STAAR W Review

1. What change, if any, should be made in this sentence?

“Can I have some juice,” asked Melissa.

• A. Delete the quotations

• B. Change have to has

• C. Change the comma to a question mark

• D. No change is needed

2. What change needs to be made in this sentence?

I love red skittles more then purple skittles.

• A. Change love to loves

• B. Change skittle to skittles

• C. Change then to than

• D. No change is needed

3. What change should be made in the sentence?

The rodeo clown twirled around, raced to the Barrel, and hopped in.

• A. Change hopped to hoped

• B. Change Barrel to barrel

• C. Change raced to races

• D. No change is needed

4. What change needs to be made in this sentence?

The School bell rings at 8:15 a.m.

• A. Change rings to ringed

• B. Change School to school

• C. Change bell to Bells

• D. No change is needed

5. What change needs to be made in this sentence?

The soda machine only take quarters.

• A. Change the period to a question mark

• B. Delete the word only

• C. Change take to takes

• D. No change is needed

6) The next day we went to buy food for my squirrel in Petco.2) We bought a little can of cat milk and a bottle so we could feed my squirrel. 3) When we got home I thought and thought about of names for the squirrel. 4) I was thinking bonita would be perfect because she was so pretty. 5) I kept her safe until she was big enough to leave the house and then I let her go. She lived in the tree in my yard and came back and forth for food. Then day she didn’t want to come down from the tree but she is still living in my tree. 6) I’m happy because I can still see her, and when I call her name she still comes to see me. 7) I’ll never forget her and I know she won’t forget me!

What change should be made in sentence 4?

• A. Change bonita to Bonita

• B. Change thinking to thought

• C. Change because to becuse

• D. Insert a comma after because

7) Listen up because I want to tell you about my favorite season of the year. 2) I love when all the red, brown, and gold leaves fall to the ground covering the ground in a blanket. 3) Autumn is amazing! 4) When I think about that part of the year I think about the two things I like most which is jumping in huge piles of leaves and going trick-or-treating with my little brother Billy.

The writer would like to rewrite the beginning of her composition because she is not satisfied with her lead.

• A. I want to tell you a story about autumn.

• B. I’m going to explain to you why autumn is such a lovely time of the year

• C. I love lots of the seasons of the year that I like and they are summer, winter, spring, and fall.

• D. Of all the seasons of the year, fall is my absolute favorite.

8) The next day we went to buy food for my squirrel at Petco.2) We bought a little can of cat milk and a bottle so we could feed the squirrel. 3) When we got home we were thinking of names for the squirrel. 4) I was thinking about Bonita because she was pretty. 5) I kept her safe until one day she didn’t want to come down from the tree but she is still alive. 6) I can still see her when I call her name and she still comes and now she is an adult squirrel.

This writer would like to revise sentence 4 so that it is clearer. Which of the following could BEST replace sentence 4?

• A. I thought Bonita because she was so pretty to me.

• B. Bonita was pretty, so I thought that she should have that name.

• C. Because Bonita was pretty, I thought I would call her that.

• D. I thought that Bonita would be the perfect name for her, because she was so beautiful.

9) The next day we went to buy food for the squirrel at Petco.2) We bought a little can of cat milk and a bottle so we could feed the squirrel. 3) After we got home we thought of names for the squirrel. 4) I thought about the name Bonita, because she was pretty. 5) I kept her safe until one day she didn’t want to come down from the tree anymore instead she decided to live there. 6) I can still see her when I call her name she still comes to me and now she all grown up. This writer wants to add a closing sentence to her paper.

Which sentence could BEST follow sentence 6 and bring her story to a close?

• A. She is still cute and furry and I love her.

• B. Squirrels are cute and Bonita is the cutest.

• C. Even though she is an adult now, I will always treasure the memory in my heart of the first time I saw her.

• D. Bonita lives in the tree by my house and I love her.

10) The next day we went to buy food for the squirrel at Petco.2) We bought a little can of cat milk and a bottle so we could feed the squirrel. 3) When we got home we thought of names for the squirrel. 4) I thought the name Bonita fit her perfectly because she was so pretty. 5) I kept her safe until one day she didn’t want to come down from the tree but she is still lives in the tree in my front yard. 6) I can still see her whenever I want to and when I call her name, she still comes to me even though she’s an adult now. This writer would like to add the following detail to her story.

I knew feeding and taking care of her would be hard work, but I knew it would be worth it to me.

Where should she insert this sentence?

• A. After sentence 2

• B. After sentence 3

• C. After sentence 4

• D. This sentence should not be added to this paragraph