STAAR Revising and Editing Review

The Editing section of the STAAR Exam has this many questions-

• 8

• 5

• 10

• 9

The Revising and Editing section of the STAAR exam is what percentage of the whole test?

• 50%

• 26%

• 35%

• 20%

What skills are used in the Editing section of the STAAR test?

• Correct Capitalization

• Correct Sentence Structure

• Making Verbs agree with Subjects

• All of the above

How many questions total is the Revising and Editing section

• 25

• 20

• 18

• 10

Which of the following is not one of the skills tested in the Revising section of the test?

• Revising a Thesis or Position Statement

• Identifying the plot

• Adding Supporting Details

• Improving Clarity

What should you be checking when revising? Click on all that apply *Hint: think of the acronym for revising*

• Add words or sentences

• Capitalize names, places, months, titles, "I"

• Punctuation

• Remove unneeded words or sentences

• Move sentences or words around

What is the correct way to write sentences 23 and 24?

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists, however, are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct and scientists are still making discoveries.

• Many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, but there are scientists. Who are still making discoveries.

• Although many of the species that once made their home on Madagascar are now extinct, scientists are still making discoveries.

What is the best change we can make to this sentence:
After a few more questions and a breif pause, the quiz continued.

• Change few to fewer

• Change breif to brief

• Change the , to a ;

• No change needs to be made

Choose the correct sentence

• The 11-year old also began writing a diary it detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The 11-year old also began writing a diary. With details what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The 11-year old also began writing a diary that detailed what was happening in her region of Pakistan.

• The sentence are written correctly in the paper.

The following sentence pair can be revised into one better sentence. Choose the sentence with the best revision.

The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike.

• The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.

• The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.

• On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.

• The bicycle tire on the bike is flat.