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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.

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

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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.

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