STAAR Combine Sentences

(14) There are twelve eggs in a carton. (15) Some people celebrate twelve days of Christmas. (16) The number thirteen is seen as odd. (17) The number thirteen is seen as extra. (18) This extra number is bad luck. (19) As a result, most staircases don’t have a thirteenth step. 

What is the correct way to write sentences 16 and 17? 

• The number thirteen is seen as odd and, or extra. 
• The number thirteen is seen as odd or extra. 
• The number thirteen is seen as odd and as extra. 
• Sentences 19 and 20 are correct in the paper. 

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CCSS.L.3.1A

(13) “Thats crazy,” said Carl. (14) “Millie is a good dog. (15) You have the best video game collection of anyone. (16) Stop Worrying!” (17) Tomorrow I am going to buy lots of video games. 
What is the correct way to write sentences 15 and 16? 

• You had the best video game collection of anyone, stop worrying! 
• You have the best video game collection of anyone, so stop worrying! 
• You having the best video game collection of anyone so stop worrying! 
• Sentences 15 and 16 are correct in the paper. 

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CCSS.L.4.1F

(16) People lived in small groups of about a hundred people. (17) They were primarily hunters. (18) They followed herds of mammals such as the woolly mammoth, mastodon, and bison from one place to another for the food and skin the animals provided. (19) A mammoth looked like an elephant. (20) A mammoth was bigger.
What is the correct way to write sentences 19 and 20? 

• A mammoth looked like an elephant, but was bigger. 
• A mammoth looked like an elephant but it was bigger. 
• A mammoth looked like an elephant, it was bigger. 
• Sentences 19 and 20 are correct in the paper. 

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E