A. Reading comprehension
Read our article about Numbers on pages 16-17 of
English Now
No 108. Then write the dates in full letters.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 (
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)
Queen Victoria became queen in 1837 (
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)
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815 (UK) (the
of
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).
The general strike started on 3 May 1926 (UK) (the
of
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).
The Salem Witch Trials took place in 1692 (
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).
Slavery was declared illegal in the USA (in the Northern states) in 1804 (
o
).
Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 14, 1968 (US) (
the
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).
The Persian Gulf War began in 1990 (
)
Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001 (US) (
the
).
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