2019 STAAR Questions Underwater Games

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?

(4) Dolphins even find ways to entertain themselfs under the water.

• Change find to found

• Change entertain to entertaining

• Change themselfs to themselves

• No change should be made in sentence 4.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 6?

(6) Unlike fish, dolphins are mammals, that breathe air.

• Change are to were

• Delete the comma after mammals

• Change that to they

• No change should be made in sentence 6.

How should sentence 11 be changed?

(11) Many Scientists have filmed and photographed dolphins playing with bubble rings.

• Change Scientists to scientists

• Insert a comma after filmed

• Change playing to play

• Change rings to ring

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 17?

(17) They have been seen trying to catch a bubble ring or move it around without braking it.

• Change catch to caught

• Insert a comma after ring

• Change braking to breaking

• No change should be made in sentence 17.

What change should be made in sentence 20?

(20) Some experts were thinking that dolphins also use bubble rings to help them hunt for food.

• Change experts to Experts

• Change were thinking to think

• Change help to helps

• Change hunt to hunting

What change should be made in sentence 22?

(22) The bubbles causes the fish to move toward the surface of the water and scatter.

• Change causes to cause

• Change surface to surfase

• Insert a comma after water

• Change scatter to scater