Examples:

about

• There has been anger about his decision to buy the house with leaks in the roof. ( Preposition )
• It started to rain when we're about ready to go picnicking on the river bank. ( Adverb )
• She was so angry with me that she looked as if she was about to kick me. ( Adjective )

above

• His kite was flying high above the trees. ( Preposition )
• We looked at the branches above for the owl that was hooting. ( Adverb )
• Call the above number for more information. ( Adjective )

down

• Our room is down the corridor on the left. ( Preposition )
• The path zig-zags down to the sea. ( Adverb )
• There was a dead body down in the ditch. ( Adjective )

in

• There are too many raisins in her home-made cake. ( Preposition )
• Who says you can just come in . ( Adverb )
• This year, bald hairstyle is the in thing. ( Adjective )

inside

• Beautiful pictures of ugly witches can be found inside the book. ( Preposition )
• The book has beautiful pictures of blonde mermaids inside . ( Adverb )
• The inside pages of the book have black and white pictures of rainbows. ( Adjective )

off

• This is the third time he's fallen off his horse. ( Preposition )
• All of us were at the airport to see her off . ( Adverb )
• You can’t put the kettle on to boil when the switch is off . ( Adjective )

near

• His ninety-nine-year-old grandmother keeps saying she is near death. ( Preposition )
• She became more nervous as the day of her first delivery drew near . ( Adverb )
• This stranger goes around telling everyone the world will end in the near future. ( Adjective )

on

• There are two flies on the cake. ( Preposition )
• Their argument went on till dawn. ( Adverb )
• The match is on now if you still don’t know. ( Adjective )

outside

• There is a debt collector outside the door looking for you. ( Preposition )
• The queue for the female toilets was so long, it stretched outside the building. ( Adverb )
• They engaged an outside consultant for the project. ( Adjective )

over

• A crowd gathered to watch an object hovering over the mountain. ( Preposition )
• My book got soaking wet when he knocked over my glass of juice. ( Adverb )
• It was such an exciting march and it was over before we knew it. ( Adjective )

past

• You have to drive past the hospital to reach the morgue. ( Preposition )
• He drove past sheep grazing in the fields. ( Adverb )
• I have been looking for my missing puppy for the past one year. ( Adjective )

round

• We walked round the marketplace just for the fun of it, rather than to buy something. ( Preposition )
• They gathered round to listen to his encounter with a wild dog. ( Adverb )
• I saw two big, round eyes which must have belonged to an owl in that tree. ( Adjective )

through

• He learned to be a clown through watching his father in the circus. ( Preposition )
• The bullet went through his right ear. ( Adverb )
• The women’s team is through to the next round. ( Adjective )

up

• He lives here and the wife lives up the road. ( Preposition )
• The men said they were digging up buried treasure. ( Adverb )
• She was up all night baking a cake for her own birthday the next day. ( Adjective )