Language Arts Grade Six

Unit Seven, Lesson Three: Abbreviations and Acronyms

  1. snail
  2. pail
  3. quail
  4. sprain
  5. brain
  6. grain
  7. national
  8. ecosystem
  9. cycle
  10. system
  1. habitat
  2. producers
  3. decomposers
  4. herbivores
  5. community
  6. niche
  7. consumers
  8. chain
  9. competition
  10. carnivores
Acronyms

Acronyms are very much like abbreviations. Here are some examples: 



	PIN: Personal Identification Number

	SCUBA:  Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

	AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

	NASA: National Aeronatics and Space Administration
The special thing about acronyms is that instead of saying the letters separately (as in N-A-S-A), you say them as a word or a name (as in NASA). 


	NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

	SWAT: Special Weapons Action Team

	SNAFU: situation normal, all fouled up

	RIF: Reading is Fundamental
Acronyms are always written as all capitals. 

	RAM: Random-Access Memory

	ROM: Read-Only Memory

	AWOL: Absent WithOut Leave

	OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Remember that an acronym is said as a word (not as a sequence of letters).

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