No, "caught" is not a preposition. It is a past participle of the verb "catch." Prepositions are words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
"In" is a preposition. It is used to indicate location, position, or time in a sentence.
"Trapped" is not a preposition; it is a past participle of the verb "trap." It is often used as an adjective to describe a person or animal caught or confined with no means of escape.
It can be, when it forms a phrase that modifies words such as all, none, or last, and means "except for."Example: They caught all of the prisoners except one.(modifies all)
No, then is not a preposition. It is a conjuction.Than is a preposition.
At is a preposition. Anything that can be ___ the box is a preposition. For Example: At the box.
"In" is a preposition. It is used to indicate location, position, or time in a sentence.
caught = a verb - the past of catch in = a preposition nets = a noun - the plural of net
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
The conjunction in the sentence is "and", which is used to connect the action of catching fish in nets and traps.
Example: "She was caught running with scissors."The preposition, with, is an objective preposition.Why?Because the verb running has an object, with scissors. The object of a verb is something the verb acts on, or points to. The preposition with is part of the object in the above example.Another example: "They took turns stepping in puddles on the way home."In this example, in is the objective preposition, because it links puddles with the verb stepping. Where did they step? They stepped in puddles.
No, then is not a preposition. It is a conjuction.Than is a preposition.
No, then is not a preposition. It is a conjuction.Than is a preposition.
The two words 'and traps' are a (a) conjunction (and) and a plural noun (traps).The conjunction 'and' joins the compound object of the preposition 'in' (nets and traps).
"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.
If is not a preposition. It is a conjunction.
No, a preposition does not always have to be followed by a prepositional phrase. In some cases, a preposition can also be used on its own to show a relationship between two elements in a sentence.
A preposition typically introduces a phrase that provides additional information in a sentence. It is followed by a noun, pronoun, or gerund. For example, in the phrase "in the house," "in" is the preposition and "the house" is the object of the preposition.