Job Related Vocabulary List: Babysitter

What does the word “babysitter” mean?

 To sit with a baby. Babysitting is temporary care for a child while a parent is out.

What is a Babysitter?

 A person whose job is to take care of other people's children in her or his own home:

What does a Babysitter do?

 A babysitter may do a number of different tasks such as:

o Caring for a child for a few hours, usually in the evening when the child
is asleep for most of the time.
o Changing diapers
o Playing games
o Preparing meals
o Teaching the child to read or help with homework depending on the
agreement between parents and babysitter.

Vocabulary List
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Vocabulary Word Part of Speech Sentence Picture

Address Noun What is your
address?

Age Noun What age are your

children?

Allergy Noun Do your children

have any food
allergies?
Amuse Verb I will amuse the
children until you
get home.
Asleep Verb They fell asleep
while you were out.

Baby Noun How old is the

baby?

Baby food I will feed him

Noun baby food.
Basement Noun The kids are
playing in the
basement.

Bed Noun Your daughter is

sleeping in her bed.

Bedroom Noun They are doing

their homework in
their bedroom.

Bib Noun I need a bib for the

baby.

Book Noun Which book would

you like to read?

Bottle Noun The bottles are in

the cabinet.

Brother Noun Is this your

brother?

Burp Verb The baby burped,

now she feels
better.
Change diaper Verb I have just
changed the baby’s
diaper.

Child Noun What is your

child’s name?

Children Noun How many

children do you
have?

Clean Verb I cleaned the

dishes after we ate
lunch.
Clean the house Verb Can you also clean
the house?

Clean the room Verb Will you clean all

of the rooms?

Cook Verb I can cook for the

children.

Crib Noun The baby is

sleeping in the
crib.

Daughter Your daughter did

well with her
homework.
Diaper Noun The baby’s diaper
needs to be
changed.

Dinner Noun I cooked dinner for

you.

Don’t do that! Command Don’t do that!

Don’t put that in Command Don’t put that in

your mouth! your mouth!

Don’t run! Command Don’t run!

Drink Noun Drink your juice!

Eat Verb Eat your

vegetables!

Food Noun Let’s have some

food.

Game Noun The kids are

playing a game.

Gate Noun The gate is

covering the stairs.
Give Verb Can I give them a
snack before
dinner?

Give that to me! Command Give that to me!

Help Verb Can you help me

with the kids?

Highchair Noun You have to sit in

your highchair for
lunch.

Hold the baby Verb Can you hold the

baby?

Home Noun Should I come to

your home for the
interview?

Homework Noun It’s time to do your

homework.

Hourly wage Noun What is the hourly

wage?
Identification Noun Please bring one
form of
identification to
the interview.
Ill Verb I think the children
are ill.

Infant Noun How many weeks

is the infant?

Juice Noun Drink your juice!

Kid Noun How many kids do

you have?

Kitchen Noun We made breakfast

in the kitchen.

Late Noun We’ll be home late.

Learn Verb What are the kids

learning in school?

Message Noun I took a message

for you.

Milk Noun Let’s have some

milk!
Money Noun How much money
per hour?

Monthly Adverb Would you like to

work monthly?

Morning Noun Would you like me

tome come in the
morning?

Name Noun What are their

names?

Nap Noun Time for a nap!

Pajamas Noun Can you put them

in their pajamas
before bed?

Parent Noun Are you their

parents?

Park Noun We went to the

park this
afternoon.

Play Verb The kids are

playing in the
yard.
Potty Noun We are teaching
him to use the
potty.
Read Verb I will read to them
after lunch.

Refrigerator Noun The drinks are in

the refrigerator.

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