STAAR Review- Lauren's New Game (Revise)

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• A. She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness, so she skips through the introduction and

  gets right to the action.

• B. She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness because she skips through the introduction

  and gets right to the action.

• C. She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness, she skips through the introduction and

  gets right to the action.

• D. She can’t wait to play Zoo Madness, and she skips through the introduction,

  and she gets right to the action.

Mitchell would like to add the following sentence to the second paragraph

(sentences 6–12).

Feeling startled, she shakes her head and sits up straight.

Where is the BEST place to insert this sentence?

• F. At the beginning of the paragraph

• G. After sentence 6

• H. After sentence 8

• J. After sentence 9

Mitchell wants to help readers move from the fourth paragraph

(sentences 16–23) to the fifth paragraph (sentences 24–26).

Which sentence or sentences should Mitchell insert at the beginning of the fifth paragraph, just before sentence 24?

• A. It’s a rhinoceros! Oh, no!

• B. Uh-oh! Another animal is just around the corner.

• C. Then Lauren hears a stomp and a huff.

• D. The tiger is trapped and won’t be going anywhere.

The meaning of sentence 33 is unclear. It can be clarified by changing it to —

• F. her game

• G. her shoulder

• H. the voice

• J. the rhino