By age 6, children have a vocabulary of about ______ words.
A) 1,000
B) 5,000
C) 10,000
D) 50,000

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Research in child language development suggests that by age 6, children have a receptive vocabulary (words they understand) of about 20,000-24,000 words and an expressive vocabulary (words they can use in speech) of about 8,000-14,000 words. Therefore, option C (10,000 words) is the closest to the average expressive vocabulary size at age 6.

By Age 6, Children Have a Vocabulary of About ______