In the first sentence, birds and bees form the compound subject; and, in the second, fade and fall form the compound predicate.
The short line following the subject line represents the entire predicate, and is supposed to be continued in the three horizontal lines that follow, each of which represents one of the parts of the compound predicate.
Clauses united in this way may have a compound subject and a compound predicate, but two complete clauses must be united by a co-ordinate conjunction in order to form a compound sentence.
A sentence may have both a compound subject and a compound predicate.
It remains +simple in structure+ so long as it contains but one simple or compound subject and one simple or compound predicate.
Two or more simple subjects may be joined to make one +compound subject+, and two or more simple predicates to make one +compound predicate+.
Two simple subjects (bear and walrus) are joined by the conjunction and to make a compound subject, and two simple predicates (live and thrive) are joined by and to make a compound predicate.
Turn this diagram about, and the connected horizontal lines will stand for the parts of a compound predicate.
A sentence may have both a compound subject and a compound predicate; as, Mary and Elizabeth lived and reigned in England.
Two or more connected predicates having the same subject form a +Compound Predicate+.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "compound predicate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
