The Same Word Used As
Different Parts of Speech
Different Parts of Speech
The following are some of the most important words which may belong to different parts of speech according to the way in which they are used:
| NEXT | |
| Adjective |
I shall see you next Tuesday. |
| Adverb |
What next? |
| Preposition |
She was sitting next to
her. |
| Noun |
He will tell you more about it in his next. |
| RIGHT | |
| Verb |
This is a fault that will right itself. |
| Adjective |
He is the right man
for the position. |
| Noun |
I ask it as a right. |
| Adverb |
Serves her right!
She stood right in
my way. |
| LITTLE | |
| Adjective |
There is little danger
in going to that place. |
| Adverb |
Thomas eats very little. |
| MORE | |
| Adjective |
We want more women
like her. |
| Pronoun |
More of
us are getting stressed out at work nowadays. |
| Adverb |
Ron should talk less and work more. |
| ONLY | |
| Adjective |
It was her only chance. |
| Adverb |
She was only foolish. |
| Conjunction |
Take what I have, only (
= but) let me go. |
| OVER | |
| Adverb |
Read it over carefully. |
| Noun |
In one over he
took three wickets. |
| Preposition |
At thirty, a change came over her. |
| WHY | |
| Interro. Adverb |
Why did
you do it?. |
| Relative Adverb |
I know the reason why she
did it. |
| Interjection |
Why,
it is surely Tom! |
| Noun |
This is not the time to go into the why and
the how of it. |
| WHAT | |
| Inter. Adjective |
What evidence
have you got? |
| Interjection |
What! you
don't mean to say so? |
| Inter. Pronoun |
What does
she want? |
| Relative Pronoun |
Give me what you
can. What happened
then, I do not know. |
| UP | |
| Adverb |
Prices are up. |
| Preposition |
Let her go up the
mountain. |
| Adjective |
The next up train
will leave here at 11.30. |
| Noun |
I have had my ups and
downs of fortune. |
| SINCE | |
| Preposition |
Since that
evening, I have not seen her. |
| Conjunction |
Since there's
no hope, let us kiss and part. |
| Adverb |
I have not met her since. |
| BEFORE | |
| Adverb |
I have seen you before. |
| Preposition |
She came before the
appointed time. |
| Conjunction |
Jim went away before I
came. |
| EVEN | |
| Adjective |
The chances are even. |
| Verb |
Let them even the
ground. |
| Adverb |
Does she even suspect
the danger? |
| BOTH | |
| Adjective |
You can not have it both ways. |
| Pronoun |
Both of
them are dead |
| Conjunction |
Both the
cashier and the accountant are handsome. |
| EITHER | |
| Adjective |
Either ball
is good enough. |
| Pronoun |
Ask either of
them.. |
| Conjunction |
Peter must either work
or starve. |
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