Question: Please help? What is a compound predicate.

Answer: well first you have to know what a predicate is. its basically the second part of a sentence. the first part of a sentence is called the "subject"   For Example:\n\nIn the sentence: The dog chased the cat.\nThe "subject" is: The dog\nThe "predicate"is: chased the cat.\nA "compound predicate": chased and bit the cat. \nnotice the difference, the subject is doing more than one thing.\nGet It? \nIf you don't then visit this page\nhttp://homepage.mac.com/jkanach3/Grammar_Notebook/pages/38.html
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