Homework Help: English

Posted by Sara on Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:41pm.

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. Verb
B. Preposition
C. Pronoun
D. Conjunction

Is it B?

English - Ms. Sue, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:42pm
Which word is italicized?
English - Sara, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:50pm
in*
English - Ms. Sue, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at 10:51pm
Yes. "In" is a preposition.

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