31/10/2020 How to say years in English - Listen and Pronounce - ESL learners

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How to Say Years in English

How do people say years in English? For ESL learners, it is confusing and a little complicated. Let's
take the year 2013 for example. Most people would read two thousand thirteen or two thousand and
thirteen. Some may read twenty thirteen. Basically, 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 or the way we
count money. 763 is seven sixty-three or seven hundredn and sixty three.

Listen and Practice

BC means before Christ. AD is the abbreviation of Anno Domini. 1970s means a period of ten years (a
decade) from 1970 to 1979. We try to list the most common ways to read years. We hope that you will
have a better understanding of reading years in English. To improve your listening, please listen over
and over again.

Banco de Crédito BCP

MÁS INFORMACIÓN
Tarjeta Visa Light

Playing all sound and repeatedly

01. 2013 (1) two thousand thirteen (2) two thousand and thirteen
(3) twenty thirteen

02. 2010 (1) two thousand ten (2) two thousand and ten (3) twenty ten

03. 2008 (1) two thousand eight (2) two thousand and eight

04. 2000 two thousand

05. 1997 nineteen ninety-seven

06. 1981 nineteen eighty-one

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07. 1945 nineteen forty-five

08. 1902 (1) nineteen oh two (2) nineteen hundred (and) two

09. 1900 nineteen hundred

10. 1327 thirteen twenty-seven

11. 1200 twelve hundred

12. 1106 (1) eleven oh six (2) eleven hundred (and) six

13. 1043 (1) ten forty-three (2) one thousand (and) forty-three

14. 1005 (1) ten oh five (2) one thousand (and) five

15. 1000 one thousand

16. 800 eight hundred

17. 763 (1) seven sixty-three (2) seven hundred (and) sixty-three

18. 504 (1) five oh four (2) five hundred (and) four

19. 5 BC (1) five BC (2) the year five BC / BC = Before Christ

20. 5 AD (1) five AD (2) the year five / AD = Anno Domini

21. 1970s (1) nineteen seventies (2) the seventies

22. 1980s (1) nineteen eighties (2) the eighties

23. People said the world would end on December 21, 2012.

24. Christopher Columbus discovered America on October 12, 1492.

25. The U.S. declared independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776.

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26. She’s been teaching English in Tokyo since 1999.

27. A: When were you born?

B: I was born on December 25, 1992.

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