STAAR Revise and Edit

Choose the sentence with the correct use of commas.

(a)  

• We all met on Saturday for the game ,but it started to rain.
• We all met on Saturday ,for the game but it started to rain.
• We all met on Saturday for the game but it started to rain.

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

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Choose the best written sentence.

(a)  

• My mother forgot to lock the door to the backyard; consequently, the dog escaped from the yard.
• My mother forgot to lock the door to the backyard; however, the dog escaped from the yard.
• My mother forgot to lock the door to the backyard; furthermore, the dog escaped from the yard.

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

Which sentence is correct?

• The dogs, and cats ate bowls of pet food at the shelter.

• The dogs and, cats, ate bowls of pet, food at the shelter.

• The dogs and cats ate bowls of pet food at the shelter.

• The, dogs, and, cats, ate, bowls of, pet food at, the shelter.

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

(4) When the bus stops, I already begin to feel more relaxed. (5) I walk through the front door. (6) I drop my backpack on the floor in the hallway. (7) I know I will need to put it away, but at that time, before my mom gets angry, I just need to get the weight off my shoulders.

To support the ideas in this paragraph, which sentence could be added after sentence 7?

• I hurry to finish my chores before dinner, so I can help set the table.

• I make a list of all the things I want to accomplish before I go to bed.

• I make my way over to the couch and sit down to relax for a few minutes.

• I call my best friend, and we talk about everything that happened that day.

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TEKS.ELA.E1.8B

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TEKS.ELA.RI.4E

Choose the correctly written sentence.

• His tablet fallen on the ground and cracked.

• His tablet fell on the ground and cracked.

• His tablet fell on the ground, and cracked.

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TEKS.ELA.4.11D.II

TEKS.ELA.5.11D.II

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.II

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.II

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.II

(16) Finally, a reference dates back to 1921. (17) Credit for the invention of the escalator is given to Max Everhart Smith in a New York Times obituary, or death announcement. (18) Smith also worked on the invention that served as a moving platform, he was an engineer who was president of Continuous Transit Securities Company. (19) His idea was to invent a device that would aid with subway congestion in the Times Square Station in New York. (20) Few records of either of Mr Smith’s ideas exist.

What is the correct way to rewrite sentence 18?

• Smith also worked on an invention that served as a moving platform. An engineer who was president of Continuous Transit Securities Company.

• Smith, an engineer, who was president of Continuous Transit Securities Company, also worked on an invention that served as a moving platform.

• Smith also worked on an invention that served as a moving platform, an engineer who was president of Continuous Transit Securities Company.

• Make no change

(1) When we were in elementary school, science class was all about reading from our books and memorizing facts. (2) Now that we are in middle school, science class was much different. (3) We are able to learn things hands on. (4) We learn by doing experiments. (5) This change in the way we learn science has made science my favorite part of middle school.

What is the best way to combine sentence 3 and 4?

• We are able to learn things hands on; by doing experiments.

• We are able to learn things hands on by doing experiments.

• We are able to to learn things by doing experiments, hands on.

• We are able to to learn things by hands on doing experiments.

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

(14) My favorite part about this change in science class is that it has made me more interested in science. (15) I didn’t like having to memorize things all the time, I found it hard to learn from pictures and drawings, in elementary school. (16) Now, the experiments and demonstrations are keeping me interested. (17) I am learning more I am getting better grades. (18) In fact, I may think about becoming a scientist when I am older.

What is the BEST way to rewrite sentence 17?

• I am learning more, I am getting better grades.

• Although I am learning more, I am getting better grades.

• I am learning more, so I am getting better grades.

• I am getting better grades, so I am learning more.

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TEKS.ELA.4.11D.I

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(6) I look ahead to see a blurry tunnel approaching at what must be about 60 miles an hour. (7) I wonder briefly what it would feel like to hit the roof of the tunnel at this speed and decide that it’s probably better not to think of such things. (8) A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me and returns my focus to the world around me.

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 8?

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream, and from the car behind me, it returns my focus to the world around me.

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me, it came from the car behind me.

• A shrill scream from the car behind me snaps me out of my daydream and returns my focus to the world around me.

• A shrill scream snaps me out of my daydream from the car behind me, returning my focus to the world around me

(1) When we were in elementary school, science class was all about reading from our books and memorizing facts. (2) Now that we are in middle school, science class was much different. (3) We are able to learn things hands on. (4) We learn by doing experiments. (5) This change in the way we learn science has made science my favirite part of middle school.

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

• Change middle school to middleschool

• Insert a comma after science

• Change favirite to favorite

• Make no change

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TEKS.ELA.3.11D.X