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. Conjunction
b. Preposition
c. Pronoun
d. Linking verb
Since you didn't italicize the word, I will just have to answer this question a little bit differently. A) the conjunction is and B) the prepositions are of, and in C) there are no pronouns in this sentence D) the linking verb is were