STAAR Practice 2022

(6) The newly commissioned vessel was initially assigned to defend other U.S. ship’s from pirate attacks.

How should sentence 6 be changed?

*STAAR Tip: You only use apostrophes for 2 reasons: 1. Show Ownership 2. Contractions

• Change commissioned to comissioned

• Change pirate to Pirate

• Change ship’s to ships

• Sentence 6 should not be changed.

What does the word "trace" mean in the sentences below?

The detective noticed a trace amount of hair left on the floor. He thought it might belong to the robber.

• a tiny amount of something left behind

• to copy by following the lines in a picture or letter

• to learn about something by looking at its history over time

(30) The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30?

• Change arrangements to arangements

• Change is causing to are causing

• Change a lot to alot

• Make no change

20) By the end of the first day, the lighthouse was more than 10 feet away from it’s original location.

How should sentence 20 be changed?

• Change was to is

• Change it’s to its

• Change original to origanal

• Sentence 20 should not be changed.

Joel asked "Can we please read a book?"

• add a comma after asked

• change Can to can

• change the ? to a .

• no change is needed

During the STAAR test the students used their strategies.

• add a comma after test

• change students to students'

• change used to uses

• no change is needed

Which thesis statement is the strongest?

• I think cell phones should not be allowed in class because they are bad.

• Cell phones should not be allowed in class because they are bad.

• Cell phones should not be allowed in class because they cause too many distractions.

• I believe cell phones should not be allowed in class because they cause too many distractions.

Often you feel you’ve done nothing when you’ve actually done a lot. That’s because what you did do seemed beneath notice—it was so small that it didn’t “count.” But it did—just as each stitch counts toward a finished dress, each brick or nail toward a house you can live in, each mistake toward knowing how to do things right.

Which word best describes the tone of the paragraph?

• Hesitant

• Encouraging

• Amused

• Alarming

Until I have my coffee in the morning.

• Dependent Clause (Incomplete Sentence)

• Independent Clause (Complete Sentence)

______ not nice to be selfish with your toys.

• Its

• It's