Which sentence below includes a compound verb?
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The wolf pounced on a mouse and ate it.
The wolf's underfur grew dense and thick.
Hares and caribou are among the wolf's prey.
The wolf pounced on a mouse and ate it.
The sentence that includes a compound verb is: "The wolf pounced on a mouse and ate it."
A compound verb is a combination of two or more verbs that work together to describe the action in a sentence. To find the sentence that includes a compound verb, you can analyze each option.
Option 1: "The wolf pounced on a mouse and ate it."
In this sentence, the verbs "pounced" and "ate" are both actions performed by the wolf. Therefore, this sentence contains a compound verb.
Option 2: "The wolf's underfur grew dense and thick."
In this sentence, the verb "grew" is the only action described. Although there are two adjectives ("dense" and "thick") connected by the coordinating conjunction "and," they do not form a compound verb.
Option 3: "Hares and caribou are among the wolf's prey."
This sentence does not contain any verbs. It consists of a subject ("hares and caribou") and a predicate ("are among the wolf's prey"), but there is no action verb.
Therefore, the sentence that includes a compound verb is:
The wolf pounced on a mouse and ate it.