STAAR 7.19A

(6)People have witnessed tornadoes and hurricanes lifting houses from their foundations and uprooting trees.

How should sentence 6 be changed?

• Change have to has

• Change their to its

• Change uprooting to uprooted

• Insert from the ground after trees

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

(3) Little did he know that as the firstborn son of Sam Johnson Jr. a Texas state legislator I have even higher aspirations.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• Change know to knew

• Insert a hypen between firstborn and son

• Insert commas before and after a Texas state legislator

• No change should be made to sentence 3.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

(7) However, I had dreams, and I wanted to change what I saw happened in the world around me.

What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

• Change the comma after dreams to a semicolon

• Change saw to had seen

• Change happened to happening

• Delete the phrase in the world

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(3) She stifled a gag as she considered the strange flavors and textures awaiting her taste buds.

What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• She stifled a gag, as she considered the strange flavors and textures awaiting her taste buds.

• She stifled a gag since she considered the strange flavors and textures awaiting her taste buds.

• She stifled a gag as she considered the strange flavors and textures awaiting their taste buds.

• Sentence 3 is written correctly.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

(11) Before Maddie realized it, the words that sealed her doom slipped out, "I can eat anything that you can eat, Seth."

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Delete the comma after it

• Change that to who

• Insert quotation marks after Seth

• No change should be made in sentence 11.

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

(13) Sitting back-to-back with Seth in the cafeteria, Maddie could think of 100 different excuses to avoid eating the concoction before her.

What change should be made in sentence 13?

• Insert Today, before sitting

• Change back-to-back to back to back

• Delete the comma after cafeteria

• Change before to disgusting

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CCSS.L.3.1A

(16) Some laughed and some gagged, however most cheered for their favorite contestant.

What is the correct way to write sentence 16?

• Some laughed, and some gagged however most cheered for their favorite contestant.

• Some laughed and some gagged; however, most cheered for their favorite contestant.

• Some laughed and some gagged however, most cheered for their favorite contestant.

• Sentence 16 is written correctly.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

(8) Goyens, however, did not allow these personal challenges to discourage him. (9) He focused on his abilities and on his desire to achieve success as a businessman.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

• Insert Instead at the beginning of the sentence

• Change focused to had focused

• Insert a comma after abilities

• No change should be made in sentence 9.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

(13) He had owning prosperous businesses transporting goods, blacksmithing, making wagons, and buying and selling land.

How should sentence 13 be changed?

• Change was owning to owned

• Change prosperous to prosporous

• Change businesses to business

• Delete the comma after wagons

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

(27) Sam Houston commander-in-chief of the Texas Army emplyed Goyens' skills to ensure the Cherokee support of Texians during their fight for independence from Mexico.

What change should be made in sentence 27?

• Insert commas before and after commander-in-chief of the Texas Army

• Delete the apostrophe from Goyens'

• Change Texians to texians

• Change independence to Independence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A