Miscellaneous Words.
Many words can be used both as adverbs and as prepositions. Such are:
About, above, after, around, before, down, for, in, near, next, over, round, since, under, up, etc.
Some of these can be used also as other parts of speech.
For example.
The Same Word as Different Parts of Speech.
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Adv.
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Your turn will come after.
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Prep.
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After all this rain we deserve fine weather.
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Conj.
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I will see you after you return.
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Adj.
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You will be glad of this in after years.
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Prep.
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I am always in bed by nine.
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Adv.
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My father is not in at present.
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Adj.
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There are not many in-patients in the hospital just now.
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Noun.
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He knows all the ins and outs of the matter.
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Adv.
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What lesson comes next?
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Prep.
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Wear flannel next your skin.
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Adj.
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On the next occasion I shall know better.
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Noun.
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Who is the next of kin?
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Adv.
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See that the kettle doesn't boil over.
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Prep.
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The sky is over our heads.
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Noun.
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He bowled forty overs without being changed.
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Make sentences using the following words in as many ways as possible.
Above.
Down.
Near.
Round.
Under.
