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Dictionary Abbreviations

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  1. quiz (N)

  2. a coffee (C)

  3. coffee (U)

  4. law (SING)

  5. coffees (PL)

  6. talk (V)

  7. appear (I)

  8. kick (T)

  9. put on (PHR V)

  10. be (AUX)

  11. given (PP)

  12. to buy (INF)

  13. big (ADJ)

  14. lately (ADV)

  15. she (PRON)

  16. myself (REFL)

  17. which (REL)

  18. his (POSS)

  19. each (QUANT)

  20. on (PREP)

  21. and (CONJ)

  22. the (ART)

  23. both (DET)

  24. oh (EXCLAM)

  25. ITESLJ (ABBR)

  26. -day (COMB)

  27. joyful (FML)

  28. wacky (INFML)

  29. truck (AmE)

  30. lorry (BrE)

  31. riding (CdnE)

  32. arvo (AustralE)

  33. gob (IrishE)

  34. pakeha (NZE)

  35. loch (ScotE)

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This quiz is part of the HTML-Only Self-Study Quizzes which is part of Activities for ESL Students, a project by The Internet TESL Journal.