Friday 10 September 2010

Age - Physical Description

Growing up

Age       Stage

0- 1 approximately a baby

1- 2 a toddler

2- 12 approximately a child - this period is your childhood

13-17 approximately a teenager (14 = early teens)

18 + an adult

20-30 in your twenties (24-26 = mid twenties)

30-40 in your thirties (38 = late thirties)

40+ people are middle-aged; in middle age

60 or 65 retirement (= when people stop work; they are retired)

75+ old age (you can also use elderly)

Note: For boys, the period between 14-17 approximately (slightly younger for girls) is called adolescence,

In law you are an adult at the age of 18, but many people think of you as an adult when you leave school.



1. children
2. baby
3. toddler
4. 6-year-old boy
5. 10-year-old girl
6. teenagers
7. 13-year-old boy
8. 19-year-old girl



9. adults
10. woman
11. man
12. senior citizen



13. young
14. middle-aged
15. elderly
16. tall
17. average height
18. short



19. pregnant
20. heavyset
21. average weight
22. thin/ slim

23. attractive
24. cute
25. physically challenged

26. sight impaired/ blind
27. hearing impaired/ deaf

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