STAAR revising practice

Which of the following is the best revision for the following sentence?

The man said that he felt good and would go back to work.

• The injured man said that he felt good and would think about working later.

• The severly injured man said that he felt he was beginning to regain his strength and that he was looking foward to returning to work with his friends.

• The sick man said that he felt ok and he might work again later.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following is the best revision for the following sentence?

The boy had a birthday coming up and wanted cake.

• The young boy had his 6th birthday coming up on Saturday, and was hoping for a Spiderman Cake!

• The boy had a birthday and ate cake.

• The cake was eaten by the boy who was having a birthday.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

Which of the following is the best revision for the following sentence?

The dog was in the yard looking at the children while they played.

• The dog was looking at the children.

• The doggie rolled on the grass and played with a birdie on Tuesday.

• The large guard dog carefully watched over his beloved children as they played happily together.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

The family went on vacation to a balloon festival.

• The young family travelled to New Mexico to see the balloon festival.

• The young family with children travelled a long way to see the magnificent balloons against the nighttime sky. It was quite thrilling to see!

• The balloons were bright and pretty.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which fo the following is the best revision of the following sentence?

The car had a yellow paint job.

• The truck had a bright yellow coat of paint.

• The car had flames on the side.

• The new fancy car had a fresh coat of bright yellow paint with flame on the hood and cool new wheels.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following is the best revision of this sentence?

The man who wrote the article is a smart man.

• The gentleman who wrote the article about hunting bucks in the fall for is extremely intelligent and quite a skilled outdoorsman.

• That guy wrote a great article about some good stuff.

• I like to read articles. Especially gardening ones.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which of the following is the best revision for the following sentence?

The garden was new and nice.

• The garden had three kinds of flowers, a birdbath, and some rocks.

• The new garden smelled heavenly with all the new flowers. The scents seemed to hang in the air of the lovely garden.

• The nice lady in the garden had on a new pair of gardening gloves.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The old tree needs to be cut down.

• The tree is broken and needs to be chopped.

• The old fractured tree did not survive the terrible thunderstorm and now much of it is dead so it needs to be cut down and removed.

• The tree is full of bugs and needs to be be cut.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

The rain filled up the river and it was full.

• There was a lot of water in the river since it had rained.

• The rain made the river fill up and it was really really full.

• The rainfall flowed down the sides of the mountain, filled up the rivers below it, and caused the people downstream to be in danger of losing their homes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The ship had a bunch of cargo on board.

• The ship was carrying lots of stuff on board.

• The large international cargo ship was completely filled with all kinds of cargo.

• The big

  big ship was full of all kinds of junk.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4