General English Level 6 Version 2.1 © 2004 acl Pty Ltd GELEV6 Unit 04 Topic 01.doc  LANGUAGE FOCUS 06 Using a dictionary - part 2 All dictionaries use abbreviations to show parts of speech. These abbreviations are not the same in all dictionaries. Sometimes you need to check the list of abbreviations, which is usually in the front of your dictionary. Can you guess the meaning of these abbreviations? 1. Look at the abbreviations 1-10. 2. Look at the complete words on the right. 3. Match each word with its abbreviation. 1. n.c a. verb 2. v b. countable noun 3. v.t c. noun 4. n.u d. adjective 5. adj e. uncountable noun 6. n f. past participle 7. pp g. transitive verb 8. adv h. past tense 9. v.i i. intransitive verb 10. pt j. adverb 105