Compound subjects and compound predicates

Part 3: Compound
Subjects & Predicates
Copyright © 2011 Kelly Mott

Today, we are going
to learn about
compound subjects
and predicates.

A compound subject
has more than one
simple subject.

EXAMPLES

Jack and Jill went up the
hill.

Joe and Sara run track.

A compound
predicate has more
than one simple
predicate.

Eric plays football and swims
on the swim team.

Samantha walks her dog and
grooms him.

Ann eats lunch and reads
her book.

Combine the sentences below to make a
compound predicate.
The dog dug a hole.
The dog buried the bone.
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compound predicate.
The children got off the bus.
The children walked into the school.
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compound predicate.
Scott jumped in the air.
Scott dunked the basketball.
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compound subject.
The boy sang a song.
The elephant sang a song.
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compound subject.
Sarah pointed at the giraffes.
John pointed at the giraffes.
Paul pointed at the giraffes.
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