Compound subjects and compound predicates

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Part 3: Compound Subjects & Predicates

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

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A compound subject has more than one simple subject.

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Jack and Jill went up the hill.

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Joe and Sara run track.

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A compound predicate has more than one simple predicate.

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Eric plays football and swims

on the swim team.

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Samantha walks her dog and grooms him.

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Ann eats lunch and reads

her book.

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Combine the sentences below to make a compound predicate.

The dog dug a hole. The dog buried the bone.

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Combine the sentences below to make a compound predicate.

The children got off the bus.The children walked into the school.

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Combine the sentences below to make a compound predicate.

Scott jumped in the air. Scott dunked the basketball.

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Combine the sentences below to make a compound subject.

The boy sang a song. The elephant sang a song.

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Combine the sentences below to make a compound subject.

Sarah pointed at the giraffes. John pointed at the giraffes. Paul pointed at the giraffes.

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