English Proficiency Programme

Words with multiple identities

Adjective and Adverb

• alone, monthly, daily, early, deadly, deep, high, tight, worse, overseas, much, more, most, enough, upward, forward, westward

Adjective and Noun

• brief, dark

Adjective and Verb

• clean, clear, free, half, double, dry, warm, empty, brave, calm, select, elect, designate, welcome

Noun and Verb

• fare, act, respect, control, flash, honour, excuse, want, pick, place, toss, tilt, sting, trace

Adjective, Adverb and Verb

• better, long, last, fair, even, best, close, near, round

Adjective, Noun and Verb

• wrong, fancy, content, top, suspect

Note: A few among the above words are prepositions as well.

General trends

• 3rd/5th form of verbs

• Use of adjecives in the adverb sense

• Use of nouns as qualifiers before other nouns

• Omission of the noun after an adjective