STAAR Writing Questions

(3) They write essays, take tests, do homework, and sports practices. What is the most effective revision to make in sentence 3?

• They write essays, take tests, and do homework while there are sports practices.

• They write essays, take tests, do homework, and attend sports practices.

• They write essays, take tests, and do homework, they also go to sports practices.

• Sentence 3 is written correctly in the paper.

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TEKS.ELA.E1.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.C

(12) A citizenship program is a great way to get them involved in making a school a more enjoyable place to learn. The meaning of sentence 20 can be clarified by changing them to _____?

• businesses

• programs

• students

• schools

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.V

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.IV

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.II

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.II

(5) (Present) Songwriters has even written lyrics about dreaming Mondays. What change needs to be made in sentence 5?

• Change has even written to has even wrote

• Change has even written to have even written

• Change has even written to even writing

• No change needs to be made.

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.II

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.II

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.II

(12) If you are a sports fan, you may get to watch Monday Night Football in the Fall. How does sentence 12 need to be changed?

• Change are to were

• Delete the comma

• Insert a comma after Football

• Change Fall to fall

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

(15) And according to consumer websites Monday is the best day to get a good deal on a car because there aren't as many people shopping on the first day of the workweek. What change should be made in sentence 15?

• Change consumer to consummer

• Insert a comma after websites

• Change as many to hardly as many

• Change shopping to shoping

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

(20) For example, last week I got behind on my homework, and had to spend the weekend catching up. What change should be made in sentence 20?

• Change example to exampel

• Change got to gotten

• Delete the comma after homework

• Change had to have

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

(2) They think of instructors who teach curious tourists to dive and underwater photographers who take pictures of elaberate coral reefs. How should sentence 2 be changed?

• Change they to you

• Change pictures to picture's

• Change elaberate to elaborate

• Sentence 2 should not be changed

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.IX

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.III

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VII

(4) Today there are a wide variety of careers that involved diving in not only oceans but also aquariums, rivers, lakes, ponds, and even water tanks. What change needs to be made in sentence 4?

• Change variety to vareity

• Change that to they

• Change involved to involve

• No change needs to be made in sentence 4

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TEKS.ELA.2.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.3.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

(6) But among the plants and fish, there may also be a diver busyly cleaning the inside of the giant tank. What change should be made in sentence 6?

• Delete the comma

• Change there to their

• Change busyly to busily

• No change should be made.

(15) When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag. (16) Filled with hundreds of golf balls that have mistakenly landed in the pond. What is the correct way to write sentences 15 and 16?

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag, it is filled with hundreds of golf balls that have mistakenly landed in the pond.

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag filled with hundreds of golf balls. That have mistakenly landed in the pond.

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag filled with hundreds of golf balls they have mistakenly landed in the pond.

• When he surfaces, he usually has a heavy bag filled with hundreds of golf balls that have mistakenly landed in the pond.