Each of these sentences relies on forms of to be$,$ either standing alone or in combination with something. Read all the sentences. Cross out all forms of the be verb. Then rewrite the sentences, so all the be's vanish and the verbs become active. Just speak the new sentence aloud and write it down.

Example $1$:

The jacket he wore was torn.

The jacket he wore was torn.

Active: He wore a torn jacket.

Example $2$:

The rain will be back tomorrow.

The rain will be back tomorrow.

$($Eliminate the will be because it's a form of is$.)$

Active: The rain will return tomorrow.

Make each sentence active.

The shovel was exactly where he'd expected it to be$.($hint: lay.$)$

Grandma will be at the supermarket on Tuesday.

He was optimistic she had changed her mind.

The Texas annexation was when Texas voted to become a state after its independence.

Next, the Constitutional Convention agreed on U$.$S annexation and it was accepted by Texas voters.

Value systems are infused into us by society.

The screaming woman was ejected from the grocery store.

The main goal of these artists was definitely that of naturalism.

Has there been an election year more tense than this one?

She will be at home tomorrow.

The reporters were irritated by the stale bagels and bad coffee available at the press conference.

There had been fish for dinner, because our uncle Jake had been at the dock all afternoon, fishing.

Staring out the back door at a small wisp of smoke on the western horizon, Jim Brannigan was in the kitchen doorway of his house.

The military crossing of the Neponset river will be at dawn.