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Years, Decades and Centuries

The document discusses different units of historical time periods - years, decades, and centuries. It provides examples of how to write out and say years, such as "nineteen ninety-seven" for 1997. Decades are periods of 10 years that are written with an "s", such as the 1950s. Centuries refer to 100 year periods, with the century number referring to the first year, so the 1800s are the 19th century.

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Years, Decades and Centuries

The document discusses different units of historical time periods - years, decades, and centuries. It provides examples of how to write out and say years, such as "nineteen ninety-seven" for 1997. Decades are periods of 10 years that are written with an "s", such as the 1950s. Centuries refer to 100 year periods, with the century number referring to the first year, so the 1800s are the 19th century.

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History through Literature: Years, decades and centuries.

YEAR: It is a period of twelve months.

How do people say years in English?

 We tend to read four-digit years as a pair of 2-digit numbers. For example: 1997 is nineteen ninety-seven.

 We read three- digit years as a pair too. For example: 763 is seven sixty-three.

Examples!

1882: 18-82 (eighteen eighty-two)

567: 5-67 (five sixty-seven)

402: 4-02 (four oh two)

DECADE: It is a period of ten years (2010 to 2019).

How do people write and say decades?

 1) When writing of a particular decade follow the numbered date with an "s". For example: 1950s : the
nineteen fifties

 2) We can also say them without the century. We use an apostrophe. For example: '50s: the fifties

CENTURY: a period of 100 years.

How do people say and write centuries?

 When we refer to a particular century we must use the century number one iteration after the actual date.

The 1800s are called the "19th Century" (Nineteenth Century)

Why?

 Because the first century was from the year 0 to the end of 99. The second century refers to the 100s, and so
on.

Match. Use different colours!

1- Year 10 years the 1950’s

2- Decade 100 years nineteen ninety-two


th
3- Century 12 months 1800s (19 C.)

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