The correct answers are B. The sky is cloudy, but it isn’t raining, D. I will go to a movie this afternoon, or I will go to the park, and E. In five minutes, dinner will be ready; I hope everyone is hungry.
Explanation:
A compound sentence includes two or more independent clauses (each with a subject, verb, and a complete idea); additionally, the clauses are linked using a semicolon or a comma and one coordinating conjunction (and, or, but, so, yet, not). According to this, there are three compound sentences; these are options B, C, and D.
Option B includes two clauses "The sky is cloudy" and "it isn't raining" each with a subject, verb, and complete idea. Also, these are linked with a coordinating conjunction (but) that shows the sentence is compound.
Option C also includes two clauses each with the subject and verb "I will go" and these are also linked with one coordinating conjunction (or).
Finally, option E. includes two independent clauses "In five minutes, dinner will be ready" and "I hope everyone is hungry" but these are linked with a semicolon.
