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Using the Verb Be with Age – How old …?2. Use a number + years old, or only the number.If you use the word years, also use old. Correct: She is four years old.You can drop the phrase “years old” and use the number only. Correct: She is four.You cannot use only the number and the word “years” without the word “old”.  Not correct: She is 4 years. 3. Use correct subject-verb agreement.I am thirty years old.My son is six months old. He is six months old.My twin daughters are ten years old. They are ten years old.4. Use singular or plural forms of the words “year” and “month” to agree with the number:My youngest cousin is one year old. My oldest cousin is twenty years old.My niece is one month old. My nephew is eighteen months old.5. The word “half” can be used when talking about age.These sentences mean the same thing: My son is eighteen months old.My son is one and a half years old.These also have the same meaning: My daughter is five and a half years old.My daughter is five and a half.6. A hyphenated adjective can be used:I have a six-year-old daughter. instead of: My daughter is six years old.My sister has a five-month-old son. instead of: My sister’s son is five months old.Using the Verb Be with Age – How old …? It is very common in American culture to ask and tell people how old your children are (pets also). For young people below the age of twenty-one, it is also common.Asking older people, especially women, about their age is not common in American culture. A government worker might need to know your age or birthdate for official documents, but most people don’t ask each other their age in everyday conversations. It is a person’s choice to tell othersabout their age and the ages of other people in their family.To learn the correct grammar for writing about a person’s age, study the information below:1. In English, use a form of the verb be (= am, is, are) to say or write about how oldsomeone is, not the verb have or has. Correct: I am twenty years old. My oldest brother is thirty-one years old. His children are ten and six years old. Correct: I am twenty. My oldest brother is thirty-one. His children are ten and six.N Not correct: I have 22 years. My brother has thirty-one years. 2. Use a number + years old, or only the number.If you use the word years, also use old.  Correct: She is four years old. You can drop the phrase “years old” and use the number only.  Correct: She is four. You cannot use only the number and the word “years” without the word “old”. N Not correct: She is 4 years. 3. Use correct subject-verb agreement.I am thirty years old.My son is six months old. He is six months old.My twin daughters are ten years old. They are ten years old.4. Use singular or plural forms of the words “year” and “month” to agree with the number:My youngest cousin is one year old. My oldest cousin is twenty years old.My niece is one month old. My nephew is eighteen months old.5. The word “half” can be used when talking about age. These sentences mean the same thing: My son is eighteen months old.My son is one and a half years old.These also have the same meaning: My daughter is five and a half years old.My daughter is five and a half.6. A hyphenated adjective can be used:I have a six-year-old daughter. instead of: My daughter is six years old.My sister has a five-month-old son. instead of: My sister’s son is five months old. Notice that there is no “s” on the end of “year” or “month” when using a hyphenated adjective!7. Useful Vocabulary – oldest, older, youngest, youngermy oldest sister (or brother, child, son, daughter, etc.), my next oldest sister or my second oldest sister, my third oldest sistermy older sistermy youngest brother, my next youngest brother or my second youngest brother, my third youngest brothermy younger brotherPractice – Write 5 sentences about people how old the people (or pets) in your family are.1. _________________________________________________________________________2. _________________________________________________________________________3. _________________________________________________________________________4. _________________________________________________________________________5. _________________________________________________________________________6.


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