- When we talk about age. We use the verb “to be”.
I am 30.
He is 19.
She is 25.
We are 42.
They are 51.
- Young: Having lived a short time
Examples:
I am young.
He is young.
She is young.
We are young.
They are young.
- Old: Having lived many years
Examples:
I am old.
He is old.
She is old.
We are old.
They are old.
It is old.
Saying that someone is old. Or, calling (telling) someone their old, can be a perceived as rude.
- “middle-aged”: A person who is around 50 years old.
Could be used for someone 45-55 years old.
Examples:
He is a middle-aged man.
The tour was full of middle-aged people.
- If you are talking about the approximate age of a person,
people say…
A person’s name is in her/his 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, etc.
Examples:
Mike is in his 20s.
She is in her 30s.
He looks like he is in his early-40s.
They are in their mid-50s.
He is in his late-60s.
