—— in sledges. —— up the Hudson. —— down the Rhine. —— through the Alps. —— with snow and ice. —— into New York Bay. —— on the prairie. —— at Saratoga.
Build a short sentence containing all the parts of speech.
Expand the following simple sentence into twelve sentences.
Astronomy teaches the size, form, nature, and motions of the sun, moon,
and stars.
Contract the following awkward compound sentence into a neat simple sentence,
Hannibal passed through Gaul, and then he crossed the Alps, and then came
down into Italy, and then he defeated several Roman generals.
Change the following complex sentences to compound sentences.
When he asked me the question, I answered him courteously.
Morse, the man who invented the telegraph, was a public benefactor.
When spring comes, the birds will return.
Contract the following complex sentences into simple sentences by changing the verb in the dependent clause to a participle. Notice all the other changes.
A ship which was gliding along the horizon attracted our attention.
I saw a man who was plowing a field.
When the shower had passed, we went on our way.
I heard that he wrote that article.
That he was a foreigner was well known.
I am not sure that he did it.
Every pupil who has an interest in this work will prepare for it.