an animated timeline

on how silicon valley became the tech industry ’ s home

LANGUAGE WORKSHOP  YEARS, DECADES, CENTURIES

Your TASK  Look carefully and match the elements in Column A with the corresponding elements from Column B
Write down the number(s) in the corresponding box(es).

A B

a- 1933  1- the year 2000

b- a decade  2- from 1939 to 1945

3- (1955-1957)
c- the eighties 
4- (2001-2099)
d- during World War II 
5- a period of 10 years
e- the forties 
6- a period of 100 years
f- 1940 
7- the 1980s
g- 2000 
8- the 21st century
h- a century  9- (1960-1963)
i- in the 1960s  10- the period from 1800 to 1809

j- in the early nineteen- 11- from 1960 to 1969

sixties 
12- nineteen thirty-three
k- in the mid- 1950s  13-the century from 1800 to 1899
l- in the late 1990s  14- (1997-1999)

m- today  15- The decade from Jan1, 2000 to Dec 31, 2009

n- the 1800s   16- nineteen-forty

o- 1898  17-The current century from Jan 1, 2000 to Dec 31,

2099
p- the 21st century  
18- The 40s
q- the 2000s   19-The late 1800s