ELA STAAR Practice

COMBINING SENTENCES

What is the conjunction in the following sentence?

Sara loved the smell of her perfume, so she always spritzed herself with it every morning.

• loved

• spritzed

• so

• always

COMMAS

Where should a comma be added in the following sentence:

Having finished the test Richard breathed a sigh of relief.

• after finished

• after breathed

• after sigh

• after test

PUNCTUATION

What needs to be added to the following sentence?

“I call front seat!” said Horace to Beatrice. “Haha. You have to ride in the back. He closed the passenger car door.

• add a comma after Horace

• add a quotation mark after door

• add a apostrophe after Beatrice

• add a quotation mark after back

TRANSITION WORDS

What category of transition word does “however” belong in?

• contrast

• showing time

• conclusion

• adding more

COMMAS

Keep or delete the comma in the following sentence:

Admiral Ackbar warned everyone of the trap, and saved the fleet from destruction.

• Keep the comma

• Delete the comma

COMMAS

What is the correct way to write the sentence below:

Purring loudly Fluffy the cutest cat in the world snuggled against my hair while I slept.

• No change - Purring loudly Fluffy the cutest cat in the world snuggled against my hair while I slept.

• Purring loudly, Fluffy, the cutest cat in the world, snuggled against my hair while I slept.

• Purring, loudly Fluffy the cutest cat in, the world snuggled against my hair while, I slept.

REVISION

What word should be replaced in the following sentence to create clarity?

Dreaming of France, Leon spoke it out loud in his sleep.

• Change Leon to him

• Change it to French

• Change sleep to sleeping

• Change France to Germany

COMBINING SENTENCES

What is the conjunction in the following sentence?

After she wrote her poem, Melissa practiced reciting it in front of her mirror to prepare for the upcoming poetry slam.

• practiced

• front

• of

• after

COMMAS

How should the following sentence be changed?

Working out every day will result in a healthier body and heart, an active lifestyle is all that is needed for longevity.

• Working out every day will result in a healthier body and heart. An active lifestyle is all that is needed for longevity.

• Working out every day resulting in a healthier body and heart, an active lifestyle all that is needed for longevity.

• Working out every day resulted in a healthier body and heart, longevity needs an active lifestyle.

• No change is needed.

PUNCTUATION

What are the two functions of an apostrophe (')?

• shows when someone is speaking and possession

• show possession and to form contractions

• shows when to pause in a sentence and to end a sentence

• shows possession and figurative language