Question

A6) Do as directed.
1) His approach took the enemy by surprise.
(Pick out the subject and the predicate from the given sentence)
2) Although 18 Grenadiers held the top now, linking up with them was not easy.
(Rewrite as a compound sentence)​

Answer 1

Answer:

Subject - His approach took the enemy

predicate - by surprise

2. Linking up with them was not easy even though 18 Grenadiers held the top now.

Answer 2

Answer:

1) Subject: His approach

Predicate: took the enemy by surprise              

2) 18 Grenadiers held the top now but linking up with them was not easy.

Explanation:

What are the subject and the predicate?

In a sentence, a person or a thing or an action is the subject and the part of the sentence giving more information about the subject is the predicate.

In the given sentence,

Subject: His approach.                                                                             Predicate: took the enemy by surprise 

What is a compound sentence?

A sentence formed by linking two different sentences with a coordinating conjunction like and/but is called a compound sentence.

Here, the correct answer is

18 Grenadiers held the top now but linking up with them was not easy.