Which word in the following sentence is a preposition?
The cat was sleeping under the table.

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A preposition is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to some other word in the sentence. The word "under" shows the spatial relationship between "cat" and "table".
The word "cat" is a noun. A noun is a person, place, thing (including animals), or idea.
The word "sleeping" is a verb. A verb tells us what a noun is doing. In this case, what the cat (noun) is doing is sleeping (verb).
The word "the" is an article. An article is a word that combines with a noun. Articles are considered a type of adjective because they describe the nouns that they precede. In English, there are only three articles: the, a, and an.

Which Word in the Following Sentence Is a Preposition