Correct these sentences, if needed. Passive and active
1. After the bells had been rung the students left the building.
2. A Japanese freighter sank near the coast just after midnight.
3. Unfortunately, not everyone who tried out for the football team could be chosen.
4. At his inauguration, the new President was sworn to uphold the Constitution.
5. The company’s most experienced tree trimmer was rushed to the hospital after he had been almost sawed off his leg with the chainsaw.
6. None of the dead woman’s immediate family knew what had been become of her will.
7. The President always sends a delegation of government officials to meet important visitors.
8. The careless hiker was bit by a poisonous snake.
9. In the fall, my grandfather always climbed the pecan tree & shaken off as many pecans he could.
10. Individuals who have been never ridden are advised to select one of the older horses.
11. Unlike adult dogs, puppies are fed twice a day.
12. Tomorrow night, the drum major will be led the band during the performance at the game.
13. The fish stank so badly that the refrigerator had to be cleaned to get rid of the smell.
14. Instead of walking down the stairs, the boy was swung his leg over the banister and slid down to the first floor.
15. Several inches of snow have been fallen since the beginning of the year.
16. A fresh coat of paint will be hidden all the marks on the walls in the children’s room.
17. The trees in the new park have grown very quickly since they were planted last year.
18. The woman looked as though she had just come from the beauty salon.
19. Until the arbiter has been heard on both sides of the question, he cannot make an intelligent decision.
20. More poems have been written on the subject of love than any other subject.
