Abbreviations Quiz
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A test of knowledge.
- 1.Which one contains an abbreviation?
- A.
FBI
- B.
Mr. Hansen
- C.
CIA
- D.
Chicken Salad
- 2.Which of the following is NOT an abbreviation?
- A.
Dr.
- B.
Jr.
- C.
MIA
- D.
Blvd.
- 3.What is an abbreviation?
- A.
An acronym
- B.
A person suffering from moderate to severe depression
- C.
A potato
- D.
A word or phrase that has been shortened
- 4.Which sentence contains an abbreviation?
- A.
The doctor ate a sandwich with his mother.
- B.
The man threw away his garbage.
- C.
After several years of experience, Mr. Bryant left the NBA to pursue his career in the film industry.
- D.
My friend likes to rob grocery stores.
- 5.Find the abbreviation in the following sentence: The cow jumped over the moon.
- A.
Cow
- B.
Jumped
- C.
Moon
- D.
There is no abbreviation in this sentence.
- 6.The man, named Mr. Johnson, walks to work every day. There is no abbreviation in this sentence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Find the abbreviations in this sentence: Dr. Won had a burrito on the Hwy.
- A.
Dr.
- B.
Won
- C.
Burrito
- D.
Hwy
- 8.Which sentence has the MOST abbreviations?
- A.
Do you know my friend Mr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
- B.
Mr. Hansen teaches Honors English.
- C.
Mr. Johnson ate a sandwich with his doctor, a POW.
- D.
I saw Susie sitting in a shoe shine shop.
- 9.Which sentence contains ONLY abbreviations (no initialisms or acronyms)?
- A.
Mr. Bow ate at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co.
- B.
Dr. Johnson is a field agent in the CIA.
- C.
Charles Frank Mangione, Jr. works for the FBI.
- D.
Sgt. Peters went MIA during the operation.
- 10.Everyone loves pizza. There is only one abbreviation in this sentence.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Which sentence contains NO abbreviations?
- A.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
- B.
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked.
- C.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
- D.
All of the above.
- 12.Which sentence contains an abbreviation?
- A.
How can a clam cram in a clean cream can?
- B.
How can you insult Mr. Jacobs?
- C.
Coy knows pseudonoise codes.
- D.
The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
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