The phrase "thousands of years ago" is composed of four words. The first word "thousands" is a plural noun. The second word "of" is a preposition. The third word "years" is another plural noun. The fourth word "ago" is an adjective.
It is none of them. The word 'a' is called an article (an indefinite article) and is classified as a 'determiner' which is a separate class from the related words, which are adjectives.
No, it is not a preposition. Why can be an adverb, conjunction, interjection, and possibly a noun, but not a preposition.
"Wait" can be used as a verb or as a noun, but not as an adverb, preposition, or interjection. It is a verb when indicating the action of delaying or remaining in expectation, and a noun when referring to a period of waiting.
The word "and" is a conjunction. It can very rarely be a noun, referring to it as a word (no ifs, ands, or buts).
"Unchallenged" is an adjective. It describes a noun by expressing a quality or attribute.
year is a noun years is the plural form of year
No. "Over" can be a preposition, an adjective, an adverb, a noun, or an interjection.
interjection,verb,adjective, noun, conjunction, adverb, preposition, pronoun
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
It is none of them. The word 'a' is called an article (an indefinite article) and is classified as a 'determiner' which is a separate class from the related words, which are adjectives.
No, it is not a preposition. Why can be an adverb, conjunction, interjection, and possibly a noun, but not a preposition.
noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection
"Wait" can be used as a verb or as a noun, but not as an adverb, preposition, or interjection. It is a verb when indicating the action of delaying or remaining in expectation, and a noun when referring to a period of waiting.
The word over can be a preposition, giving a location with respect to its object. Over can also be a noun, adjective, adverb, or interjection.
NIPPAVAC is an acronym for noun, interjection, preposition, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, and conjunction, which are the eight parts of speech.
Verb, noun, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection.
Speech can be categorized into 8 parts namely preposition, adjective, adverb, verb, pronoun, noun, interjection and conjunction. Grammatical reference and meaning is determined with the help of this classification.