Writing STAAR Practice

How should sentence 1 be changed?

1) Throughout history, writers has focused on telling stories about their own lives.

• Change live to lived

• Change telling to told

• Change has focused to have focused

• No change needed

35) Together they form a flying circus act. 36) they are hired to advertise for companies, promote special events, and even writes marriage proposals across the skies. 37) They create about 500 messages a year. 38) Thanks to social media.

• Delete comma after companies

• Change events to event's

• Change write to writes

• Change proposals to proposes

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

7) My parents requested that I never answer the door when they was asleep.

• Change asleep to sleeping

• Change never to ever

• Change was to were

• No change needed

19) "Here's a nice black Lab that just came in," she said. (20) The dog jumped up to greet them. (21) Sending bits of fur in the air. (22) Tony patted the dog's head, but Jenna and her father backed away.

What is the correct way to write sentence 20 and 21?

• The dog jumped up to greet them, sending bits of fur into the air.

• The dog jumped up to greet them. Which sent bits of fur into the air.

• The dog jumped up to greet them, this sent bits into the air.

• The sentence is written correctly.

(31) The attendant smiled. (32) You know, I think I have just the dog for you folks," she said. (33) "Follow me." (34) She led the family to a more quieter section of the kennel and stopped in front of the last cage. (35) Resting on a blanket was a medium-sized do she had curly white hair and floppy ears.

What is the correct way to write sentence 35

• Resting on a blanket was a medium sized dog Who had curly hair and floppy ears.

• Resting on a blanket, a medium-sized dog. She had curly white hair and floppy ears.

• Resting on a blanket, a medium-sized dog with curly white hair and floppy ears.

• Resting on a blanket was a medium-sized dog with curly hair and floppy ears.

(1) I realized that I was probably not going to convince everyone but hopefully I could persuade some people.

How should sentence 1 be changed?

• Add a comma after everyone

• Change everyone to someone

• Add a comma after but

• No change needed

(11) All the braces and brakets had to be disconnected so that the rocket could launch successfully.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?

• Change successfully to sucessful

• Add a comma after braces

• Change brakets to brackets

• This sentence does not need to be changed.

(19) To predators, however, these butterflies appear green. (20) This color blends in with the natural surroundings. (21) This helps protect the butterfly from predators that might want to harm it.

Which is the most effective way to combine sentence 20 and 21?

• F. This color blends in with the natural surroundings, when it helps protect the butterfly from predators that might want to harm it.

• This color blends in with the natural surroundings that helps protect the butterfly from predators that might want to harm it.

• This color blends in with the natural surroundings and help protect the butterfly from predators that might want to harm it.

• This color blends in with the natural surroundings, this helps protect the butterfly from predators that might want to harm it.

(35) Brown came in eight place as a sophomore, and fourth as a junior. (36) Finally, as a senior, she won a medal. (37) "It took me three years to get one."

How should sentence 35 be changed?

• Change came to comes

• Change eighth to eight

• Delete the comma

• Sentence 35 should not be changed.

Identify the subordinating conjunction in the sentence:

While he was getting dressed in the morning, Cinna realized he had no clean clothes to wear.

• While

• was

• realized

• Cinna