Compound Subjects and Predicates
A sentence must have a subject and a predicate.
• Subjects tell the “who” of the sentence. Subjects may be any noun (person, place, thing, or
animal).
• Predicates tell what happens or happened in the sentence.
A boy / skated on the sidewalk.
• “A boy” is the subject; “skated on the sidewalk” is the predicate.
A duck / paddled in the pond.
• “A duck” is the subject; “paddled in the pond” is the predicate.
Sentences can come in many sentence patterns. The sentences above are simple sentences with one
subject and one predicate. Sentences can have more than one subject with only one predicate.
Sentences may have compound subjects or compound predicates. Sentences with compound subjects
have more than one simple subject but may have only one predicate. Sentences with compound
predicates have more than one simple predicate but may have only one subject.
Create Compound Subjects
Predicates
Subject
Subject
First,
and
joined together to go to Bremen.
Then,
and
joined Donkey and Dog to go to Bremen.
That night,
and
made themselves comfortable under a
tree.
went high into the branches of the tree to
sleep.
and
Subject
Create compound Predicates
Verb
Verb
Everyone
clapped
and
for the team.
Marci
sings
and
in the choir.
Pia
jelly beans
and
for breakfast.
John
football
and
track for the school
Jean
action movies and
books about them.