Question

At which age does a child have a vocabulary of 2000 to 2500 words?

• A. 2 - 3 years
• B. 5 - 6 years
• C. 7 - 8 years
• D. 9 - 10 years

Hint:

Use the language milestone around school entry as your anchor. The younger range is still below a few thousand words, while the two older ranges are generally beyond it.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Children typically acquire a vocabulary of about 2000 to 2500 words between the ages of 5 - 6 years. During this age, their language skills rapidly develop as they begin to understand more complex words and phrases.
Step 1: Analyze the options.
- (A) 2 - 3 years: Children at this age typically have a vocabulary of around 200-1000 words.
- (B) 5 - 6 years: This is the correct answer, as children between 5 and 6 years old tend to have a vocabulary ranging from 2000 to 2500 words.
- (C) 7 - 8 years: While children’s vocabulary continues to expand, they typically have more than 2500 words by this age.
- (D) 9 - 10 years: By this age, a child would have a vocabulary well beyond 2500 words.
Step 2: Conclusion.
The correct answer is (B) 5 - 6 years, as this is the typical range for vocabulary development.
Final Answer: \[ \boxed{(B) \, \text{5 - 6 years}} \]

Answer 2

Vocabulary size grows very quickly in early childhood, and psychologists have mapped out roughly how many words a child knows at different ages. The question asks us to match a vocabulary of 2000 to 2500 words to the correct age band.

1. 2 - 3 years: This is the stage of the "vocabulary explosion," but even with rapid growth, children in this range typically know somewhere between a few hundred and around a thousand words, still well short of 2000.
2. 5 - 6 years: By this age, a child has usually moved well past single words and short phrases into full sentences, and active vocabulary has grown to roughly 2000 to 2500 words, matching the figure in the question.
3. 7 - 8 years: Vocabulary keeps expanding through the school years as children learn to read, and by this stage the word count is already comfortably higher than 2500, not still sitting at that figure.
4. 9 - 10 years: At this age the vocabulary count has grown substantially further still, driven by reading and formal schooling, so this age band is well past the 2000-2500 range.

Placing the 2000-2500 word figure against the typical growth curve of childhood vocabulary points to the middle of these four options rather than the earliest or latest ages listed.

Therefore, the correct answer is 5 - 6 years.

Answer 3

Concept:

• Use school-entry language milestones as the anchor rather than memorising every yearly word count.
• A vocabulary of a few thousand words corresponds to fluent early-childhood conversation, before later reading causes much faster growth.

Step 1: Rule out the earliest age range.
At $2$ to $3$ years, children are still rapidly building basic vocabulary and short sentences. Their active vocabulary is generally below the $2000$ to $2500$ range.

Step 2: Use the school-entry milestone.
By about $5$ to $6$ years, a child can use full sentences, narrate simple events, and follow multi-step directions. A vocabulary of roughly $2000$ to $2500$ words fits this stage.

Step 3: Rule out the later ranges.
At $7$ to $8$ and $9$ to $10$ years, reading and formal education normally expand vocabulary beyond the stated range.

Final Answer: $5$ to $6$ years, option B.