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What is a Compound Predicate?

Answer – A compound predicate is a predicate that contains more than one verb. 

Explanation:

The predicate is the part of the sentence that contains the verb(s). It provides the reader with information about the subject. 

In compound predicates, there are multiple verbs related to a single subject. For instance,

Jane wrote and submitted her assignment. 

In the sentence above, ‘Jane’ is the subject, and the underlined phrase is the compound predicate containing two verbs – ‘wrote’ and ‘submitted’. Both verbs describe the actions of a single subject. 

Another iteration of the example sentence would be,

After Jane wrote her assignment, she submitted it

In this version of the example, there is no compound predicate. It is a compound sentence with two subjects – ‘Jane’ and ‘she’ – and two simple predicates – the underlined phrases. 

Therefore, in order for a predicate to be compound, it must contain multiple verbs, and all the verbs must be talking about a single subject.


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