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identify the choices that best describes the underlined word

If they have the time and energy,Dina and Maggie will prune and (water is underlined) the shrubs.

A. Part of a compound subject

B. Part of a compound predicate

C. A direct object

D.an indirect object

Please tell me why so I can understand :)

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plbak

Hello!

In the sentence: If they have the time and energy, Dina and Maggie will prune and water the shrubs, water is best described as a compound predicate.

To understand why, we need to understand what a predicate is.

Predicate can best be understood as part of a sentence that talks about the subject, and contains a verb.

In this particular sentence, water is a verb because it is an action of watering.