STAAR 5th Grade Revise & Edit Dolphins

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

• Change or to but

• Add a comma after rivers

• Change live to lives

• Make no change

Which of the following is NOT a complete sentence?

• Sentence 6

• Sentence 9

• Sentence 14

• Sentence 18

What is the BEST way to rewrite the ideas in sentence 17?

• Dolphins are endangered by nets.

• Dolphins are endangered by fishing boats.

• Dolphins are endangered by fishermen.

• Dolphins are endangered by the nets of fishing boats.

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 12?

• Change dolphins to dolphin's.

• Change lives to lived

• Change lives to live

• Make no change

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

• Change Its to It's

• Remove the comma after mammal

• Change like humans to humanlike

• Make no change

What would be the best way to combine sentences 13 and 14?

• They eat fish and squid like whales, which are closely related to dolphins.

• They eat fish and squid, which is also like whales, which are closely related to dolphins.

• They eat fish, squid, and whales, which are closely related to dolphins.

• They eat fish and squid; Like whales, which are closely related to dolphins.

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

• Change fishermen to fisherman

• Change dolphins to dolphin

• Change them to they

• Make no change

What change, if any, should be made to sentence 20?

• Change safer to more safe

• Remove the comma after now

• Change interesting to intresting

• Make no change

Which is the best way to rewrite sentence 9?

• The dolphins did wonderful tricks, like jumping over bars, with all three dolphins jumping at once.

• The dolphins did wonderful tricks, like all three dolphins jumping over bars at once.

• The dolphins did wonderful tricks, like the one where they were jumping over bars at once.

• The dolphins did wonderful tricks with all three dolphins, like jumping over bars, at once.

What would be the best way to combine sentences 2 and 3?

• I just read two great books about dolphins, but I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

• I just read two great books since I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

• I just read two great books about dolphins, and I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.

• I just read two great books about dolphins, so I learned many interesting facts about dolphins from these books.