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 verb

B.
compound subject

C.
compound object

Answer 1

The answer is C. compound object

Answer 2

Both sentences given have the same subjects and verbs, but different objects. When both sentences were combined to form a new sentence, it now has one subject, one verb and two objects. Therefore, the answer is letter C. Compound object. As you may notice, the new sentence has two objects which are connected by the word "and".