Question

form a compound sentence.
carson often plays

basketball, but he also plays tennis

basketball, not field hockey

basketball after school at norwood park

Explanation:

A compound sentence has at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction. The first option "basketball, but he also plays tennis" has two independent clauses ("Carson often plays basketball" and "he also plays tennis") connected by "but", forming a compound sentence. The other options are not compound sentences (second is a simple sentence with a phrase, third is a simple sentence with additional details).

Answer:

A. basketball, but he also plays tennis