STAAR Review: Revising and Editing

Which of the following is a correctly punctuated complex sentence?

• After, I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
• After I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
• After I got home from school I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

What change should be made in sentence 3?

(3) Leaves brush against your windows and the chirps of birds echo through your room.

• Change Leaves to Leafes

• Change brush to brushes

• Insert a comma after windows

• Change through to threw

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What change should be made to sentence 18?

(18) In Sweden their is a tree house hotel that is shaped like a bird’s nest.

• Change their to there

• Insert a comma after hotel

• Change shaped to shape

• Change bird’s to birds

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the correct way to write sentence 22?

(22) The Frio River Treetop is closer to home it is located near Leakey, Texas.

• The Frio River Treetop is closer. To home, it is located near Leakey, Texas.

• The Frio River Treetop is closer to home. It is located near Leakey, Texas.

• The Frio River Treetop is closer to home as a result it is located, near Leakey, Texas.

• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

What is the correct way to write sentence 10?

(10) One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle and called a bubble ring it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of an air bubble is shaped like a circle and called a bubble ring. Happening to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle, and called a bubble ring. Then it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle, called a bubble ring it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

• One kind of air bubble is shaped like a circle. It is called a bubble ring, and it happens to be the perfect sea toy.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

How should sentence 11 be changed?

(11) Many Scientists have filmed and photographed dolphins playing with bubble rings.

• Change Scientists to scientists

• Insert a comma after filmed

• Change playing to play

• Change rings to ring

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the best combination of the two sentences?

• She wanted to go to prom and she never asked for permission.

• She wanted to go to prom; never asked for permission

• She wanted to go to prom but she never asked for permission.

• Although she wanted to go to prom, she never asked for permission.

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CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

I had always been fascinated with chemistry, biology, and math, but since those interest hadn't fit Tyson's definition of cool, I never pursued it.

• Change fascinated to fisinated

• Delete the comma after cool

• Change had never pursued to hadn't never pursued

• Change it to them

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

The newly commissioned vessel was initially assigned to defend other U.S. ship's from pirate attacks.

• Change commissioned to comissioned

• Change ship's to ships

• Change pirate to Pirate

• Sentence 6 should not be changed

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CCSS.L.2.2C

Occasionaly, when we don't get what we want, something even better is waiting for us around the corner!

• Change Occasionaly to Occasionally

• Delete the comma after want

• Change even better to even more better

• No change needs to be made

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1G