Revising and Editing/STAAR Support

Which sentence should be deleted from the passage?

• Sentence 14

• Sentence 2

• Sentence 23

• Sentence 21

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

What is the correct way to write sentence 5?

• I have fished, gone horseback riding, carved a boat out of wood, and even learned how to swim!

• I have fished, gone horseback riding, carved a boat, out of wood and even learned, how to swim!

• I have fished, gone horseback, riding, carved a boat, out of wood, and even learned how to swim!

• No change is needed in sentnce 5

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 6?

• Change "my counselor and me" to "me and my counselor"

• Change "my counselor and me"

  to

  "my counselor and I"

• Change

  "my counselor and me"

  to

  "I and my counselor"

• No change is needed in sentence 6

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the correct way to combine sentences 16 and 17?

• We painted waves on pieces of cardboard, so we moved them up and down on stage like real water.

• We painted waves on pieces of cardboard, and we moved them up and down on stage like real water.

• We painted waves on pieces of cardboard, but we moved them up and down on stage like real water.

• Sentences 16 and 17 are written correctly

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?

• Change is to be

• Change is to are

• Change is to were

• No change is needed in sentence 18.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?

• Change trys to tries

• Change trys to tryes

• Change trys to tryies

• No change is needed in sentence 19.

Answer explanation

The spelling rule is: when the word has a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) before the letter 'y', you add the letter 's' and when the word has a consonant (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z) before the letter 'y', you remove the 'y' and replace it with 'ies'.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 22?

• Change Wer'e to We're

• Change Wer'e to Were'

• Change Wer'e to W'ere

• No change is needed in sentence 22.

Answer explanation

We're is a contraction.

It is short for "we are"

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B