text: please help? what is a compound predicate. well first you have to know what a predicate is. its basically the second part of a sentence. the first part of a sentence is called the "subject"   for example:  in the sentence: the dog chased the cat. the "subject" is: the dog the "predicate"is: chased the cat. a "compound predicate": chased and bit the cat.  notice the difference, the subject is doing more than one thing. get it?  if you don't then visit this page http://homepage.mac.com/jkanach3/grammar_notebook/pages/38.html