Part 1 Revision of Common Symbols for Notetaking

Part 1 Revision of Common Symbols for Note-taking Some common symbols are used for words to save time and space for writing them. Test your knowledge of them by match these symbols with their right meaning by writing the number on the lined space after the symbols.

a. ＠ b. ＊ c. ？ d. ％ e. ＃ f. Ｘ g. ＜ h. ^ 1. per cent 4. asterisk, note, notice 7. and, or 10. smaller, less than each _____ _____ i. = j. k. ＞ l. w/ m. ™ n. w/o o. / p. © _____ _____ 2. without 3. equal to 5. word(s) missing 6. each, per 8. number 9. question, doubt 11. more/ larger than 12. with

a. ＠ b. ＊ c. ？ d. ％ e. ＃ f. Ｘ g. ＜ h. ^ _each _ asterisk _______ question _______ percent _______ number _______ unknown _______ larger than _______ word(s) _______ missing i. = j. k. ＞ l. w/ m. ™ n. w/o o. / p. © equal to _______ cause _______ smaller than _______ with _______ trademark _______ without _______ and, or _______ copyright _______

Eight rules to abbreviate (shorten) words. (1) Keep only the first syllable of a word or keep the first group of consonants English e. g. Eng = ______ Geography Geog = ______ minute min = ______ spelling sp = ______ school sch = ______ student st = ______ grammar gr = ______ floor fl = ______

Eight rules to abbreviate (shorten) words. (vii) Use initials for a term be right back e. g. brb = ___________ asap PS RSVP ECA KFC DVD = = = as soon as possible ___________ post script ___________ reply please(s’il vous plait) ___________ extra-curricular activities ___________ Kentucky Fried Chicken ___________ digital video disk ___________

Eight rules to abbreviate (shorten) words. (iv) Leave out some or all of the vowels of a word e. g. prblm blk pls rd grp rm = = = problem ______ block ______ please ______ road ______ group ______ room ______

Eight rules to abbreviate (shorten) words. (vi) Use text message abbreaviations e. g. u = 4 ever = b 4 = TB = you/ unviersity ________ for/ fore ________ forever _______________ before ________ tuberculosis ________

Eight rules to abbreviate (shorten) words. (viii) Cut out part of the word flu fridge influenza = ______ refrigerator = ______

Part 2(b) Some of the words in the following sentences are written in abbreviated forms. Write out the complete form of the abbreviated words in the spaces provided. 1. a Bio # of lesson st this were abs morng from the _______________________ A number of students were absent from the Biology lesson this morning _______________________

2. The % of ppl usg this rm is X The percentage of people using this room is _______________________ unknown / not known. _______________________ 3. Pls tell the ECA master 2 come asap Please tell the extra-curricular-activities master to _______________________ come as soon as possible. _______________________ 4. I told u b 4 that she would brk from shopg _______________________ I told you before that she would be right back from shopping. _______________________

5. My w/ bro my and Eng sis always study after help sch me My brother and sister always help me with my _______________________ English study after school. _______________________ 6. after Hist is over and Geog lessons the sch After history and geography lessons the school is _______________________ over. _______________________

7. Mike 8. said in prepg a Sun big the PS pty 4 that his he is weddg next Michael said in the post script that he is preparing _______________________ for a big party for his wedding next Sunday. _______________________ 8. In winter many ppl catch the flu very oftmany people catch the influenza very often. In winter _____________________________________________