Compound Predicates

What is a compound predicate?

• A compound predicate is a type of predicate that consists of two or more subjects connected by a coordinating conjunction.

• A compound predicate is a type of predicate that consists of two or more nouns or noun phrases that share the same subject.

• A compound predicate is a type of predicate that consists of two or more adjectives or adjective phrases that share the same subject.

• A compound predicate is a type of predicate that consists of two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject and are connected by a coordinating conjunction.

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Which of the following sentences contains a compound predicate? a) The cat meowed and purred. b) The dog barked loudly. c) The bird flew in the sky.

• d) The cat meowed loudly.

• c) The bird flew in the sky.

• a) The cat meowed and purred.

• b) The dog barked loudly.

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Identify the compound predicate in the sentence: The children played and laughed.

• children

• laughed

• played

• played and laughed

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True or False: A compound predicate consists of two or more verbs that share the same subject.

• True

• A compound predicate consists of two or more subjects that do not share the same verb.

• A compound predicate consists of two or more subjects that share the same verb.

• False

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Which of the following sentences does not have a compound predicate? a) She danced and sang. b) They ate dinner and watched a movie. c) He ran to catch the bus.

• b

• d

• a

• c

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In the sentence 'The sun shines and the birds chirp.', what is the compound predicate?

• shines and the birds

• the sun shines

• shines and chirp

• shines and chirp

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What is the compound predicate in the sentence: The students studied hard and passed the test.

• didn't study and failed the test

• studied hard and passed the test

• didn't study and passed the test

• studied hard and failed the test

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True or False: A compound predicate can only have two verbs.

• False

• True and False

• True

• True and True

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Which of the following sentences has a compound predicate? a) I like to swim. b) We played soccer and basketball. c) She reads books.

• a) I like to swim.

• c) She reads books.

• b) We played soccer and basketball.

• d) They went to the park.

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Identify the compound predicate in the sentence: The car honked loudly and sped away.

• The car

• honked loudly and sped away

• and sped away

• honked loudly

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CCSS.L.3.1H

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