STAAR EDITING QUESTION

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?

(17) “Believe me” says Bryan’s brother.

• Change believe to beleive

• Change Bryan's to Bryans'

• Add a comma after me . .

• No change needed

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

(3) My mothers’ hair has grown more than my brother’s over the last few days.

• Change mothers' to mother's

• Change grown to groan

• Change than to then

• This sentence does not need to be changed

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

(5) As my teacher began passing out the article, one of my friends asked, “didn’t we read this article last week?”

• Change began to beginned

• Change friends to freinds

• Change read to red

• Change didn't to Didn't

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

(5) Martin moved his chess piece and starred directly into my eyes.

• Change chess to chest

• Change piece to peace

• Add a comma after piece

• Change starred to stared

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

(7) “I’ll help you buy the uniform for work and drive you there after school, but your paying me back for gas.”

• Change buy to bye

• Change there to their

• Change your to you're

• Add a comma after work

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?

(9) Tired but motivatted, the soldier carried his friend from the trenches of the battlefield back to their fort.

• Change motivatted to motivated

• Change battlefield to Battlefield

• Change their to there

• This sentence does not need to be changed

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

(10) By the end of the first day of school, my backpack looked much worse than it’s original condition.

• Change it's to its

• Change worse to more worse

• Delete the comma after school

• This sentence does not need to be changed

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

(10) If the items are left outside for to long, the weather begins to deteriorate them.

• Change them to it

• Change to long to too long

• Change begins to began

• This sentence does not need to be changed

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 21?

(22) The teachers were most surprised to learn that older students, such as juniors and seniors, did not score good on the exams.

• Change good to well

• Change surprised to suprised

• Change were to we're

• This sentence does not need to be changed

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

(1) My brother talked often about wanting to one day work for home depot so that he could get a discount on tools.

• Change home depot to Home Depot

• Change could to should

• Change get to got

• This sentence does not need to be changed