Betsy loves playing the park, and Camille likes fishing for tadpoles. is this a compound or simple sentence?

Answer 1

This a compound sentence.

There are two subjects and two predicates in this sentence.

A compound sentence has two or more subjects and predicates. A simple sentence only has one subject and predicate.

Answer 2

This is a compound sentence because you have two phrases (two subject/verb pairs.)

This is a simple sentence: Betsy loves playing in the park.

This is a simple sentence: Camille likes fishing for tadpoles.

Put them together and you get your compound sentence.