Question

Which of the following sentences contains a compound predicate?

A. She raced along the path to beat him to the beach.
B. She placed the shells in a plastic bag while he dried himself off.
C. She washed the shells and dried them in the sun.
D. While he swam, she collected shells.

Answer 1

C. She washed the shells and dried them in the sun.

Answer 2

c. A compound predicate has 2 parts to the predicate. In this sentence, the noun "She" does both "washed the shells and dried them in the sun" which is the compound predicate.