2018 Writing STAAR Editing Portion

What change, if any, is needed in the following sentence?

Today these ancient ruins served as a home for a type of monkey called toque macade (pronounce toke ma-KAK).

• Change served to serve

• Change called to they are called

• Change the period to a comma

• No change is needed in this sentence

What change, if any, is needed in the following sentence?

Many people come to the temple ruins to see the monkeys and study his habits.

• Change come to coming

• Change and to they

• Change his to their

• No change needs to be made in this sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.RI.7.4

What change, if any, is needed in the following sentence?

Temple monkeys are golden brown weigh about 10 pounds, and are usually around 17 inches tall.

• Insert a comma after brown

• Change weigh to wiegh

• Change are usually around to were usually around

• No change needs to be made in this sentence

What is the correct way to write the following sentences?

With their excellent color vision. They are able to find fruit and flowers in the tropical forest.

• With their excellent color vision, they are able to find fruit and flowers. In the tropical forest.

• With their excellent color vision, they are able to find fruit and flowers in the tropical forest.

• With their excellent color vision, they are able to find fruit and flowers these are in the tropical forest.

• These sentences are written correctly.

What is the correct way to write the following sentence?

They live in family groups called troops these troops can have as many as 20 members.

• Living in family groups called troops that can have as many as 20 members.

• They live in family groups called troops. And can have as many as 20 members.

• The family groups they live in are called troops and can have. As many as 20 members.

• They live in family groups called troops that can have as many as 20 members.

How should the following sentence be changed?

At night the member’s of a family gather in a warm, cozy huddle to sleep.

• Change member’s to members

• Change gather to gathering

• Change cozy to cozey

• This sentence should not be changed.

What change, if any, is needed in the following sentence?

Filmmakers and animal experts spent three years making the movie, which was called monkey kingdom.

• Change spent to spended

• Change making to macking

• Change which to it

• Change monkey kingdom to Monkey Kingdom

How should the following sentence be changed?

Many familys take time off from work during the summer to travel.

• Change familys to families

• Change off to of

• Change to travel to they travel

• This sentence should not be changed.

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?

Others look for places more closer to home to explore.

• Change look to looking

• Delete more

• Change closer to closser

• No change should be made in this sentence.

What is the correct way to write the following sentence?

This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country it looks pink because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country. And looks pink because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country and looks pink that is because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country, and it looks pink. Because it is made from sunset-red granite.

• This massive building is the largest capitol building in the country. It looks pink because it is made from sunset-red granite.