Compound Subjects and Predicates

The video tutorial explains compound subjects and predicates, providing definitions and examples. Compound subjects involve multiple subjects performing an action, while compound predicates involve a subject performing multiple actions. The tutorial includes examples and exercises to help students identify and understand these grammatical structures.

What is a compound subject?

• A subject with multiple conjunctions

• A subject with multiple nouns or pronouns

• A subject with multiple adjectives

• A subject with multiple verbs

Which of the following sentences contains a compound subject?

• The cat and the dog played in the yard.

• The cat played in the yard.

• The dog played in the yard.

• The cat played and slept in the yard.

In the sentence 'Carmen and her aunt skated at the pond after school,' what is the compound subject?

• Skated at the pond

• Carmen and her aunt

• Her aunt

• Carmen

What is a compound predicate?

• A predicate with multiple subjects

• A predicate with multiple verbs

• A predicate with multiple adjectives

• A predicate with multiple conjunctions

Which of the following sentences contains a compound predicate?

• The cat and the dog played in the yard.

• The cat played in the yard.

• The dog played and slept in the yard.

• The cat played in the yard.

In the sentence 'Italian women shaved the front part of their heads and kept the rest of their hair long,' what is the compound predicate?

• Kept the rest of their hair long

• Italian women

• Shaved and kept

• Shaved the front part of their heads

Which sentence has both a compound subject and a compound predicate?

• The cat played in the yard.

• The cat and the dog played and slept in the yard.

• The cat played and slept in the yard.

• The cat and the dog played in the yard.

In the sentence 'Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have rings,' what is the compound subject?

• Rings

• Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune

• Saturn

• Jupiter

In the sentence 'Christina played the guitar and sang songs from Chile,' what is the compound predicate?

• Played the guitar

• Sang songs from Chile

• Played and sang

• Christina

Which of the following sentences does not contain a compound subject or predicate?

• The cat and the dog played in the yard.

• The cat played in the yard.

• The dog played and slept in the yard.

• The cat and the dog played and slept in the yard.