STAAR Revising & Editing

STAAR Revising & Editing

Multiple Choice

from Nadia’s story about a cooking attempt:

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Insert a comma after fist

• Change then to than

• Change spins to spun

• Change it to them

Multiple Choice

from Nadia’s story about a cooking attempt:

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home, although they were surprised. They were not upset, about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home, although they were surprised, they were not upset about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home. Although they were surprised, they were not upset. About her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home. Although they were surprised, they were not upset about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

Multiple Choice

from Nadia’s story about a cooking attempt:

What change should be made in sentence 8?

• Change Surely to Similarly

• Change restauront to restaurant

• Change you to them

• Change properly to proper

Multiple Choice

from Frederico’s letter to his parents:

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• Change could learn to could have learned

• Insert a comma after travel

• Change Solar System to solar system

• No change is needed.

Multiple Choice

e from Frederico’s letter to his parents.

What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family enjoyed.

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family will enjoy

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family have been enjoying.

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family had enjoyed.

Multiple Choice

from Frederico’s letter to his parents

What change should be made in sentence 9?

• Change If to Unless

• Change us to them

• Change are to is

• Change fascinating to fasinating