3.2. Lukusanat ajanilmauksissa
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Match the time phrases with the correct pictures
1. In the 19th century
2. In the early 20th century
3. In the mid-20th century
4. In the 1960s
5. In the 1970s
6. In the late 20th century
7. In the early 21st century
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Translate the expressions of time into English.
1 around 6000 BCE (= six thousand before Common Era)
2 the sixth century BCE
3 in the late 8 th century BCE, the late fourth century CE
4 in 1664 (= in sixteen sixty-four) / in the year 1664
5 in the 1896 (= eighteen ninety-six)
6 in the early 1970s
7 in the early 19th century / in the early 1800s
8 in the late 20th century / in the late 1900s
9 in the early the 20th century / in the early 1900s
10 in the mid-20th century / in the mid-1900s
11 in the late 1990s
12 in the mid-1940s
13 in 2019 (= two thousand and nineteen / twenty nineteen)
14 in the 21st century / in the 2000s (= in the noughties)
15 2012 (= twenty twelve / two thousand and twelve)
16 by the year 2050 (= twenty fifty)
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Early history
1. from 40 CE to about 410 CE
2. in the 5th century
3. In the 9th century
4. in the late 10th century, early 11th century
5. two decades, in 1066
From the 1940s to the 21st century
6. In the late 1940s
7. in the early 1980s
8. in the late 1980s
9. In 1997
10. in the early 21st century / in the early 2000s