Compound Predicate Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which sentence contains a compound predicate?
Lena packed the suitcase that Marco bought.
Lena and Marco packed the suitcase.
Lena packed her suitcase and called a taxi.
Lena packed carefully before the trip.
2. Which addition turns “The fox crossed the field” into a sentence with a compound predicate while retaining the original subject?
at dawn
and disappeared into the woods
while crows called overhead
near the old barn
3. In “Sofia will finish the report and will email it tonight,” which words form the two coordinated verb phrases?
Sofia; the report
will finish the report; will email it tonight
email; tonight
finish; the report
4. How should “Nora and Ben washed and dried the dishes” be classified?
It has a compound subject but not a compound predicate.
It has two independent clauses.
It has a compound predicate but not a compound subject.
It has both a compound subject and a compound predicate.
5. What role does “but” play in “Kai wanted to stay but left early”?
It joins two subjects performing the same action.
It introduces a dependent clause explaining why Kai left.
It joins contrasting actions that share the subject “Kai.”
It separates two complete sentences without connecting their predicates.
6. Which sentence presents three coordinated actions performed by the same subject?
Tessa mixed the dough, shaped the loaf, and baked it.
Tessa and Amir baked bread and soup.
Tessa baked bread, Amir served it, and Lee cleaned.
Tessa baked bread while the soup simmered and the guests arrived.
7. In “The customer neither complained nor requested a refund,” which analysis is accurate?
“Complained” is the main verb, while “requested” begins a dependent clause.
The two verbs belong to the separate subjects “customer” and “refund.”
The two coordinated verbs share “the customer” as their subject and form a compound predicate.
The words “neither” and “nor” join two direct objects rather than two actions.
8. Which revision combines “Omar checked the lock” and “Omar turned off the light” using one subject with a compound predicate?
Omar checked the lock and turned off the light.
After checking the lock, the light went out.
Omar checked whether the light was off.
The lock was checked; meanwhile, the light remained on.
9. Which sentence has a helping verb shared by both parts of a compound predicate?
The dog has chased the ball and buried it near the fence.
The dog and the puppy have chased the ball.
The dog has a ball and a bone.
The dog chased the ball that rolled near the fence.
10. Which example consists of one independent clause whose subject carries out two coordinated actions?
The singer rehearsed, and the pianist waited.
The singer and the pianist rehearsed.
While the singer rehearsed, the pianist recorded the music.
The singer rehearsed quietly and recorded the final take.
11. A student writes, “The chef sliced the onions, and stirred the soup.” What is the usual correction when the two verbs share the same subject?
Add a second comma after “stirred.”
Remove the comma after “onions.”
Replace “and” with a semicolon.
Change “stirred” to a noun.
12. An editor reviews “After lunch Priya washed the cups, and put them away.” Which change produces standard punctuation while keeping the compound predicate?
Insert a comma between “Priya” and “washed.”
Add a comma after “lunch” and remove the comma before “and.”
Replace the comma before “and” with a semicolon.
Place a colon immediately after “cups.”
13. Which sentence combines “Ava opened the document” and “Ava corrected two errors” without creating an unnecessary second clause?
Ava opened the document; two errors.
Ava opened the document, and she corrected two errors.
Opening the document, two errors appeared to Ava.
Ava opened the document and corrected two errors.
14. Why does “The bell rang, and the students entered the room” not have a single compound predicate?
The two verbs belong to different subjects in separate independent clauses.
The first verb describes a sound rather than an action.
A compound predicate cannot use the conjunction “and.”
The sentence contains more than one noun.
15. In “Before sunrise, the hikers packed their gear and started down the trail,” what is the subject and what are its two main actions?
Subject: the trail; actions: packed and started
Subject: sunrise; actions: packed and started
Subject: gear; actions: packed and started
Subject: the hikers; actions: packed and started
16. What is the complete compound predicate in “The mechanic inspected the brakes but did not replace them”?
The mechanic
the mechanic inspected
inspected the brakes but did not replace them
the brakes but did not replace them