2020 STAAR Revising & Editing

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Insert a comma after fist

• Change then to than

• Change spins to spun

• Change it to them

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home, although they were surprised. They were not upset, about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home, although they were surprised, they were not upset about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home. Although they were surprised, they were not upset. About her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home. Although they were surprised, they were not upset about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

What change should be made in sentence 8?

• Change Surely to Similarly

• Change restauront to restaurant

• Change you to them

• Change properly to proper

Read the selection and choose the best answer to each question. Then fill in the answer on your answer document. These paragraphs are from Frederico’s letter to his parents. Read the paragraphs and look for corrections Frederico needs to make. Then answer the following questions. What is the main purpose of Frederico's letter?

• To persuade his parents to visit Space Center Houston

• To inform his parents about space travel

• To describe a recent trip to an amusement park

• To explain the importance of educational places

Which sentence contains an error in verb tense?

• Our family should visit Space Center Houston over spring break.

• We could learn all about space travel and the Solar System.

• Exhibits display space suits worn by astronauts as well as replicas of a shuttle and a space laboratory.

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family is enjoying.

What correction should be made to sentence 8?

• Change "Check out" to "Checking out"

• Change "tourist destination" to "tourist destinations"

• Change "to read" to "reading"

• No correction is necessary

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?

• Change could learn to could have learned

• Insert a comma after travel

• Change Solar System to solar system

• No change is needed.

What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family enjoyed.

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family will enjoy.

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family have been enjoying.

• Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family had enjoyed.

What change should be made in sentence 9?

• Change If to Unless

• Change us to them

• Change are to is

• Change fascinating to fasinating

What is the main purpose of Rose's letter to the school newspaper?

• To inform students about the benefits of martial arts

• To persuade students to join a martial arts class

• To entertain students with stories about martial arts

• To describe the history of martial arts