What part of speech is 'in' in the sentence Thousands of years ago fish were caught in nets and traps?

Answer 1

"and" is a conjunction. A conjunction links a word or a group of words to other words in a sentence. For example:

"I was eating a hamburger and drinking a Coke.'

"and" connects "I was eating a hamburger" with "drinking a Coke.'

Other conjunctions are for, nor, but, or, yet, and so.

Answer 2

"Nets" in the object of a preposition. It's the object of "in"-- many students get confused because they see a noun and assume it's the subject; but often, they are really seeing an object. If the noun is in a phrase with words like in, on, above, below, at, to, or with, that's a "prepositional phrase" and the noun is an object. Marie lives in a big house. John was waiting at the bus-stop. They caught the fish in nets.

Answer 3

The noun fish is the subject of the sentence, "Thousands of years ago, fish were caught in nets and traps."

Answer 4

'In nets and traps' is a prepositional phrase and "in" is a preposition.

'Nets and traps' is the compound object of the preposition.

Answer 5

The word 'years' is a plural noun, a word for two or more 365 day periods of time.

The noun 'years' is functioning as the object of the preposition 'of'.

Answer 6

The word 'years' is a noun, a plural noun functioning as the object of the preposition 'of'.

Answer 7

The word 'in' is a preposition, a word that connects the object of the preposition (nets and traps) to the verb 'caught'.

Answer 8

The word nets is a plural noun.