Contraction
Clipped Words
Blends
Symbols
other shortcuts
100
"Do" and "Not" form this contraction
What is "Don't"
100
"Bike" is the clipped form of this word.
What is "bicycle"?
100
Breakfast+lunch blend to make this word.
What is "brunch"?
100
" is the symbol for this word.
What is "inch" or "inches"?
100
FBI stands for these words.
What is "Federal Bureau of Investigation"
200
"You're" is a contraction of these two words.
What is "You" and "are"?
200
"Ad" is the clipped version of this word.
What is "Advertisement"?
200
"spoon" + "fork"
What is "spork"?
200
' is the symbol for this word.
What is "foot" or "feet"?
200
ELPS stands for this.
What is "East Lansing Public Schools"?
300
"I" and "have" make up this contraction.
What is "I've"
300
"Burger" is the clipped version of this word.
What is "hamburger"?
300
"skirt" + "short" (as in short pants)
What is "skort"?
300
@ is the symbol for this word.
What is "at"
300
"Lbs" is the abbreviation for this word.
What is "pounds"
400
"Should" and "have" come together to form this contraction. Write it on the board.
What is "Should've"
400
"Limo" is the clipped version of this word.
What is "limousine"?
400
"Squiggle" is a blend of these two words.
What are "Squirm" and "Wriggle" or "Squirm" and "wiggle"
400
(C) is the symbol for this word
What is "copyright"?
400
The shortened form of facsimile machine is this word.
What is "fax"
500
"You'd" is a contraction that can be formed by 2 DIFFERENT sets of words. Write both sets on the board.
What are "You" + "had" and "You" + "would"?
500
"Memo" is short for this word.
What is "memorandum"?
500
"telethon" is a blend of these two words.
What are "television" and "marathon"?
500
& and # are the symbols for these two words.
What are "and" and "number"?
500
An acronym for Radio Detecting and Ranging is this word.
What is "RADAR"?
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