STAAR QUESTIONS WRITING

Find the editing error in this sentence:

And more often than not, my mothers’ answer brings a groan from at least one of us

• Change than to then

• Change mothers’ to mother’s

• Change groan to grown

• No change should be made in this sentence.

Find the editing error in this sentence:

As she began serving one of her famous casseroles, I made the mistake of asking, “didn’t we have this last week?”

• Change began to begins

• Change the comma after casseroles to a period

• Delete the comma after asking

• Change didn’t to Didn’t

Find the editing error in the sentence:

Mom set the dish down and starred right into my eyes.

• Insert a comma after down

• Change and to she

• Change starred to stared

• No change needs to be made.

Find the editing error in these sentences:

“It’s your turn to be the family cook. I’ll provide you with a budget and drive you to the grocery store, but next week your in charge.”

• Insert quotation marks at the beginning of the sentence I.ll provide you...

• Change grocery store to Grocery Store

• Change your to you’re

• Sentence 13 does not need to be changed

Find the editing error in this sentence:

Sleepy but determinned, I crawled out of bed, got dressed, and headed to the store for the weekly shopping venture.

• Change Sleepy to i was sleepy

• Change determinned to determined

• insert a comma after store

• No change needs to be made in this sentence.

Find the editing error in this sentence:

Enormously embarressed, I started selecting items to return.

• Change embarressed to embarrassed

• Delete the comma

• Change started to start

• Sentence 27 should not be changed.

What is the best way to combine these two sentences:

To make matters worse. My brothers had complained during the entire meal.

• To make matters worse, my brothers had complained during the entire meal.

• It got even worse, my brothers had complained during the entire meal

• Even worse, my brothers had complained. During the entire meal.

• These two sentences are written correctly

What editing error can you find in this sentence:

And when my brothers started to complain, they got nasty looks from both my mother and I.

• Change they to he

• Change nasty to nastier

• Insert a comma after looks

• Change Ito me

Find the editing error for this sentence:

For one thing, lighthouse keeper’s don’t fuel and maintain the lamp anymore.

• Change keeper’s to keepers

• Change maintain to maintane

• Change anymore to no more

• Sentence is written correctly

Find the editing error for this sentence:

First the foundation of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse had to be excavatted.

• Change foundation to foundaton

• Change excavatted to excavated

• Insert a comma after Lighthouse

• make no change