The document discusses compound verbs and provides examples of sentences containing subjects with multiple verbs. It introduces Martha as the subject and lists the compound verbs referring to her actions in each example, including swatting, smashing, shooing, picking, licking, and washing as she prepares her award-winning cake. The document emphasizes that there is more to learn about compound verbs through its repeated statements.

1. Written by Sara Garcia
Morales

2. When a subject
has two or more
verbs associated
with it, it has a
compound verb.

3. For example:
Before mixing the ingredients for her award
winning cake, Martha swatted a buzzing bee
flying in her kitchen.
Martha is the subject
and verb referring to
her is swatted. You may
be asking: “Where are
the compound verbs?”
We are not done.

4. Before mixing the ingredients for her
award winning cake, Martha swatted a
buzzing bee flying in her kitchen and
smashed a tarantula crawling around the
floor.
Martha is the subject
and the compound
verbs referring to her
are swatted and
smashed.
Wait there is more!

5. Before mixing the ingredients for her award
winning cake, Martha swatted a buzzing bee
flying in her kitchen, smashed a tarantula
crawling around the floor and shooed the
macaw off the counter.
Martha is the subject and
the compound verbs
referring to her are
swatted, smashed and
shooed.
Yes, there is more!

6. Before mixing the ingredients for her award
winning cake, Martha swatted a buzzing bee
flying in her kitchen, smashed a tarantula
crawling around the floor, shooed the macaw
off the counter and picked up a worm.
Martha is the subject and
the compound verbs
referring to her are
swatted, smashed, shooed
and picked.
Again, there is more!

7. Before mixing the ingredients for her award
winning cake, Martha swatted a buzzing bee flying
in her kitchen, smashed a tarantula crawling
around the floor, shooed the macaw off the
counter, picked up a worm and licked her fingers.
Martha is the subject
and the compound
verbs referring to her
are swatted, smashed,
shooed, picked and
licked.
Of course, there is more!

8. Before mixing the ingredients for her award
winning cake, Martha swatted a buzzing bee flying
in her kitchen, smashed a tarantula crawling
around the floor, shooed the macaw off the
counter, picked up a worm, licked her fingers and
did not wash her hands.
Martha is the subject and
the compound verbs
referring to her are
swatted, smashed, shooed,
picked, licked and wash.

9. So, who
wants
cake?

10. So, who
wants
cake?
The
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