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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 30 November 1999 07:00 |
Abbreviations
Time: 35+; Level: intermediate; Mode: Group Activity
We all use abbreviations everyday and we see tons of them in headlines and throughout written media. Although the meanings of the abbreviations are usually known, students may not know the actual words used to create the abbreviation. This lesson is not only fun, it's really practical. Students will learn the meanings of commonly recognized abbreviations such as UNICEF, NASA, CNN, GDP and UFO.
The worksheets are divided into six categories:
Organizations,
Cars, etc.
Sports
Companies
Music & TV and
Other
In pairs, groups or as a whole class, students try to identify the real English words which compromise very common abbreviations. Everyone knows the company named IBM. How many students know what the letters stand for? Other abbreviations include: NATO, OPEC, FBI, NBA, BBC and many others. All of the abbreviations in this lesson are common and most will be recognized and understood by students.
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