Abbreviations and acronyms worksheet exercises

 

by Viv Quarry (www.vivquarry.com)

 

 

Note! These exercises are designed for native speakers of Portuguese and other Latin based languages e.g. French, Spanish and Italian.

 

Translate the following Latin based abbreviations and acronyms into English, then write what they stand for:

 

e.g. EUA = the USA - The United States of America

 

ALCA =         ____________________________________________________

BID =            ____________________________________________________

BIRD =          ____________________________________________________

CEE =            ____________________________________________________

COI =            ____________________________________________________

FMI =            ____________________________________________________

IVA =            ____________________________________________________

OIT =            ____________________________________________________

OMC =          ____________________________________________________

OMS =           ____________________________________________________

ONG              ____________________________________________________

ONU =           ____________________________________________________

OPEP =          ____________________________________________________

OTAN =         ____________________________________________________

PIB =             ____________________________________________________

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