This document provides examples and explanations of parts of speech including prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, and their comparative and superlative forms. It includes examples of common prepositions of time and position, participial adjectives, adjective and adverb collocations, irregular comparative forms, and practice questions testing the use of adjectives and adverbs.

1. PREPOSITION/
ADJECTIVE/ ADVERB
Collocation/ comparative form/ phrasal verb

2. Preposition
 Function : Indicate position, movement,
direction, time, and relationship
 Position of preposition : before noun, after
verb, noun

3. Preposition of position and
direction

4. Preposition of Time:
 At, on, in, before, after, during, by, for, since,
until, between….. and….., within
Other preposition
 With, without, from, of, about, via, except(for),
like, and as

5. At, in, of , for, during
1 - She wasn't short, she wasn't tall; she was
______ average height.
2 - What are you going to buy Hania _______ her
birthday?
3 - The police are looking ______ a tall, black man
who was seen standing outside the bank just
before the robbery took place.
4 - The teacher asked the class to do the
exercise_______ the bottom of page 12.
5 - As a child I was always ashamed_________ my
parents because they were uneducated.
6 - I was always very good ________ Geography
when I was at school.

6. At, in, of , for, during
7 - My uncle specializes_______
sociolinguistics.
8 - We arrived _______ Gorzów at 3.30 in the
morning.
9 - I didn't see you________ the party on
Saturday.
10 - There was a lot of coughing ________ the
performance of Moniusko's 'Fairy Tale'
symphony.
11 - He saw her as the most attractive woman
______ the world.

7.  1. Inseparable Verbs with no objects
set off ออกเดินทาง Speed up เร่งความเร็ว
Wake up ตื่นนอน Stand up ยืนขึ้น
Come in เข้ามาถึง Get on ขึ้น (รถ) / เข้ากันได้
Carry on ทาต่อไป Find out เรียนรู้
Grow up เติบโต Turn up ปรากฏตัว
 2. Inseparable Verbs with objects
Look after เลี้ยงดู Look into สอบถาม ตรวจสอบ
Run into ประสบ Come across พบโดยบังเอิญ
Take after มีลักษณะเหมือน Deal with ติดต่อ เกี่ยวข้อง รับมือ
 3. Separable verbs
Turn on เปิด(ไฟ) Turn off ปิด (ไฟ)
Turn down หรี่ (เสียง) Switch off ปิด
Look up มองหา Take off ถอด ออกดินทาง
 4. Three-Word Phrasal Verbs
Get on with ทาต่อไป ไม่หยุด Cut down on ลดปริมาณลง
Look out for เตรียมพร้อม Catch up with ตามทัน
Run out of หมด Get down to เอาจริงเอาจัง
Phrasal verb

8. Put off
Put up with
Put down
Put on
Put up
Put across
Put out
Put back
Take after
(somebody)
Take apart
Take back
Take down
Take in
Take off
Take on
Take out
Take over
Take up
Look after
Look away
Look for
Look into
Look out
Look through
Look up
Look up to
Break away
Break down
Break into
Break off
Break out of
Break
through
Break up
Common phrasal verbs

9.  Run across
Run after
Run against
Run along
Run away
Run away
from
Run into
Run off
Run out of
Run out on
Run over
Run through
Run to
Run with
 Get off
Get in
Get on
Get out
Get over
Get away
Get up
Common phrasal verbs

10. The business forecasts a proft
margin of ______________ 10 and
15 per cent for this financial year.
A.around
B.approximately
C.between
D.just

11. Is there a major difference
_________ the old model and the
new one?
A. between
B. through
C. of
D. than

12. We were very grateful _____ the
present.
A.to
B.for
C.on
D.with

13. Are you familiar _____ this
software package?
A.on
B.to
C.with
D.for

14. Although the shipment arrived on
time, it was ________ at customs.
A.delay
B.delays
C.held up
D.held down

15. They were forced to apologize _____
their error.
A.to
B.on
C.for
D.with

16. The company has shown a profit
_____ the last 12 years.
A.during
B.for
C.since
D.from

17. Customer assistance promised me that they
would ____________ the problem and get back
me.
A. look up
B. look down
C. look into
D. look onto

18. The new executive is looking forward to
__________
the new role and its increased responsibilities.
A.taking up
B.taking on
C.take up
D.have taken on

19. We have lived in Madrid
____________ seven years.
A.for
B.since
C.during
D.over

20. I have been waiting for an answer
_____________ last Friday.
A.since
B.for
C.until
D.before

21. We have been looking forward
____ the vacations for months.
A.on
B.for
C.at
D.to

22. Adjective
 Describe noun
(color, quantity, size, origin, material, taste,
touch, feature, shape, characteristic, purpose,
opinion, etc.)
 Appear after verb to be, linking verb, adverb
 Appear before noun

23. Adj. from verb (Participle Adj.)
- Effect performer
The trip to Nepal
sounds exciting for
me.
- Happening
I see blowing
plastic bags.
- Action performer
An alarming
sound interrupts my
- Effect receiver
I’m excited to
travel to Nepal.
- Be happened
Blown plastic
bags make our street
dirty.
- Action receiver
An alarmed
employee got up from
his cat nap quickly.
V.ing V.3

24. Participle Adj. Practice
1. I always feel very frustrating/frustrated when I have to
speak with my crush.
2. The rides at Dream World are so thrilling/thrilled that I
can’t stand playing them.
3. Our staff training/trained session is going to start next
month.
4. Don’t forget to submit your completing/completed
project to your boss.
5. His disgusting/disgusted behavior seems unacceptable
to everyone in our office.
6. The show went really well, all of the audiences are

25. Participle Adj. Practice
7. The interview for my job went pretty terribly, so I’m
very depressing/depressed now.
8. The sound of exploding/exploded bomb interrupts my
sleep time.
9. The new operating/operated system makes our task
easier than the old one did.
10. All of the providing/provided costumes are from
RVCA, which is the main providing/provided supporter.
11. Thai massages is extremely relaxing/relaxed, the
masseurs know how to make customer relaxing/
relaxed.
12. Jane feels irritating/irritated because of her new
irritating/irritated partner.

26. Adjective collocation example
 addicted
to
 afraid of
 anxious
about
 capable of
 committed
to
 Concerne
d about
 content
with
 dedicated
to
 devoted to
 discourag
ed by
 excited
about
 famous for
 frightened
of
 guilty of
 happy
about
 involved in
 known for
 opposed
to
 remember
ed for
 scared of
 terrified of
 worried
about

27. Adverb
 Describe adjective, sentence, verb, or adverb
 Can describe manner, time, degree, place, and
frequency

28. Position and appearance
Describe Adj. : Before adj.
Describe V. : At the beginning/end of the
sentence, before/after V.
Describe Sen. : At the beginning of the
sentence
Describe Adv. : before adv.
Mostly ended with –ly
 The English test was easy. (adj.)
 I easily finished the English test in 45 minutes.
(adv.)

29. Confusing adverb
 late / lately
 hard / hardly
 most / most of /
mostly
 Costly
 In a friendly way
 In a very silly
manner
 Fast
 Loud
 Late
 Hard
 Early
 Daily/monthly/yearly/
weekly
 Straight

30. Common adverb
 Accidentally
 Angrily
 Dramatically
 Occasionally
 Typically
 Generally
 Correctly
 Accurately
 Carefully
 Suddenly
 Abruptly
 Eventually
 Fortunately
 Hopelessly
 Regularly
 Seriously
 Technically
 Warmly
 Innocently
 Honestly
 Faithfully
 Exactly
 Crazily
 Approximately
 Repeatedly
 Simultaneously
 Randomly
 Mainly
 Significantly
 Recognizably
 Responsibly
 Easily

31. Adj. or Adv.
 Before embarking on this project, I imagined
Italy as ______. This story seemed to fall
through the cracks of ______ attention. It was
covered _______ in ______ media when
Carmine Schiavone, a member of a Mafia
family in the Campania region, went to
authorities and told them about “millions of tons”
of _____ waste buried deep in the earth in what
once was some of the most fertile farmland in
Italy.

32. Adj. or Adv.
 The proposed rules come _____ a month after
a sweeping ______ climate assessment that
catalogued a range of impacts _____
occurring as a result of climate change.
Reducing greenhouse gases is a key way to
address climate change, but it also has
implications for _____ health, a point Obama
stressed in his ______ adresses Saturday
promoting the pending standard.

33. Comparative form of Adj. & Adv.
Adj.
longer (than) ยาวกว่า
more beautiful (than) สวยกว่า
more (than) มากกว่า
less (than) น้อยกว่า (ใช้กับนามนับไม่่ได้)
fewer (than) น้อยกว่า (ใช้กับนามนับได้)
Adv.
more quickly (than) อย่างเร็วกว่า
more easily (than) อย่างง่ายกว่า

34. Superlative form Adj. & Adv.
Adj.
( the ) longest ยาวที่สุด
( the ) most beautiful สวยที่สุด
( the ) most มากที่สุด
( the ) least น้อยที่สุด (นามนับไม่่ได้)
( the ) fewest น้อยที่สุด (นามนับได้)
Adv.
( the ) most quickly อย่างเร็วที่สุด
( the ) most easily อย่างง่ายที่สุด

35. Adj. and Adv. With Irregular
comparative form
Good/well better best ดี
bad, badly worse worst เลว
much, many more most
มาก
Little less least น้อย
Far farther farthest ไกล
further furthest

36. Thomas has __________
completed the report.
A. Still
B. Ever
C. already
D. closely

37. The results of the tests were too
________
to change the scientists' opinions.
A.inconclusive
B.conclusive
C.unpredictable
D.obvious

38. Customers these days are _______
demanding than in the past
A.too
B.much
C.more
D.so

39. We have all been very ________ in
the results of the investigation.
A. concerned
B. interest
C. interested
D. interesting

40. Everyone on the team felt that it was a
_______________ meeting.
A.productive
B.effective
C.usual
D.quick

41. The management of City Cable is ______
sorry for the interruption of services on
Saturday.
a) quickly
b) gladly
c) deeply
d) lately

42. A strong dollar was ______________
in driving first quarter profits.
A. playing a big role
B. instrumental
C. responsible
D. important

43. _______ than 20 people responded to
the invitation.
A. Less
B. Fewer
C. Over
D. Lesser

44. Tim made a decision that ended up
costing the company a ____________
large sum of money.
A.fairly
B.over
C.totally
D.completely

45. Higher oil prices have led to an
________ demand for electric cars.
A.great
B.greater
C.increased
D.improved

46. The contract for the new leasing
agreement is _____ ready for you to
sign.
a) once
b) soon
c) now
d) forever

47. Staff filing travel expense accounts are
reminded to fill out their applications as _____
as possible.
a) long
b) timely
c) inaccurately
d) loud