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What is an example of a compound subject and predicate?
Compound Subject: Her [shoes] and [ankles] were covered with mud. ‘Her shoes and ankles’ is the compound subject. The predicate in both the sentences is ‘were covered with mud. ‘
What is an example of a sentence with a compound predicate?
” The subject is Jimmy and the predicate is ran the whole mile in five minutes. An example of a compound predicate is: ”The cat jumped up and looked out the window. ” Cat is the subject and jumped up and looked is the compound verb.
How do you identify a compound predicate in a sentence?
Compound Predicates. A compound predicate has two actions for the same subject. In other words, the subject of the sentence is doing more than one action. The easiest way to identify a compound predicate is to look for a compound verb, which occurs when two or more verbs share the same subject.
What is subject and predicate in complex sentences?
Complex sentences are sentences that usually contain multiple subjects and predicates connected by a subordinator such as after, although, as, as if, because, before, if, since, though, unless, when, where, whether, whereas, while and others. These sentences have an independent clause and a dependent clause.
What is the difference between a compound predicate and a complete predicate?
Predicates can be one verb or verb phrase (simple predicate), two or more verbs joined with a conjunction (compound predicate), or even all the words in the sentence that give more information about the subject (complete predicate).
What does a compound predicate tell us about a subject?
The predicate usually tells us what the subject is doing or what is happening to the subject. A compound predicate tells us two (or more) things about the same subject (without repeating the subject).
When does a sentence have a compound subject?
A sentence has a compound subject when it has more than one subject. It has a compound predicate when there is more than one predicate. Sometimes sentences can have both a compound subject and a compound predicate. Rachel and Steffi read the same book. (compound subject)
When does the subject come first after the predicate?
Note:-The subject of the sentence usually comes first but certain time it can be put after the Predicate. In the first example He the subject comes first. But in the second sentence the teacher- subject of the sentence – came after the predicate.
When do you have more than one subject?
Sometimes a subject may be more than one thing or person. They have more than one noun or pronoun and are called compound subjects. Sometimes one subject may be doing more than one thing, and thus have more than one verb. These are called compound predicates. Explore Even More Ways To Learn!