People & Physical Descriptions

1 child-children, 2 baby/infant, 3 toddler, 4 boy, 5 girl
6 teenager, 7 adult, 8 man-men, 9 woman-women
10 senior citizen/elderly person

age
11 young, 12 middle-aged, 13 old/elderly
height
14 tall, 15 average height, 16 short

weight
17 heavy, 18 average weight, 19 thin/slim
20 pregnant, 21 physically challenged, 22 vision impaired
23 hearing impaired

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

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)

Age	Word/phrase
18 months; before they can walk	a baby
2—10 or 11	a child children (plural)
13 about 17	a teenager or a young person young people (plural)
18 >	an adult
about 45 - 60	a middle-aged person
65  >	an elderly man or woman (more polite than old)

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.