Abbreviations
Think of some acronyms and initialism (or find them on the Internet) and fill in this table:
Acronym |
Stands for |
Initialism |
Stands for |
ANZAC |
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps BH |
WWF |
World Wildlife Fund |
UNICEF |
United Nations International Children's Fund |
A.P
|
Assistant Principal |
NATO |
National Atlantic Treaty Organization |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |
PULSE |
Porforming Understaning Learning Showcase Entertainment |
SES |
State Emergency Service |
STAR |
Stop Think and Remember |
MSF |
Medicins Sans Frontieres (Maddie S) |
Rofl |
Roll On Floor Laughing |
DWB |
Doctors Without Borders (Maddie S) |
ASAP |
(this can be an acronym) As Soon As Possible |
AVI |
Australian Volunteers International |
DOB |
Date Of Birth |
WWW |
World Wide Web |
NAB |
National Australian Bank |
UN |
United Nations |
NRMA |
National Road and Motoring Association |
SA |
Salvation Army |
LOL |
Lots of love (Maddie S) |
RSPCA |
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals |
LOL |
Laugh out loud (Maddie S) |
NSW |
New South Wales
|
|
|
USA |
United States America |
|
|
ASAP |
As Soon As Possible |
|
|
JRPS |
Jasper Road Public School |
|
|
MT |
Mountain |
|
|
ST |
Saint or Street |
|
|
RD |
Road |
|
|
DR |
Drive |
|
|
AGC |
Australian Girls Choir |
|
|
AYC |
Australian Youth Choir |
|
|
D.P |
Deputy Principal |
|
|
TBLSP |
Table Spoon |
|
|
TSP |
Tea Spoon |
|
|
ACT |
Australian Cricket Team |
|
|
ACT |
Australian Capital Territory |
|
|
QLD |
Queensland |
|
|
SDY |
Sydney |
|
|
NBA |
National Basketball Association |
What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism? You may want to change your answer in the table once you've answered this question.
(Write your answer here and put your name in brackets after your answer)
an acronym is pronounced as a word, but an initialism is pronounced letter by letter only. (marise a)
Comments (0)
You don't have permission to comment on this page.