Compound Subjects and Predicates 1

Compound Subjects and Predicates

A sentence may have more than one simple subject or one simple predicate.

• A compound subject has two or more simple subjects that have the same predicate. They are often joined by and, or, or nor.

• Lemons and limes are grown in the South.

A compound predicate has two or more simple predicates, or verbs, that have the same subject. They are connected by and, but, or, or nor.

• Kendra writes or calls her grandmother once a week.​

Some sentences have both a compound subject and a compound predicate.

• Mike and Kyle enjoyed the soup and asked for another bowl.

Multiple Choice

What is the compound subject?

Glass bowls and spoons fell off the counter.

• spoons fell off the counter
• glass bowls
• fell off the counter
• Glass bowls and spoons

Multiple Choice

James mowed lawns and delivered papers over the summer.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• both

• neither

Multiple Choice

Mr. Morton and his students study hard and learn a lot.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• both

• neither

Multiple Choice

The little red hen sat on her eggs and hatched five chicks.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• both

• neither

Multiple Choice

The girls jumped up and down.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

• both

• neither

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined part of this sentence?

My brother and I went to the grocery store.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined part of this sentence?

We cooked and ate some delicious blueberry pancakes.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

What is the underlined part of this sentence?

We talked and laughed all the way there.

• compound subject

• compound predicate

Multiple Choice

Combine each pair of sentences into one to make a compound subject sentence.

Chris helped his mom around the house. His older sister helped her mom around the house.

• Chris and his older sister helped their mom around the house.

• Chris helped his mom around the house.

• Sister helped her mom around the house.

Multiple Choice

Combine each pair of sentences into one to make a compound predicate sentence.

James mowed lawns over the summer. James delivered papers over the summer.

• James delivered papers over the summer.

• James mowed lawns and delivered papers over the summer.

• James mowed lawns but delivered papers over the summer.

Multiple Choice

Combine each pair of sentences into one to make a compound predicate sentence.

We went to the store. We bought candy.

• We went to the store and bought candy.

• We went to the store.

• We bought candy.