STAAR Revising and Editing

What change should be made to the sentence below?

I didn't thought Mr. Torturo could be so cruel.

• change didn't to did'nt

• change cruel to crule

• change be to been

• change thought to think

What change if any should be made to the sentence below?

He has given us hard math problems before, but this problem is the difficultest.

• change hard to harder

• change difficultest to most difficult

• delete the comma

• make no change

The following sentences must be combined, what is the best way to combine the following sentences?

I'm not a genius. Certainly not an Einstein.

• I'm not a genius certainly, but not an Einstein.

• I'm not a genius certainly or an Einstein.

• I'm not a genius and certainly not an Einstein.

• An Einstein, a genius certainly I am not.

What is the correct way to write the sentence below?

Could I solve it with a calculator I asked him or solve it with a partner.

• I asked him, if I could use a calculator, or solve it with a partner.

• I asked him if I could use a calculator or solve it with a partner.

• I asked him if I could use a calculator. Or solve it with a partner.

• The sentence is written correctly in the selection.

What change should be made to the sentence below?

The first succesful space flight with a human was also achieved by the Soviet Union.

• Delete the word space

• Change flight to flite

• change succesful to sucessful

• change succesful to successful

Which of the following is not a complete sentence?

• In fact, the Soviet space program sent up the first satellite, called Sputnik, to orbit our planet.

• Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot he was the first man in space.

• And the moon?

• The United States won this round.

What is the best way to write the following sentence?

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot he was the first man in space.

• Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot. Was first in space.

• Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet pilot, was the first man in space.

• Yuri Gagarin he was a Soviet pilot and the first man in space.

• He was a Soviet pilot. He was the first man in space.

What change needs to be made in the following sentence?

The city with the most people living in it, officially is Tokyo, Japan.

• change people to peeple

• change most to mostest

• delete the comma after Tokyo

• Add a comma after officially

Delhi, in India, has a percolation of over 25,000,000.

The word percolation is not the correct word for the sentence. Which word should be used?

• puncuation

• population

• habitation

• plurality

What is the best way to revise the sentence below?

Our most populous city is New York barely makes the top ten list with about 19,000,000 inhabitants.

• New York is our most populous city, barely, it makes the top ten list with about 19,000,000 inhabitants.

• New York, is our most populous city. Barely. It makes the top ten list with about 19,000,000 inhabitants.

• Our most populous city, New York, barely makes the top ten list with about 19,000,000 inhabitants.

• The sentence is written correctly in the selection.