Beavers, Rabbits, Minks, Otters, Racoons, They Like To Trap Them For Fur Harvesting, But Sometimes They Are Caught Because They Are "Pests"
The nouns are: thousands, years, fish, nets, traps.
"were caught" is the verb.
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).
The conjunction in the sentence is "and", which is used to connect the action of catching fish in nets and traps.
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 word 'and' is a conjunction, a word that connects words, sentences, phrases, or clauses.The conjunction 'and' connects the compound objects of the preposition 'in'.A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.Example: Fish were caught in nets and traps. Theywere cooked on a campfire. (the pronoun 'they' takes the place of the noun 'fish' in the second sentence)
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.
Birds are typically captured by using bird traps. These traps include various types, including but not limited to clap traps, funnel traps, cannon nets, mist nets, and noose traps.
nets,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.
harpoons and nets ):
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