Which of the following is a compound sentence?

a. Kim will take her daughter, shopping when she learn to behave in public.
b. Sue gave Jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis courts.
c. Rain and heavy winds caused damage along the coast.
d. We found our way home without a map.

Compound sentences usually have a comma and a coordinating conjunction in the middle, joining the two independent clauses.

Which sentence has a comma and coordinating conjunction in the middle?

The compound sentence among the options is:

b. Sue gave Jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis courts.

A compound sentence is a sentence that consists of two independent clauses connected by a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon, or a conjunctive adverb. To identify a compound sentence, we need to look for two independent clauses joined together.

Let's analyze each option to determine which one is a compound sentence:

a. "Kim will take her daughter shopping when she learns to behave in public."
This is a complex sentence because it contains one independent clause ("Kim will take her daughter shopping") and one dependent clause ("when she learns to behave in public").

b. "Sue gave Jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis courts."
This is a compound sentence because it contains two independent clauses ("Sue gave Jim a new racket" and "he left for the tennis courts") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."

c. "Rain and heavy winds caused damage along the coast."
This is a simple sentence because it only contains one independent clause ("Rain and heavy winds caused damage along the coast").

d. "We found our way home without a map."
This is a simple sentence because it only contains one independent clause ("We found our way home without a map").

Therefore, the compound sentence is option b: "Sue gave Jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis courts."