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Graded Lessons in English an Elementary English Grammar Consisting of One Hundred Practical Lessons, Carefully Graded and Adapted to the Class-Room by Alonzo Reed;Brainerd Kellogg
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Wellington was a man of iron will.

Change the following complex sentences into simple sentences by contracting
the adjective clauses into phrases.

Much of the cotton which is raised in the Gulf States is exported.
The house which was built upon the sand fell.
A thing which is beautiful is a joy forever.
Aaron Burr was a man who had fascinating manners.

Change the following simple sentences into complex sentences by expanding
the phrases into adverb clauses.

+Model+.--Birds return _in the spring_.
_When spring comes_, the birds return.

The dog came at call. In old age our senses fail.

Change the following complex sentences into simple sentences by contracting
the adverb clauses into phrases.

The ship started when the tide was at flood.
When he reached the middle of his speech, he stopped.

By supplying noun clauses, make complete sentences out of the following
expressions.

---- is a well-known fact.
The fact was ----.
Ben. Franklin said ----.
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