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Compound Subjects and Compound Predicates
Compound Subject when a sentence has two or more
subject (doer).
Compound
Predicate when there is more than one predicate
(action verb).
Sentences
have two parts it contain a subject and predicate
to be a complete sentence.
Sometimes sentences can have both a compound subject and a compound predicate (verb).
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Compound
subjects and predicates are joined with conjunctions (and, but,
or, nor, both/and, either/or, neither/nor,
not only/but also).
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Compound
predicate might share a helping
verb (am, is,
are, was, did, were, do, does, have,
has, had, shall, will, can)
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ACTIVITY:
DIRECTION: Identify If
the bold group of words are compound
subject or compound predicate
1. Rachel
and Tanya read
the same book. (compound subject)
2. Alden
ran and rode a
bicycle in the tournament. (compound predicate)
3. My dog and cat
play and sleep together. (compound subject
and predicate)
4. Sam
and Ted are
talking at the same time. (compound subject)
5. Dolphins are swimming and splashing
near our dock. (compound predicate)
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DIRECTION:
Combine each of the pairs of sentences below into one sentence with
compound subjects.
6. Kristin made
cookies. Joey made cookies.
7. Joshua got lost
in the parking lot. Daniel got lost in the parking lot.
8. Fruit flies are
insects. Ladybugs are insects.
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DIRECTION: Combine each of the
pairs of sentences below into one sentence with compound predicates.
9. I open the
magazine. I began to read it quietly.
10. My father bought
a new shirt. My father bought a new pant.
11. Leah jumped on
her bike. Leah rode around the block.
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