Question

In the following sentence, identify the part of speech of the italicized word.
Thousands of years ago, fish were caught "in" nets and traps.
A. Pronoun
B. Verb
C. Conjunction
D. Preposition

Answer 1

Which word is italicized?

Answer 2

in

Answer 3

Pronoun - he, she, him, her, it, us, they, themselves...
Verb - an action word like swim, run, sleep, shut...
Conjunction - can put two sentences together to form one. A conjuction is words like and, but, because, altthough...

Preposition - usually come before nouns and pronouns, and they are words such as inside, in, toward , under, within, after, for...

Answer 4

so it would be D?

Answer 5

Correct

Answer 6

thank you

Answer 7

You are welcome.