STAAR Writing Review

What change should be made in the sentence?
It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.

• Change didn't to did'nt
• Insert a comma after pancake
• Change spreads out to spread out
• No changes

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change needs to be made in the sentence?
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!

• Change that to this
• Change takes to take
• Insert a comma after patience
• Change then to than

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

"What do I do first," I asked eagerly.

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

• Change the comma to a question mark

• Delete the quotation marks after the comma

• Change eagerly to eager

• Make no changes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

"Make sure you don't leave any lumps," Dad instructed while I stired the mixture.
What change should be made in sentence 13? 

• Change the comma after lumps to a period
• Change instructed to instrcuting
• Change stired to stirred
• No change should be made

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Which sentence is written correctly?

• We stopped at the grocery store but we forgot to buy milk.
• we stopped at the grocery store, but we forgot to buy milk.
• We stopped at the grocery store, but we forgot to buy milk.
• We stopped at the grocery store but, we forgot to buy milk.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

If they were in the same room, all there things could be in one place.
What change should be made?

• Change they to we
• Delete the comma
• Change there to their
• No change needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What transition should be added in the blank?



My Mom said her favorite place to eat is Chili's.________ We're going today.

• For example,

• On the other hand,

• Otherwise,

• In fact,

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What change needs to be made?

And according to Zoe Sunday is the best day to create a to do list.

• Insert a comma after Zoe

• Change Sunday to sunday

• Change is to are

• No changes need to be made

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change needs to be made?



We went to the school dance, and had Whataburger afterwards.

• Change had to have

• Delete the comma after dance

• Change went to will go

• Insert a comma after Whataburger

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family
• change I to me
• change river to River
• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A