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♦ Sometimes a sentence can consist of two or more subjects. The subjects are
usually joined by the conjunctions and, or, both…and, either…or, neither…nor,
as well as, along with or not only…but also. For example,
• My mother and my granny are going to the mall.
• Either Shravan or Bhuvan will win the race.
• The soldiers as well as the general are marching.
• A car along with a truck was towed away by a crane.
When a verb has two or more subjects, we say that the verb has a compound
subject.
♦ The predicate in a sentence may have one
word or more than one word. For example, Remember
• Birds fly. The predicate of a sentence
• The puppy was very naughty.
will always contain a verb.
♦ Sometimes a sentence can consist of two or
more predicates. The predicates are usually joined by the conjunctions and, or,
both…and, either…or, neither…nor, as well as, along with or not only…but
also. For example,
• Aditya lives in Chennai and speaks Tamil.
• She came, saw and conquered.
• The dolphins swam and splashed near our boat.
When two or more verbs or verb phrases that share the same subject are
joined by a conjunction, we call it a compound predicate.
A. Underline the subjects and double underline the predicates. Identify the
compound subjects and predicates.
One fine evening, a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to
take a walk by herself in a wood. Suddenly, she came across a cool spring of water,
so she sat herself down to rest for a while.
Now she had a golden ball in her hand, which was her favourite plaything. She
tossed it up into the air and caught it as it fell. One time she threw it up so high
that she missed catching it as it fell, and the ball bounded away, and rolled along
the ground, till at last it fell down into the spring.
The princess looked into the spring, but it was very deep. So, she began to cry.
She said, ‘If I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and
jewels, and everything that I have in the world.’
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