Please help me I am stuck on this one.
Which of the following sentences has a compound predicate?
1. Sue and Sara played basketball and tennis all day.
2. With the right investments, Mike thinks he can get rich.
3. My whole family enjoys skiing and snowboarding.
4 Yesterday I cleaned and painted my kitchen.
I picked 2
A compound predicate means that there are two or more verbs in there.
1. Sue and Sara ... played (nope, only one verb)
2. Mike ... thinks (nope, only one verb)
3. family ... enjoys (nope, only one verb)
4. I ... cleaned and painted (aha! two verbs)
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Sentence 2 doesn't have a compound predicate.
A compound predicate has two verbs. Which of your sentence has two verbs and one subject?
Thanks I got now :)
To determine which sentence has a compound predicate, we need to understand what a compound predicate is.
A compound predicate is a sentence construction that contains two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject. In other words, it involves multiple actions or occurrences related to the subject.
Now let's analyze each sentence:
1. Sue and Sara played basketball and tennis all day.
This sentence has a compound subject ("Sue and Sara"), but the predicate ("played basketball and tennis all day") is not compound. It consists of one action ("played") followed by two direct objects ("basketball" and "tennis").
2. With the right investments, Mike thinks he can get rich.
This sentence has a complex subject ("Mike thinks") and a compound verb ("can get rich"). However, the compound verb ("can get rich") is not a compound predicate because it only has one subject ("Mike").
3. My whole family enjoys skiing and snowboarding.
This sentence has a compound subject ("My whole family"), and the predicate ("enjoys skiing and snowboarding") is a compound predicate. It consists of two actions ("enjoys skiing" and "enjoys snowboarding") related to the subject ("My whole family").
4. Yesterday I cleaned and painted my kitchen.
This sentence has a simple subject ("I") and a compound predicate ("cleaned and painted my kitchen"). The compound predicate consists of two verbs ("cleaned" and "painted") related to the subject ("I").
Based on this analysis, sentence number 4 is the correct answer. It has a compound predicate with two verbs "cleaned" and "painted" sharing the same subject "I".