The nouns are: thousands, years, fish, nets, traps.
"were caught" is the verb.
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.
The conjunction in the sentence is and, which joins the compound object of the preposition 'in'.
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).
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)
And is a conjunction.
"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.
To prevent mice from getting caught in glue traps, you can place the traps in areas where mice are likely to travel but out of reach of pets and children. You can also use baited snap traps or electronic traps as alternatives to glue traps. Regularly check and remove any trapped mice to prevent suffering.
Not all three words-- just one of them. Nets is a plural noun. Traps is a plural noun. The word that links them together is "and" -- a conjunction. Another example: boys and girls. A conjunction is a linking word-- it can link two (or more) nouns, or it can even link two independent clauses and make them into one sentence: I saved my money and I bought a new car.
The word 'in' is a preposition, a word that connects the object of the preposition (nets and traps) to the verb 'caught'.
Beavers, Rabbits, Minks, Otters, Racoons, They Like To Trap Them For Fur Harvesting, But Sometimes They Are Caught Because They Are "Pests"