This lesson is mainly for learners of B2 or C1 level.
Here you can find the relevant worksheet that I have created:

Worksheet_WhyDoWeSayOK

PDF FILE: Why Do We Say OK?

LISTENING and VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Watch and listen to the video and fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.

1.OK might be the most _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ word.

2.OK actually _ _ _ _ _ _ back to an 1830s fad of intentionally misspelling abbreviations.

3.One abbreviation _ _ _ _ above the rest: OK, or “oll correct”.

4.The campaign was highly publicized and _ _ _ _ _ _ pretty nasty in the press.

5.The telegraph debuted in _ _ _ _

6.Telegraph _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ short messages in the form of electric pulses.

7.This was OK’s moment to _ _ _ _ _.

8.The two letters were easy to tap out and very unlikely to be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with anything else.

9.It was quickly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ as a standard acknowledgement of a transmission received.

10.It’s really _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to start a word with the letter K in English.