NEW APPROACH
TERM/WEEK: THIRD TERM/WEEK 2
DATE: 4th July, 2020
CLASS: Intermediate
SUBJECT: Grammar
TOPIC: Abbreviations
Reference: The mastering English book and information from the internet.
Brief Explanation: This is to get the children familiar with the most common abbreviations.
Notes for the pupils
Definition of abbreviation
An abbreviation means few letters representing a group of words.
Examples of Abbreviations:
- Doctor – Dr.
- Man (mister) – Mr.
- Woman – Mrs.
- Young lady – Miss.
- Engineer – Engr.
- Reverend – Rev.
- Professor – prof.
- Company – co.
- Example – e.g.
- Please Turn Over – P.T.O
- Post Meridian – P.M
- Ante Meridian – am (i.e. before noon)
- Boy’s Brigade – BB
- Number – no
- Nigeria Union of Teachers – N.U.T
- Nigeria Navy – N.N
- Nigeria Army – N.A
- United Nation Organization – U.N.O
- Limited – Ltd
- Post Office – P.O
- African Union – A.U
- Nuevas Fronteras First School – N.F.F.S
Exercises/Assignment
- What is abbreviation?
- Give five words with their abbreviations.
- What is the full meaning of the abbreviations below?
(a) N.U.T
(b) N.F.F.S
(c) P.T.O
(d) Engr.
(e) Prof.