Part 6
LANGUAGE
6.1 Conventions of Standard English
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Compound Subjects and Predicates
Practice
Write your answers on the lines and then print this page.
A.Read each sentence. Write CS on the line if the sentence has a compound
subject. Write CP on the line if the sentence has a compound predicate.
1. Davy and John danced in the forest. 2. Davy combed his hair with a rake and shaved his beard with an ax. 3. The President and Davy posed for pictures. 4. Davy climbed to the top of Eagle Eye Peak and waited for the comet. B.Rewrite each pair of sentences as one sentence. Use and or or to form a
compound subject or a compound predicate.
6.Sally Sugartree was happy to see Davy return. The community was happy to see
Davy return.
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5. Davy jumped over the comet’s shoulder. Davy planted his teeth around its neck.