ENG/P/5: ABBREVIATIONS AND CONTRACTIONS

Abbreviate the following words.

Thursday     ………………………………            Road  –        …………………..

August         ………………………..                   By way of  – ………………………….

Mistress   ……………………………….               That is …………………………..

Limited        ……………………………….

Gentlemen   ……………………………..

afternoon     ……………………………

Please Turn over  ……………………….

Write in full

U.N.E.B        …………………………..                          R.S.V.P  –     …………………………..

M.P  –           ……………………….                               Capt  –         ………………….

I’m    –         ………………………….                           B.C     –        ………………………….

U.P.E  –        ………………………….                           There’s –      …………………………..

Complete each sentence by using the correct word chosen from the brackets

1. A dog wags ………………………..tall when  …………………….pleased.  ( its , It’s)
2. The teacher asked …………………….fountain pen it was.  ( who’s  , whose  )
3. I ……………………………….got your cricket ball.  ( haven’t,  ain’t  )
4. Tony thinks  …………………………. a lovely little puppy.  (its,  it’s  )
5. That’s the boy …………………………father was injured.  ( who’s  ,  whose)
6. I hope you  ……………………………….wet.  ( ain’t  , aren’t )
7. We want to know …………………………to pay for the outing.  ( who’s  ,  whose )
8. Robert ………………………….like swimming.  ( doesn’t  , don’t)
9. …………………………… to say ………………….fault it is?  ( who’s  whose )
10. They …………………. come to our house very often now.  ( doesn’t  ,  don’t )