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
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.
Asperity means to speak sharply, or with harshness. Therefore, a suitable sentence would be: In his speech, he expressed with asperity his displeasure at his committee's continual disagreements. or: Their grandfather always addressed them with asperity when he caught them running through the house.
In this sentence the common noun frog is the direct object of the verb 'caught'.
We caught a big carp last week.Her hair got caught in the door.He was caught stealing from the shop.
Come early.
"were caught" is the verb.
The nouns are: thousands, years, fish, nets, traps.
And is a conjunction.
The conjunction in the sentence is and, which joins the compound object of the preposition 'in'.
caught is a verb
I caught it! or I caught a cold.
speech marks are use to caught some or your speech
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.
I caught the missing zoo bear
I was caught napping.
Asperity means to speak sharply, or with harshness. Therefore, a suitable sentence would be: In his speech, he expressed with asperity his displeasure at his committee's continual disagreements. or: Their grandfather always addressed them with asperity when he caught them running through the house.
The shortstop caught the ball. The pitcher caught the ball and threw it to the shortstop for the out.