Question

“The porter was killed by the down train when he was rushing down the
hill.” —
The word ‘down’ in the above sentence has been used as both —
(A) Adjective and Noun
(B) Verb and Adverb
(C) Adjective and Preposition
(D) Verb and Noun

Answer 1

Answer:

A) ADJECTIVE AND NOUN IS THE ANS

Answer 2

Adjective and Noun

Given sentence: “The porter was killed by the down train when he was rushing down the hill.”

• The first part of sentence is "The porter was killed by the down train"
• Where down train is the train which is moving away from the main departure point or terminus.
• And it is a noun.
• The second part of sentence is "when he was rushing down the hill."
• Here Rushing down which means he was moving fastly in a downward direction.
• And it is  adjective here which shows the downward direction.

Therefore, The first down is a noun and second down is adjective.