Writing ‘Dates’ in English.

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1. The year 1984 is said as:

A. Nineteen eighty-four

B. Nineteen and eighty-four

 A

 B

2. 18 April 2015 is:

 

 American Style

 British style

3. The year 2000 is said as:

 Two thousand

 Two Oh Oh

4. January 7^th, 2014 is:

 American style

 British style

5. 2012 is said as:

 Twenty oh twelve

 Twenty one two

6. A date can be written as 11.02.2013 :

 

 False

 True

7. March the nineteenth, 2011 is:

 

 The American style

 The British style

8. 03/07/1999 is a correct way of writing a date:

 

 True

 False

9. The sixth of April, 2009 is:

 

 The American style

 The British style

10. The year 2013 is said as:

 

 Twenty thirteen

 Twenty one three

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Question 1 of 10

There are several different ways to write the date in English. They vary from formal to informal, and there are differences between British English and American English. The following table shows some typical formats.

Saying years in English:

Before the 2000:

1. 1942: Nineteen forty-two
2. 1700: Seventeen hundred
3. 1801: eighteen hundred and one OR eighteen oh one.

After the year 2000:

1. 2000: in the year two thousand
2. 2003: two thousand and three OR twenty oh three
3. 2012: two thousand and twelve OR twenty twelve