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Between _____ months of age, most children begin to combine words into short sentences while speaking.

  • A.12 and 18
  • B.18 and 24
  • C.24 and 30
  • D.30 and 36

Answer: B

The age range is 18 to 24 months.

Children usually say their first words around 12 months. Between about 18 and 24 months, after a vocabulary spurt, they begin to combine words into two-word utterances such as 'more milk' or 'daddy go'. This telegraphic speech is the first step towards sentences.

At 12-18 months most children are still in the one-word (holophrastic) stage. By 24-36 months they are already producing longer, more grammatical sentences, so the start of word combinations is placed earlier.

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