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Review: the Predicate, Answer 4.

Answer

Question:
Despite the storm’s destructiveness, the ship, with its novice crew, might have survived in more experienced hands.
Answer:
Despite the storm’s destructivenessmight have survived in more experienced hands is the predicate because it contains the verb might have survived and it tells us something about the subject the ship, with its novice crew.