Write each sentence pair. Underline the simple predicates then write a conjunction you could use to join them.
Ray baked cookies. Ray served cookies.
Baked cookies and the conjunction would be "Ray baked cookies, then he served the cookies."
If you write what "kisha" wrote, you'll have a run-on, not a correct sentence.
She's right that there needs to be a conjunction there, but you need one of the coordinating conjunctions.
Would the answer be
Ray baked and served cookies.
the simple predicates would be baked and served.
That's perfect, yes.
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In order to find the simple predicates in these sentence pairs, we need to identify the verbs. Here, the verbs are "baked" and "served". Let's underline them:
Ray baked cookies. Ray served cookies.
Now that we have identified the simple predicates, we can think of a conjunction that can be used to join the two sentences. Conjunctions are words that are used to connect words, phrases, or clauses. Examples of conjunctions include "and", "but", "or", "so", etc.
In this case, we could use the conjunction "and" to join the two sentences:
Ray baked cookies, and Ray served cookies.