers to the content of the book.) |  |