Abbreviations (Short/Long Forms)

 I’m           =          I am

We’re        =   We are       

You’re        =   You are       

They’re      =   They are 

Let’s      =     Let us             

won’t     =     will not

He’s               =  He is / He has

She’s             =  She is / She has

It’s                 =  It is / It has

What’s           =  What is /What has

He’s ------ing   =  He is -------ing      

He’s reading    =  He is reading       

He’s --(P.P.)--  =  He has --( PP) --     

He’s played      =  He has played     

He’s gone        =  He has gone

 

I’ve          =   I have         

We’ve      =   We have         

You’ve      =   You have        

They’ve    =   They have

I’d          =    I had / I would      

He’d        =   He had / He would      

We’d       =   We had / We would      

He’d --(P.P.)-- =  He had --(PP)--    

He’d visited    =  He had visited    

He’d written   =  He had written    

He’d --(inf.)--  =  He would --(inf.)--

He’d eat         =   He would eat

 

 isn’t         =      is not          

aren’t       =     are not          

hasn’t       =     has not         

haven’t     =     have not         

don’t        =     do not         

doesn’t     =     does not         

didn’t       =     did not         

mustn’t    =     must not         

can’t        =     cannot

 

I’ll          =    I will        

He’ll       =    He will        

You’ll      =    You will        

 They’ll   =    They will        

There’ll  =     There will

 

Saturday      =       Sat.         

Sunday         =      Sun.         

Monday        =      Mon.         

Tuesday       =      Tue.      

Wednesday  =     Wed.       

Thursday      =     Thu. /Thur.          

Friday           =       Fri.

 

First         =  1st.      

Second    =  2nd.     

Third        =  3rd.      

Fourth     =  4th.      

Fifth        =  5th.      

Sixth       =  6th.      

Seventh  =  7th.      

Eighth     =  8th.    

Ninth       =  9th.      

Tenth      =  10th.     

Eleventh =  11th.   

Twelfth   =  12th. 

 

  

Thirteenth       = 13th.

Fourteenth      = 14th.

Fifteenth         = 15th.

 Sixteenth       = 16th.

Twentieth       = 20th.

Twenty first    = 21st.

Thirtieth         = 30th.

Thirty second = 32nd.

Forty third      = 43rd.

Fifty fifth         = 55th.

Seventy sixth =76th.

Ninety ninth   = 99th.

 

 

January       =     Jan.         

February     =      Feb.         

March         =      Mar.         

April           =      Apr.         

June           =      Jun.         

July            =      Jul.         

August        =      Aug.         

September  =     Sept.         

October       =     Oct.         

November    =     Nov.         

December    =     Dec.

 

 

Mathematics     =  Math  = Maths

Examination (s) =  Exam = Exams    

Kuwaiti Dinar    = K.D.      

Dirham             = Dh.

metre               =  m.       

kilometre         = km.

gram                =  g.         

kilogram           = kg.

 

 

Mister          =  Mr.       

Mistress      = Mrs.

Doctor         = Dr

Engineer     = Eng.

Television   = TV        

street          = St.

After Hijra    = AH.

Before Hijra  = BH.

 

 

United Arab Emirates      =  UAE

United States of America =  USA

Post Office Box             =  P. O. Box

Physical Education       =  P.E.

Air conditioner    = A.C.= A/C

Laboratory           = Lab.

Advertisement (s) =  Ad(s)

Percent                 = %