Review for STAAR Revising

"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 answer shows the correct way to write the sentence?

• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the the surface. And have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface then we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, and we would have a big mess to clean up.
• Otherwise, the pancakes would stick to the surface, we would have a big mess to clean up then.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

My father was very clear about how long to wait. Before trying to flip the pancakes over.
What is the correct way to write these two sentences?

• My father was very clear about this.  How long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
• My father was very clear.  About how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
• My father was very clear anout this he told me how long to wait beofre trying to flip the pancakes over.
• My father was very clear about how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What change should be made to this sentence?
While I scraped my impatience off the griddle, Dad showed me what he meant by "solid bubbles" and then taught me how to flip the pancakes correct.

• Change scraped to scrapped
• Insert a comma after bubbles
• Change taught to teached
• Change correct to correctly

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

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.L.3.1G

Karen is rich; ___, her cousin Kate is poor.

• therefore
• however
• otherwise

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

You'd better take a taxi. ___, you'll arrive late.

• Consequently
• Furthermore
• Otherwise

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.5.6

I enjoy reading this new magazine. ___, it has good articles.

• Moreover
• Nonetheless
• However

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Phil was not thirsty; ___, he drank five glasses of water.

• however
• moreover
• furthermore

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E