Question

highlight the coordinating conjunction.
noun/pronoun verb article adjective preposition adverb conjunction
jorge was strolling down fifth avenue when a
lion that had an exquisite mane walked up to
him and licked him right on the cheek.
incredible!

Explanation:

Coordinating conjunctions are used to join words, phrases, or independent clauses of equal grammatical rank. The common coordinating conjunctions are "and", "but", "or", "nor", "for", "so", "yet". In the given sentence, "and" is the coordinating conjunction that joins the verbs "walked" (implied before "and" in the sequence of actions: walked up to him and licked him) or more precisely, it joins the actions "walked up to him" and "licked him". The word "when" is a subordinating conjunction, not coordinating. So we identify "and" as the coordinating conjunction.

Answer:

and