STAAR Editing: Capitalization, Spelling, Verb Tense

STAAR Editing: Capitalization, Spelling, Verb Tense

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Open Ended

How do you feel about the test on Tuesday?

Capitalization

What are the rules?

Capitalize the first word of a sentence.

• Hi, how are you?

• I am well, how are you?

• My name is Ms. Savoy and I'm an English teacher.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Love is a battlefield.

• hard times on the inside.

• there's no way the world will define.

• we are young, heartache to heartache we stand.

Capitalize Names and Proper Nouns

Walt Disney created the multi-billion dollar empire known as Disney, which now has movies on Disney+; make sure you catch Wandavision.

Multiple Choice

Select all the proper nouns.

• teacher

• Ms. De La Torre

• school

• Del Valle High School

Multiple Choice

Which words should be capitalized in this sentence?

wherever you go, richard, I will be right here waiting for you at mcdonalds.

• wherever, go, richard, at

• wherever, richard, mcdonalds

• wherever, richard, you

• wherever, will be, waiting

Capitalize the first word in a quote/quotation

He said, "I've been on my own for long enough."

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• He said, "i can't sleep until I feel your touch."

• She said, "i'm running out of time."

• They said, "This city is cold and empty."

• I said, "i'm drowning in the light."

 Capitalize Days, Months, and Holidays, But Not Seasons

When is spring in El Paso? Usually for one month: April. We get Easter and Good Friday during this time.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Please turn in your work by thursday, april 22nd.

• Next Summer will be shorter when school ends and begins.

• School begins August 2nd for students.

• School ends june 15th, hope you make plans for Summer.

Capitalize Most Words in Titles

Yesterday, I spent like 45 minutes on TikTok, 1 hour on Facebook; all while watching Encanto on Disney+.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Avengers endgame was the best marvel movie ever made.

• Ironman was the first of all the Marvel Universe movies; so it is the greatest.

• Those hulk and thor movies were awful though.

• Thor ragnarok was very good compared to Thor: the Dark world.

Capitalize Cities, Countries, Nationalities, and Languages

My dad was born in Santa Cruz de Rosales, Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico.

I had to learn Chinese, Spanish, and English while growing up, because my mom is Chinese and my dad is Mexican.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is written correctly?

• I don't know the difference between south Korea and north Korea.

• I wonder if the korean culture is closer to chinese or japanese cultures.

• My grandmother says Korean culture is closer to her Chinese culture.

• in many asian cultures like japanese or korean, people eat rice with every meal.

STAAR Spelling

USE THE DICTIONARY

select the word

click to "DEFINE"

Multiple Choice

Which represents the correctly spelled word?

• exxageration

• exxaggeration

• exageration

• exaggeration

Multiple Choice

Which represents the correctly spelled word?

• acommodation

• accomodation

• accommodation

• acomoddation

Multiple Choice

Which represents the correctly spelled word?

• acknowledge

• aknowledge

• acknowlege

• akcnowledge

Verb Tenses

Past, Present, Future and Irregular Verbs

Irregular Verbs- Base verb changes

• GO-PRESENT That girl is going far in life.

• GO- PAST That girl went far in life.

• GO- FUTURE That girl will go far in life.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Yesterday, we swim the whole day.

• Yesterday, we swam the whole day.

• Yesterday, we swum the whole day.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• He says, "It runs in the family!"

• He says, "It run in the family!"

• He says, "It running in the family!"

Multiple Choice

Which sentence is correctly written?

• Let's go bought some new shoes!

• Let's go buying some new shoes!

• Let's go buy some new shoes!

Multiple Choice

How should sentence 14 be changed?

(14) However, some researchers at the Massachusetts institute of technology disagree.

• Change researchers to researcher’s

• Change institute of technology to Institute of Technology

• Change disagree to disagreeing

• Sentence 14 should not be changed.

Multiple Choice

What change needs to be made in sentence 6?

(6) Although the idea is certainly intriguing a human colony on Mars is not something the United States should pursue at this time.

• Change Although the idea to The idea

• Insert a comma after intriguing

• Change something to nothing

• No change needs to be made in sentence 6.

Multiple Choice

How should sentence 9 be changed?

(9) If we were to set up a colony on Mars, missions to bring additional people and supply’s would take just as long.

• Change were to was

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Insert a comma after people

• Change supply’s to supplies

Multiple Choice

What change needs to be made in sentence 21?

(21) Some say the cost of establishing a colony there could be in the six-billion-dollar range, with an additional four billion dollars needed for each subsaquent mission; NASA estimates the cost to be closer to $100 billion.

• Change say to said

• Change there to they’re

• Delete with

• Change subsaquent to subsequent

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to write sentence 23?

(23) Those dollars could be spent on homes for the homeless, food for the hungry, and research to find cures for diseases.

• Those dollars could be spent on homes for the homeless. And on food for the hungry and research to find cures for diseases.

• Those dollars could be spent on homes for the homeless and food for the hungry. Also for research to find cures for diseases.

• Those dollars could be spent on homes for the homeless they could also be spent on food for the hungry and research to find cures for diseases.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

Multiple Choice

How should sentence 24 be changed?

(24) Shouldn’t we take care of the problems on our own planet before we send people to explore another one.

• Change we take care to you take care

• Change our own planet to our on planet

• Change the period to a question mark

• Sentence 24 should not be changed.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 11?

(10) How about the old T-shirts you never wear anymore?(11) It could be stitched together to make a picnic blanket.

• Change It to They

• Change stitched to stiched

• Insert a comma after together

• No change needs to made.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct way to write sentences 12 and 13?

(12) Or you could turn an old windbreaker into a bag. (13) To carry a swimsuit and towel to the beach.

• Or you could turn an old windbreaker into a bag to carry a swimsuit. And a towel to the beach.

• Or you could turn an old windbreaker into a bag to carry a swimsuit and towel to the beach.

• Or you could turn an old windbreaker into a bag you could use it to carry a swimsuit and towel to the beach.

• The sentences are written correctly in the paper.

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 15?

Did you know that you can even use the lint from your dryer to make a kind of clay.

• Change lint to lent

• Change your to you’re

• Change the period to a question mark

• No change needs to be made in sentence 15.

Multiple Choice

What change should be made in sentence 19?

Recycling takes an item made of glass, paper, metal, or plastic, breaks it down to its base material, and then used that material to make another product.

• Delete the comma after plastic

• Change breaks to brakes

• Change its to it’s

• Change used to uses

Multiple Choice

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 29?

During the great depression in the 1930s, many families lived on a tight budget.

• Change During to Durring

• Change great depression to Great Depression

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• No change should be made in sentence 29.