2019 7th Grade Writing STAAR Review

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jim is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
• Jim is very bold and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
• Jim, is very bold and smart but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 
• Jim is very bold, and smart, but he doesn't always say nice things to people. 

Choose the best way to correct this sentence:
Covered with mushrooms and cheese, Morgan bit into the pizza.

• Morgan was covered with mushrooms and cheese as she bit into the pizza.
• Morgan bit into the pizza that was covered with mushrooms and cheese.
• The pizza was bitten by Morgan as she was covered with mushrooms and cheese.
• The sentence is correct as written.

Choose the best way to correct the sentence: In spike heels and a ruffled dress, the football captain was dazzled by the homecoming queen.

• The football captain dazzled the homecoming queen by wearing his spike heels and ruffled dress.
• The football captain was dazzled by the homecoming queen in her spike heels and ruffled dress.
• The football captain, dazzled, in spike heels and a ruffled dress, the homecoming queen.
• This sentence is correct as written.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Our apartment walls, are very thin so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
• Our, apartment walls, are very thin so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
• Our apartment walls are very thin, so we can hear our neighbors talking. 
• Our apartment walls are very, thin so we can hear our neighbors talking. 

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I enjoy spending time with friends however, there are days I would rather be with my family. 
• I enjoy spending time with friends, however there are days I would rather be with my family. 
• I enjoy spending time with, friends, however there are days I would rather be with, my family. 
• I enjoy spending time with friends, however, there are days I would rather be with my family. 

What change needs to be made in sentence 12? 
(12) I would also have a place to spread out materials and work on projects without getting in anyone elses way.

• Change I to And 
• Change spread to spred 
• Change anyone to no one 
• Change elses to else’s 

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

_________ is a contraction for it is OR it has.

• it's
• its
• its'
• its's

Can I come to the game, _____.

• to
• two
• too

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

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