STAAR Writing

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

Win it was time to go home, Annabele ran and hid in the closet.

• Change hid to hide

• Change Win to When

• Delete the comma

• No change should be made

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

Are we going to the park this saturday?

• Change going to go

• Change the question mark to a period

• Change saturday to Saturday

• This sentence should not be changed.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

The following is an example of what type of sentence?

Ethan, put your dirty clothes in the hamper upstairs.

• declarative

• interrogative

• imperative

• exclamatory

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

What is the BEST way to combine these sententces?

I jumped up quickly. I went to answer the phone.

• I jumped up quickly and I went to answer the phone.

• I jumped up quickly, I went to answer the phone.

• I jumped up quickly, and I went to answer the phone.

• I jumped up quickly to answer the phone.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

Lizzie wants to use a more accurate word than big in this sentence. Which of the following could BEST replace this word?

The football player has very big shoulders.

• towering

• narrow

• life-size

• broad

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What is the BEST way to revise this sentence?

The excited family waits excitedly in line to ride the roller coaster.

• The family waits excitedly in line to ride the roller coaster.

• The family waits excitedly. In line to ride the roller coaster.

• The family is excited, they wait excitedly in line to ride the roller coaster.

• The family who is excited waits excitedly in line to ride the roller coaster.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

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

We went to Seattle Washington for vacation last summer.

• Change for to four

• Change vacation to vacacion

• Add a comma after Seattle

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the BEST way to combine these two sentences?

Shannon begged to go to the mall. And she begged to get a new dress.

• Shannon begged to go to the mall, and she begged to get a new dress.

• Shannon begged to get a new dress at the mall.

• Shannon begged to get a new dress, and to go to the mall.

• The sentence is written correctly.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E