When you write, you can sometimes combine two short sentences together to make one, longer sentence. A complete sentence will have a subject and a predicate. The subject tells the reader who or what is doing something. The predicate tells what the subject is doing. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine them. Use the word "and" to join the subjects.

To combine these types of sentences, you join the two subjects with the word "and". Then, add the predicate.  The new sentence talks about two subjects, so we need to use the plural verb "play".

Melissa and Charlie play soccer. 

When you write, you can sometimes combine two short sentences together to make one, longer sentence. A complete sentence will have a subject and a predicate. The subject tells the reader who or what is doing something. The predicate tells what the subject is doing. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine them. Use the word "and" to join the subjects.

To combine these types of sentences, you join the two subjects with the word "and". Then, add the predicate.  The new sentence talks about two subjects, so we need to use the plural verb "eat".

Adley and Lindsey eat fruit. 

When you write, you can sometimes combine two short sentences together to make one, longer sentence. A complete sentence will have a subject and a predicate. The subject tells the reader who or what is doing something. The predicate tells what the subject is doing. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine them. Use the word "and" to join the subjects.

To combine these types of sentences, you join the two subjects with the word "and". Then, add the predicate.  The new sentence talks about two subjects, so we need to use the plural verb "are".

Wrigley and Anya are dogs. 

When you write, you can sometimes combine two short sentences together to make one, longer sentence. A complete sentence will have a subject and a predicate. The subject tells the reader who or what is doing something. The predicate tells what the subject is doing. When two sentences have the same predicate, you can combine them. Use the word "and" to join the subjects.

To combine these types of sentences, you join the two subjects with the word "and". Then, add the predicate.  The new sentence talks about two subjects, so we need to use the plural verb "talk".

Brian and Blin talk a lot. 

Of our answer choices, "Christmas" should be capitalized because it's a holiday and holidays are always capitalized. "Hand", "tell", and "rug" would only need to be capitalized if they were at the beginning of a sentence. 

Of our answer choices, "Easter" should be capitalized because it's a holiday and holidays are always capitalized. "Soccer", "umbrella", and "dog" would only need to be capitalized if they were at the beginning of a sentence. 

Of our answer choices, "United States" should be capitalized because it's a geographical name and geographical names are always capitalized. "tree", "shoe", and "jacket" would only need to be capitalized if they were at the beginning of a sentence. 

Of our answer choices, "China" should be capitalized because it's a geographical name and geographical names are always capitalized. "Hand", "body", and "sugar" would only need to be capitalized if they were at the beginning of a sentence. 

Holidays, product names, and geographic names should always be capitalized. 

Europe is a geographic name. 

Holidays, product names, and geographic names should always be capitalized. 

North America is a geographic name.