Question

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 hunt zebras. Lions hunt gazelles.

Lions hunt zebras and gazelles.

A.
compound object

B.
compound subject

C.
compound verb

Answer 1

The two sentences have the same subject which is "Lions". They also have the same verb which is "hunt" but their direct object is different; the first sentence is "zebras" and the other is "gazelles". When combined, The new sentence has one subject, one verb and two objects. Therefore, the answer is option A. Compound object.