Wrong Answer – “My Daughter Has Eight Years.”
Wrong Answer – “My Daughter Has Eight Years Old.”
Correct Answer – “My Daughter Is Eight Years Old.”
When speaking about age in English, we use the verb be (am, is, are) and not have/has.
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I’m thirty years old.
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My nephew is fourteen years old.
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These houses are 200 years old.
We can also say am / are / is + __(age)__ without “years old”:
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I’m thirty.
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My nephew is fourteen.
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My kids are six and eight.
When it is somebody’s birthday, we say they turn __(age)__
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We threw a big party when my mother turned fifty.
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My husband’s turning forty next month.
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My youngest cousin just turned three.
When the person’s age is being used as an adjective before their name, we say year-old and not years old:
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My six-years-old son is starting school next week.
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My six-year-old son is starting school next week
