Compound Subjects and Predicates

What is the definition of a compound subject?

• A compound subject is a subject that consists of two or more verbs joined by a coordinating conjunction.

• A compound subject is a subject that consists of two or more nouns or pronouns joined by a coordinating conjunction.

• A compound subject is a subject that consists of two or more adjectives joined by a coordinating conjunction.

• A compound subject is a subject that consists of two or more adverbs joined by a coordinating conjunction.

What is the definition of 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 adjectives that modify the same subject.

• A compound predicate is a type of predicate that consists of two or more nouns 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.

Give an example of a compound subject.

• John with Mary

• John and Mary

• John but not Mary

• John or Mary

Give an example of a compound predicate.

• She ran and jumped over the fence.

• She hopped over the fence.

• She walked and crawled over the fence.

• She crawled under the fence.

Identify the compound subject in the following sentence: 'John and Sarah went to the park.'

• Sarah

• John

• went to the park

• John and Sarah

Identify the subject in the following sentence: 'The dog barked and wagged its tail.'

• The dog

• The cat

• The bird

• The tree

Identify the compound subject in the following sentence: 'My sister and I are going to the movies.'

• My sister

• My sister and I

• I

• going to the movies

Identify the compound predicate in the following sentence: 'The cat meowed and scratched the furniture.'

• scratched

• meowed and scratched

• cat meowed

• meowed

Identify the compound predicate in the following sentence: 'She laughed and danced at the party.'

• She laughed

• laughed and danced

• and danced

• at the party.

Identify the compound predicate in the following sentence: 'The team practiced hard and won the game.'

• practiced hard and won the game

• practiced hard

• won the game

• team practiced