Dr. Johanna Rubba
English Department (Linguistics)
Cal Poly State University San Luis Obispo
Last updated  4/28/04
© 2000 Johanna Rubba

Key: Rubba Ex. 3.2 Tests for Part of Speech
1. together - ADV, ADJ
(ADJ sense is informal, as in 'a together person')
4. organize - V 7. party - N, V (V use is informal) 10. green - ADJ, N 13. fight - V, N
2. survey - V, N 3. high - ADJ, N, ADV (ADV hard to detect with these tests; cf. 'she jumped high') 8. shoot -N, V (N: "photo shoot", "turkey shoot" 11. brotherly - ADJ (some might find this OK as an ADV) 14. eagerly - ADV
3. very - NONE 6. nation - N 9. draw - V, N (N: "The game was a draw") 12. concise - ADJ 15. certain - ADJ