She showered, dressed, and applied makeup for her dog’s birthday party, but the dog never showered. The verbs showered, dressed, and applied all use the same clause, “she.” All these verbs share the same clause and the same compound predicate. In this above sentence, “showered, dressed, and applied makeup for her dog’s birthday party” is the compound predicate. She showered, dressed, and applied makeup for her dog’s birthday party. In this example, the compound subject is “Neither the brownies nor the cookies.” Neither the brownies nor the cookies will be ready by the evening. Sometimes sentences have both a compound subject and a compound predicate. More than one predicates in a sentence form a compound predicate.Ī compound predicate has two or more verbs with the same subject.Ĭompound subjects and predicates have either correlative conjunctions(either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, both/and) or coordinating conjunctions(and, or, but, nor). Understanding compound subject and predicateĪ sentence with a compound subject has multiple simple objects. Everything in the car and the box needs to come into our building. Either the white kitten or the black puppy is getting adopted. Either Jack or Jill is going to go with us to the market. Either the cakes or cookies has chocolate chips. Either dad or mom will pass out if they don’t stop walking fast. Neither the red shirt nor the black one has any holes. Both your hairbrush and toothbrush need to be changed. 
Either all of us or none of us go to the party.Fried chips or baked goods are unhealthy.Neither the manager nor his secretary has talked to us.Elephants and dolphins are super intelligent animals.Here are some example sentences having compound subjects: Compound subject Examples of a compound subject
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