Picture Dictionary: 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.