Thousands - noun
of - preposition
years - noun
ago - adverb
fish - noun
were - verb (auxiliary)
caught - verb (past participle)
in - preposition
nets - noun
and - conjunction
traps - noun
There is not a linking verb in the sentence "Thousands of years ago, fish were caught in nets and traps."A linking verb is one that connects the subject to more information about the subject (subject complement). Example: They were happy when the plane landed after a turbulent flight. Were is the linking verb connecting the subject, they, to the subject compliment, happy.An auxiliary verb (helping verb) helps another verb complete the verb phrase. In the predicate were caught, were is an auxiliary verb.
Asperity means to speak sharply, or with harshness. Therefore, a suitable sentence would be: In his speech, he expressed with asperity his displeasure at his committee's continual disagreements. or: Their grandfather always addressed them with asperity when he caught them running through the house.
In this sentence the common noun frog is the direct object of the verb 'caught'.
We caught a big carp last week.Her hair got caught in the door.He was caught stealing from the shop.
Come early.
"were caught" is the verb.
The nouns are: thousands, years, fish, nets, traps.
And is a conjunction.
caught is a verb
I caught it! or I caught a cold.
The conjunction in the sentence is "and", which is used to connect the action of catching fish in nets and traps.
There is not a linking verb in the sentence "Thousands of years ago, fish were caught in nets and traps."A linking verb is one that connects the subject to more information about the subject (subject complement). Example: They were happy when the plane landed after a turbulent flight. Were is the linking verb connecting the subject, they, to the subject compliment, happy.An auxiliary verb (helping verb) helps another verb complete the verb phrase. In the predicate were caught, were is an auxiliary verb.
I caught the missing zoo bear
I was caught napping.
Asperity means to speak sharply, or with harshness. Therefore, a suitable sentence would be: In his speech, he expressed with asperity his displeasure at his committee's continual disagreements. or: Their grandfather always addressed them with asperity when he caught them running through the house.
Speech marks exclamation mark refers to the use of an exclamation mark enclosed within quotation marks, typically at the end of a quoted sentence to indicate strong emotion or emphasis. This punctuation is commonly used in writing to convey the tone of the quoted text accurately.
The shortstop caught the ball. The pitcher caught the ball and threw it to the shortstop for the out.