Rewrite these into compound sentences. can any one also teach me, how to do that?

How to do that? Simply write each clause as a simple sentence and then connect them with a coordinating conjunction (and, but, yet, so, or, for, nor).

Explanation:

Here are two random examples from the eight sentences; you can do the rest.

He is poor, but he is honest.

He ran fast, so he is out of breath.

i believe it is the first option, having taken lessons