English I STAAR Review

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• After asking my parents to loan me the skateboard money, my dad told me no, and I said I would pay them back later.

• I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, saying I would pay them back later, but my dad told me no.

• I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money, and I said I would pay them back later and my dad told me no.

• Although I asked my parents to loan me the skateboard money my dad told me no even though I said I would pay them back later.

Veronica has not used the most effective word in sentence 10. Which word should replace use to create a more effective sentence?

• waste

• designate

• need

• employ

What is the most effective transition to add to the beginning of sentence 12?

• In either case

• Correspondingly

• To put it differently

• Unfortunately

Sentence 20 is unclear. How should it be revised?

• Having my credit history included on the family credit report encouraged me to handle my card wisely

• Because I had my credit history included on the family credit report, it was highly motivating to handle my card wisely.

• It became a primary goal of mine to handle my card wisely with the family credit report having my credit history included on it.

• I wanted to handle my card wisely with it including my credit history on the family credit report.

Veronica wants to add a call to action to the end of her essay. Which sentence should she insert after sentence 25 to provide an effective call to action?

• All parents should teach their children about establishing good credit.

• Teenagers often overspend before they head out into the workforce or off to college.

• All teens should take the simple steps necessary to begin building good credit.

• If I can earn better credit, I can do anything.

Arjun needs to establish the thesis of his paper. Which sentence should be added after sentence 4 to create an effective thesis statement?

• James and Gastelum could not have imagined what a remarkable place the garden would one day become.

• James’s home country of England did not offer the kind of climate that orchids need in order to grow outdoors.

• Orchids come in all colors and sizes and are beloved by gardeners all over the world, even though they take some effort to grow.

• Flowers would replace coffee as the crop grown on this large plantation.

Arjun wants to strengthen the transition between the second paragraph (sentences 5–6) and the third paragraph (sentences 7–13). Which sentence should replace sentence 7 to provide a better transition?

• Additionally, the orchid garden of Las Pozas was a failure.

• But what would happen to the orchid garden of Las Pozas?

• Sadly, the orchid garden of Las Pozas was not destined to last

• The orchid garden of Las Pozas drew a lot of attention.

How should sentence 13 be revised?

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, to build a surrealist sculpture garden was what James decided to do.

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, James decided to build a surrealist sculpture garden

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, a surrealist sculpture garden was built by James.

• Confronted with the loss of his beloved orchids, building a surrealist sculpture garden was James’s decision.

Arjun wants to add this sentence to his fifth paragraph (sentences 21–25).

Unfortunately there was not enough revenue from tourism to finance the constant maintenance that the site required.

Where is the most effective place to insert this sentence?

• After sentence 21

• After sentence 22

• After sentence 23

• After sentence 24

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change have to has

• Change florished to flourished

• Insert a comma after islands

• Change thousands to thousand’s