STAAR Editing Practice

What change needs to be made in sentence 4?

• Change there is to theirs

• Change called to it is called

• Change Toastmaster international to Toastmasters International

• Change helps to help

What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

• People who belong to public speaking clubs overcome their nerves and bad habits. By standing up to give speeches in warm, supportive environments.

• People who belong to public speaking clubs overcoming their nerves and bad habits by standing up and giving speeches in warm, supportive environments.

• People who belong to public speaking clubs overcome their nerves and bad habits by standing up and giving speeches in warm, supportive environments.

• People who belong to public speaking clubs overcome their nerves and bad habits by standing up and giving speeches. In warm, supportive environments.

What is the correct way to write sentence 9?

• Smedley wanted to promote leadership and communication skills in young men and thought that public speaking clubs would be a good way to do so.

• Smedley wanted to promote leadership and communication skills in young men and thought this. That public speaking clubs would be a good way to do so.

• Smedley wanted to promote leadership and communication skills in young men he thought that public speaking clubs would be a good way to do so.

• Smedley wanted to promote leadership and communication skills. In young men and thought that public speaking clubs would be a good way to do so.

What change needs to be made in sentence 2?

• Insert a comma after Hikers

• Change who to that

• Change pass to passes

• Change peeks to peaks

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change hiker to Hiker

• Change named to he was named

• Change dreams to dreamed

• Insert a comma after trails

What change should be made in sentence 9?

• Change boost to boosted

• Change President to president

• Delete the comma after the word one

• Change national to National

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 11?

• Change recent to resent

• Insert a comma after thru-hikers

• Change have skyrocketed to has skyrocketed

• No change is needed.

What change, if any, is needed in sentence 8?

• Change Classified to classified

• Delete the comma after crystals

• Change translucent to transluscent

• No change is needed.

What change is needed in sentence 23?

• Change mission to missions

• Change others to them

• Insert a comma after contributing

• Change the comma after programs to a semicolon

What is the correct way to write sentences 21 and 22?

• If there is a shocking cave like this: 980 feet below the surface of Mexico then there could be more discoveries just like it in other parts of the world.

• If there is a shocking cave like this 980 feet below the surface of Mexico; then there could be more discoveries just like it in other parts of the world.

• If there is a shocking cave like this 980 feet below the surface of Mexico then there could be more discoveries, just like it, in other parts of the world.

• If there is a shocking cave like this 980 feet below the surface of Mexico, then there could be more discoveries just like it in other parts of the world.