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Voyages in English 4

Part 1 Written and Oral communication

Chapter 1 Sentences

Lesson 3: Compound Predicates

(pages 186-187)

 

Please Note

The teaching directions and the student answer keys are provided for your use as you feel necessary and/or appropriate.  The topics presented support the learner expectations of the grade 4 language arts curriculum of the Alberta Program of Studies and  should take approximately 6 weeks to complete (two days per week).  Because of the nature of the lessons there are no student on-line directions.

Portfolio

• email attachments (electronic files)
• oral audio recording (electronic attachment)
• traditional postal mail
• face-to-face conference sharing (where possible).

In this lesson you will learn

• to identify compound predicates

• to combine predicates to form a compound predicate

Working The Lesson

Toby listened to the radio.

Toby read a good book.

Have the student put a circle around the predicate  in each sentence. What does he notice about the predicate? Then have the student underline the subjects. What does he notice about the subjects? They are the same in both sentences. Instead of repeating the same information, the predicates can be combined and the subjects read just once:

Toby listened to the radio and read a good book.

As part of the predicate, the student should include any direct object or phrase that follows the subject. Complete subject and complete predicate are not taught in grade four.

Exercise 3: Remind the student that the simple predicate may not be next to each other in the sentences. sometimes a direct object or prepositional phrase follows each predicate.

Answers: The compound predicate is underlined in each sentence.

Exercise 3:

1. slithers, hisses
2. cracked, beat
3. kicked, splashed,
4. shot, disappeared
5. mows, trims
6. pawed, snorted
7. melted, dripped
8. licked, stamped
9. sneezed, hiccuped
10. lifted, looked

Exercise 4 - Have the student determine the predicate in each sentence. When the predicates are combined,  they are to include the direct object and/or prepositional phrases that follow each predicate.

Answers:

1. Sea lions throw stones and fetch them back.
2. Molly walks on her hands and stands on her head.
3. Greg opened the refrigerator and took out a jar of pickles.
4. The Lynx jumps into the air and catches birds.
5. During the winter, we shovel snow and build snow forts.
6. Every morning I eat cereal and drink orange juice.
7. Sandra filled the bicycle tires with air and oiled the chain.
8. William read the book and wrote a report.
9. Suddenly, the goose honked and bit my finger.
10. Carl and Ann swept the floor and washed the windows.

1. For additional practice, assign Working with Subjects, page 9  in Exercises in English 4.

   Answers

Page 9

A. 

1. gobbled, snatched
2. cuts, files
3. picked, cleaned, ate
4. planned, invited
5. caught, ate
6. cleared, built
7. inspected, lubricated
8. sat, practiced
9. intercepted, passes
10. weeded, watered

B.

1. The drowsy child yawned and stretched.
2. The nurse cleaned and bandaged my cut.
3. The tired old train huffed and puffed up the steep mountain.
4. Navaho Indians design and weave blankets.