Which word is being used as the object of a preposition in this sentence? girls in batying suits played volleyball. a. girlsb. bathing suitsc. ind. volleyball

Answer is B. bathing suits.

You may know that a noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. Whereas, preposition is a word which comes before a noun to relate it with the noun, pronoun or with the remaining part of the sentence.

So basically a noun would function as the object of preposition.

Now, in the sentence 'Girls in bathing suits played volleyball.', the word girls is a noun, in is a preposition, bathing suits is another noun, played is a verb and volleyball is again a noun acting as an object.

Since the object of preposition is a noun that comes after a preposition, therefore the answer is B.

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