1. GE 117 Composition I Week Seven In-Class Assignment<br />Instructions: Use the principles discussed in Chapters 11 and 13 to re-write the sentences below. The objective of the assignments is to replace the following PASSIVE sentences (built upon “to be” verbs) with more ACTIVE descriptions (built upon action verbs). Remember, don’t TELL your readers what’s happening, but SHOW them.<br />The man was hungry.<br />The little girl was scared of the dark.<br />The young woman was running quite late.<br />I am so nauseous today.<br />He thought the TV commercial was funny.<br />My older brother is irresponsible.<br />This music is horrendous.<br />The dog was really, really old.<br />The new employee was really clumsy.<br />10. The food at the restaurant was really lousy.<br /> <br />