Language Development - Expressive Language

Question 1

At what age can a child coo?

Answer 1

6 weeks

Question 2

At what age can a child make happy sounds when spoken to?

Answer 2

3 months

Question 3

At what age can a child babble with repeated sounds e.g. dah-dah?

Answer 3

6 months

Question 4

At what age can a child laugh and chuckle when happy?

Answer 4

6 months

Question 5

At what age can a child make sounds to gain attention?

Answer 5

9 months

Question 6

At what age will a child’s babbling become longer and babble when alone?

Answer 6

9 months

Question 7

At what age is a child’s babbling more tuneful and in long strings?

Answer 7

12 months

Question 8

At what age can a child raise their voice to gain attention?

Answer 8

12 months

Question 9

At what age can a child continue to babble?

Answer 9

15 months

Question 10

At what age can a child use 2-6 words?

Answer 10

15 months

Question 11

At what age can a child talk using babbling and different sounds when alone?

Answer 11

18 months

Question 12

At what age can a child use 6-20 words?

Answer 12

18 months

Question 13

At what age can a child echo last words back when an adult talks?

Answer 13

18 months

Question 14

At what age can a child use 50 or more words?

Answer 14

2 years

Question 15

At what age can a child put two words together to make simple sentences?

Answer 15

2 years

Question 16

At what age can a child refer to themselves by name?

Answer 16

2 years

Question 17

At what age can a child talk to themselves?

Answer 17

2 years

Question 18

At what age can a child echo back words when adults are talking?

Answer 18

2 years

Question 19

At what age can a child use 200 or more words?

Answer 19

2 year 6 months

Question 20

At what age can a child know their full name?

Answer 20

2 years 6 months

Question 21

At what age can a child constantly ask simple questions such as what and where?

Answer 21

2 year 6 months

Question 22

At what age might a child stutter?

Answer 22

2 year 6 months

Question 23

At what age can a child know and say a few rhymes?

Answer 23

2 year 6 months

Question 24

At what age can a child ask many questions beginning with what, why and who?

Answer 24

3 years

Question 25

At what age is speech more tuneful?

Answer 25

3 years

Question 26

At what age can a child use a large vocabulary?

Answer 26

3 years

Question 27

At what age can a child use I, me, he and him?

Answer 27

3 years

Question 28

At what age can a child’s speech be mostly understood by others?

Answer 28

3 years

Question 29

At what age can a child be easily understood by others?

Answer 29

4 years

Question 30

At what age is most of what a child says grammatically correct?

Answer 30

4 years

Question 31

At what age does a child love asking questions?

Answer 31

4 years

Question 32

At what age does a child enjoy telling stories?

Answer 32

4 years

Question 33

At what age does a child often ask the meaning of words or the word for an object?

Answer 33

5 years

Question 34

At what age does a child love using words accurately and will correct others e.g. that’s not a shoe it’s a boot?

Answer 34

5 years

Question 35

At what age can a child argue and squabble using language?

Answer 35

5 years