First, read the pair of sentences and notice how they were combined. Then, indicate if the new sentence includes a compound subject, compound verb, or compound object.

Lions inhabit grassland. Lions inhabit thinly forested areas.

Lions inhabit grassland and thinly forested areas.

A.

compound object

B.

compound verb

C.

compound subject

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11 October, 21:31

First, read the pair of sentences and notice how they were combined. Then, indicate if the new sentence includes a compound subject, compound verb, or compound object.

Lions inhabit grassland. Lions inhabit thinly forested areas.

Lions inhabit grassland and thinly forested areas.

A.

compound object

B.

compound verb

C.

compound subject

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Madilyn Parker · Answer 1

The two sentences have the same subject which is "Lions" and they have a similar verb too which is "inhabit". But they have different objects which are "grassland" and thinly forest areas". When combined, the sentence now has a compound object. The correct answer is option A.