Question

Match the sentences to the correct sentence type.
Religious music, which includes ballads and
hymns, heavily influenced old Appalachian
songs; this tradition continues today.
The first settlers of the Appalachian area
came from Ireland and Scotland, but others
came from England and Wales.
The instruments used in Appalachian music
include the banjo, the mountain dulcimer,
the fiddle, and the guitar.
Appalachian folk music grew from the
musical traditions of the settlers who came
to the region in the mid-1800s.

Simple sentence

Compound sentence

Complex sentence

Compound-complex sentence

Answer 1

Religious music, which includes ballads and hymns, heavily influenced old Appalachian songs; this tradition continues today. — Compound-complex sentence (two independent clauses + a dependent relative clause)

The first settlers of the Appalachian area came from Ireland and Scotland, but others came from England and Wales. — Compound sentence (two independent clauses joined by "but")

The instruments used in Appalachian music include the banjo, the mountain dulcimer, the fiddle, and the guitar. — Simple sentence (one independent clause)

Appalachian folk music grew from the musical traditions of the settlers who came to the region in the mid-1800s. — Complex sentence (one independent clause + a dependent relative clause)