Language Arts Grade Five

Unit Eight, Lesson Four: Abbreviations

  1. cake
  2. lake
  3. shake
  4. brake
  5. fake
  6. stake
  7. period
  8. table
  9. rows
  10. column
  1. elements
  2. chemical
  3. property
  4. express
  5. pouch
  6. mail
  7. carried
  8. stage
  9. post
  10. office
Abbreviations

The names of many organizations are more well-known by their abbreviations than by their full names. Consider these examples: 


	ABBREVIATION		NAME
	 FBI			Federal Bureau of Investigation
	 BLM			Bureau of Land Management
	 USDA			United States Department of Agriculture
	 CIA			Central Intelligence Agency
	 USFS			United States Forest Service
Here are some more common abbreviations: 

	ABBREVIATION		NAME or WORD(s)
	 UFO			 Unidentified Flying Object
	 USA			 United States of America
	 DEAR			 Drop Everything And Read
	 psi			 pounds per square inch
	 DNA			 deoxyribonucleic acid
	 hwy			 highway
	 fwy			 freeway
	 rpm			 revolutions per minute
	 NATO			 North Atlantic Treaty Organization
	 WHO			 World Health Organization
	 CDC			 Center for Disease Control
	 DDS			 Doctor of Dental Surgery (or Science)
The days of the week all have standard abbreviations: 

	ABBREVIATION		FULL WORD
	 Mon.			 Monday
	 Tues.			 Tuesday
	 Wed.			 Wednesday
	 Thurs.			 Thursday
	 Fri.			 Friday
	 Sat.			 Saturday
  	 Sun.			 Sunday
Here are some abbreviations for the months of the year: 

	ABBREVIATION		FULL WORD
	 Jan.			 January
	 Feb.			 February
	 Mar.			 March
	 Apr.			 April
	 Aug.			 August
	 Sept.			 September
	 Oct.			 October
	 Nov.			 November
	 Dec.			 December
You should also be aware of some common abbreviations for elements. 

	ABBREVIATION		FULL WORD

	  O			 oxygen
	  C			 carbon
	  H			 hydrogen
	  He			 helium
	  N			 nitrogen
	  Mg			 mercury
	  Cu			 copper

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