3/28/2016

WordswithMorethanOneJob|EnglishClub

WordswithMorethanOneJobEnglishClub.com
ManywordsinEnglishcanhavemorethanonejob,orbemorethanone
partofspeech.Forexample,"work"canbeaverbandanoun"but"can
beaconjunctionandapreposition"well"canbeanadjective,anadverb
andaninterjection.Inaddition,manynounscanactasadjectives.
Toanalyzethepartofspeech,askyourself:"Whatjobisthisworddoingin
thissentence?"
Inthetablebelowyoucanseeafewexamples.Ofcourse,therearemore,
evenforsomeofthewordsinthetable.Infact,ifyoulookinagood
dictionaryyouwillseethattheword"but"hassixjobstodo:
verb,noun,adverb,pronoun,prepositionandconjunction!
word

partofspeech

example

work

noun

Myworkiseasy.

verb

IworkinLondon.

conjunction

JohncamebutMarydidn'tcome.

preposition

EveryonecamebutMary.

adjective

Areyouwell?

adverb

Shespeakswell.

interjection

Well!That'sexpensive!

noun

Weateintheafternoon.

nounactingasadjective

Wehadafternoontea.

but
well

afternoon

https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/partsofspeechfunctions.htm

1/1