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You might not need to devote an entire lesson to abbreviations but approaches as well as textbooks vary. Certain things like AM and PM you may just sneak in to your time lessons with really talking about what they stand for because honestly, many native speakers have no idea what words they represent but you might take a moment to explain what P.S. means at the end of a letter. Some abbreviations are more common than others and those are the ones you are going to want to focus on in your lessons. Students who are studying business English or at a very advanced level may be interested in learning some more specific terms which apply to their interests. As always what you choose to include in your lessons should be based on your students’ interests or goals and their level.

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What Is Abbreviation?
An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase. Usually, but not always, it consists of a letter or group of letters taken from the word or phrase. For example, the word abbreviation can itself be represented by the abbreviation abbr., abbrv. or abbrev. In strict analysis, abbreviations should not be confused with contractions or acronyms (including initialisms), with which they share some semantic and phonetic functions, though all three are connoted by the term "abbreviation" in loose parlance.An abbreviation is a shortening by any method; a contraction is a reduction of size by the drawing together of the parts. A contraction of a word is made by omitting certain letters or syllables and bringing together the first and last letters or elements; an abbreviation may be made either by omitting certain portions from the interior or by cutting off a part; a contraction is an abbreviation, but an abbreviation is not necessarily a contraction.
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Days of the Week: Monday

Days of the Week: Monday

BusyTeacher Contributor
  This easy single-page resource practices the first day of the week: Monday.
1 Views 4,965 Beg
Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave - Present Simple (negative)

Doesn't Remind Me - Audioslave - Present Simple (negative)

Débora
This Audioslave's song allows us to practise the present simple. As it can be seen in the title, the focus is on the negative form of the 3rd person singular. Students have to fill in the blanks ...
1 Views 13,893 Elem
Song Worksheet: Word Crime

Song Worksheet: Word Crime

Helen Close
Use  this worksheet with You Tube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc - Weird Al Yankovic's song about bad grammar. At the end of the song, you will find exercises for students ...
3 Views 19,920 Adv
Formal Titles in English - Powerpoint Presentation

Formal Titles in English - Powerpoint Presentation

, Abbreviations,
I made a very informal and funny presentation to show my students titles and how to address people properly. I hope you all like it, and please, modify it as you like. For this presentation, I add ...
12 Views 32,973 BegElemPre-Int
I.E. or E.G. Comic for PowerPoint

I.E. or E.G. Comic for PowerPoint

» Abbreviations
This is another hilarious comic made into an easy to use PowerPoint presentation. Be careful about your audience as some people may find it inappropriate. However, I teach English with young adul ...
3 Views 11,202 Pre-IntIntAdv
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Informal English and Internet Chat Abbreviations

Informal English and Internet Chat Abbreviations

Abbreviations,
The worksheet contains examples of informal English (e.g. going to = gonna) and some popular internet chat abbreviations. Then ss are asked to read some messages, write their own texts, create TNG ...
22 Views 51,835 All
Latin Words and Phrases in English

Latin Words and Phrases in English

Abbreviations,
There is a whole bunch of words, phrases and abbreviations that originally are Latin but are still used in English. The most favourite of my ss' is probably “etc.” – the word tha ...
10 Views 25,279 All
Texting and IM Language Mix and Match

Texting and IM Language Mix and Match

Abbreviations,
I find that most of the text book lessons are boring on their own so I try to spice things up a bit by making my own worksheets. Basically this is a mix and match worksheet for Elementary- Pre-int ...
12 Views 18,964 ElemPre-Int
Speaking: Technology

Speaking: Technology "SMS abbreviations"

Abbreviations, ,
Includes three different tasks. Intro: Tell Ss you are going to talk about technology. Ask them if anyone does not have a mobile phone. Mention that in US English they are called “cell ...
27 Views 33,764 ElemPre-IntIntAdv
Song Worksheet: Give Me All Your Luvin' by Madonna

Song Worksheet: Give Me All Your Luvin' by Madonna

This worksheet allows students to practice their listening skill while they unwind and have fun. Students have to complete the gaps with words from the box provided. It can be used with pre-interm ...
10 Views 10,330 Pre-IntInt
Song Worksheet: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

Song Worksheet: The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars

It's a fill in the blank activity and a really good way to work with contractions and ING form! Since Bruno Mars is really famous now and everybody likes him, students are able to relate to this ...
19 Views 37,877 ElemPre-Int
Acronyms

Acronyms

Abbreviations,
In the worksheet you can find some of the acronyms with pictures. Some of the acronyms in the presentation are: NATO, SOS, EULEX, BBC, NBC, HTML, LCD, DVD, etc. This Power point presentation helpe ...
10 Views 18,540 Elem
Chat and Facebook Language

Chat and Facebook Language

Collection of characteristic language items used on chat and online communication such as C U L8R etc. The page is doubled with the purpose of economic printing :) Students have to identify them, ...
43 Views 36,781 Elem
Abbreviations Worksheet

Abbreviations Worksheet

» Abbreviations
This is a matching exercise about abbreviations. Children can use a dictionary or get hep from the teacher. Hope you teachers find it appropriate for your pupils. They can work in groups or in pai ...
19 Views 32,124 ElemPre-Int
Library Application Vocabulary Test

Library Application Vocabulary Test

A worksheet to be used after discussing filling in forms in English and performing library application dialogues on the basis of this authentic library application card (which isn't my own, I foun ...
7 Views 17,944 Pre-IntInt
Business English Test

Business English Test

The test is divided into six exercises that deal with the business English vocabulary. There are matching and multiple choice exercises. Furthermore, the students will need to read the definitions ...
17 Views 57,641 IntAdvExam
SMS English

SMS English

Abbreviations, ,
The worksheet gives examples of abbreviations used in sending informal SMS messages or e-mails. For example, 2 can be used instead of two, too or to in tomorrow, hence 2morrow. Furthermore the wor ...
40 Views 39,134 Pre-IntIntAdv

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