STAAR Countdown Editing (Sally Ride)

What change is needed in sentence 1?

• Insert a comma after NASA

• Change idea to ideas

• Change becoming to to becoming

• Change incomprehensable to incomprehensible

What change is needed in sentence 12?

• Change campaigns to campaign's

• Change advertisements to advertizements

• Change realized to realizing

• Delete the comma after qualifications

What is the correct way to write sentences 13 and 14?

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission; trained both physically and mentally.

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission by training both physically and mentally.

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission: trained both physically and mentally.

• Ride was accepted into the astronaut program and began preparing for a space mission and she training both physically and mentally.

What change is needed in sentence 17?

• Change broke free to breaks free

• Insert a comma after atmosphere

• Change country's to countires

• Insert a comma after ceiling

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 24?

• Change becomes to became

• Change fierce to feirce

• Change advocate to advocates

• No change is needed in sentence 24.