Is these sentences right?
1、We all felt that to be the highest praise.
2、They heard him to be very foolish.
3、The boy soon perceived the snake to be a dead one.
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All of your sentences are grammatically correct, but sound awkward. I put sentences with the same meanings next to them for reference.
1、We all felt that to be the highest praise. --> We all felt that to be of the highest praise.
2、They heard him to be very foolish. --> They heard he was very foolish.
3、The boy soon perceived the snake to be a dead one. --> The boy soon perceived the snake to be dead.
Also, for your question title, make sure you ask "Are these sentences right?" because "sentences" is a plural word, you need to use "are" instead of "is."
I hope this helps :)
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Grammatically, they are correct, but the style is a little odd.
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We all felt it was the highest praise given by the teacher this whole year.
We all felt (that) he deserved the highest praise .
All of us felt that his efforts should be accorded/given the highest praise.
They heard that he is a real fool/very foolish person.
The boy soon realized the snake was a dead snake (but not before thinking it to be a live one).
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