Question

which best describes the underlined words in the sentence? could the polynesian islanders really have found their way across the pacific ocean? underlined words: could, have found a. compound verb b. simple predicate c. complete predicate

Answer 1

The underlined words could, have found in this sentence make up a A. compound verb.
Compound verbs consist of many words, especially modal and auxiliary verbs, such as could and have in this sentence.