STAAR Editing Practice 1

What change should be made in sentence 2?

• Delete the comma

• Change inevitible to inevitable

• Change scene to seen

• Sentence 2 should not be changed.

What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

• Insert a comma after girl

• Change tripped to she trips

• Change misses to missed

• Change serves to serve’s

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?

• Insert a comma after sister

• Insert a comma after help

• Insert a comma after office

• Make no change

How should sentence 18 be changed?

• Change adolesence to adolescence

• Delete and

• Change her to their

• Sentence 18 should not be changed.

What is the correct way to write sentences 24 and 25?

• For example, when I misfiled an important realty document, I reminded myself. Of all the other documents I had filed correctly.

• For example, I misfiled an important realty document, I reminded myself of all the other documents I had filed correctly.

• For example, when I misfiled an important realty document and reminded myself of all the other documents I had filed correctly.

• For example, when I misfiled an important realty document, I reminded myself of all the other documents I had filed correctly.

What change should be made in sentence 32?

• Change Chemistry to chemistry

• Change announced to announsed

• Delete the comma after partner

• Change the comma after shoes to a period