Examples

Example 1

Damien took his speech teacher's advice and imagined that the audience members were all naked.

In this example, took and imagined form a compound predicate because they're both actions that Damien performed before addressing the crowd at his grandmother's retirement community. Ew.

Example 2

Keira will order the hot tub and stay home from work on Friday to wait for the delivery guy.

Party at Keira's! In this bubbly sentence, will order and stay form the complete predicate because they're both actions Keira will perform. Other actions that Keira will later perform include "being super relaxed" and "sleeping like a baby."

Example 3

Neil snores and drools in his sleep.

Here, snores and drools form the complete predicate because the two actions are both utterly charming things that Brian does while sleeping.