What change, if any, should be made in sentence 25 ?

Change the comma after added to a period

No change should be made in sentence 25.

In the Revising and Editing section, what should you highlight?

Sentences referenced in the questions.

The most important sentences within the passage.

Candice needs a more effective thesis statement for her paper. Which sentence should replace sentence 8 to serve as the thesis statement?

G The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is a supreme example of the mysteries of the natural world because of its wide variety of plant and animal life.

F There are other barrier reefs in the oceans of the world, but only the Great Barrier Reef is so well known.

H Some scientists believe the Great Barrier Reef first began to grow about 18 million years ago.

J A coral reef like the Great Barrier Reef can grow only in shallow, warm water because it needs light from the sun to survive.

Candice may have a redundant sentence in the fourth paragraph (sentences 22–26). Which sentence, if any, should be deleted?

J No sentence should be deleted.

Candice would like to improve her concluding sentence by summing up the ideas she has presented. Which sentence should she use to replace sentence 35?

D Attracting visitors from around the world, the Great Barrier Reef has a beauty that is perhaps unequaled anywhere on Earth.

A Finally, we must protect the Great Barrier Reef from being destroyed so future generations can enjoy it.

B How much still remains to be discovered about the Great Barrier Reef of Australia is anybody’s guess.

C Researchers should explore the oceans further to try to find other natural wonders like the Great Barrier Reef.

Melody’s opening sentence is unclear. What change should she make in sentence 1 to clarify her introductory paragraph?

F Change They to Teachers and leaders at our school

H Change telling us to instructing us

J Change community to surrounding neighborhood

What is the most effective way to combine sentences 6 and 7?

My own sister, who attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, is having a hard time in math.

My own sister is having a hard time in math attending one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school.

My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school although she is having a hard time in math.

My own sister attends one of the elementary schools that feeds into our high school, she is having a hard time in math.

Melody needs a better transition into the third paragraph (sentences 12–17) of her essay. Which of the following could she add before sentence 12 to improve this transition?

F In researching mentoring programs, I learned of several promising results.

G As I think about a mentoring program, I have many ideas on how it should work.

H If struggling youngsters get the help they need, it could benefit teachers, too.

J Because I believe in the mentoring concept, I’d like to see it at our school.

What change should be made to sentence 3 to correct the punctuation?

B) Remove the comma after 'however'

C) Add a period after 'however'

What is the main idea of the passage?

A) The importance of revising and editing

B) The process of writing an essay

C) The benefits of reading regularly

D) The challenges of learning English

STAAR Revising/Editing

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9th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

Insert a comma after them

Delete and

Change places too dense to places to dense

No change should be made.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

A Change wasn’t having to weren’t having

B Change much luck to no luck

C Insert a comma after luck

D Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What change should be made in sentence 8?

Change while watching to he was watching

Delete the comma after campsite

Change has to had

Change idea to ideal

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

Insert a comma after cameras

Change hooked to hooking

Change elephants tusks to elephants’ tusks

No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?

Change wondered to wandered

Change wheather to whether

Change clear to clearer

No change needs to be made.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What change needs to be made in sentence 19?

A Change were to was

B Change impressive to impresive

C Change the comma to a semicolon

D Change realistic to realism

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the correct way to write sentence 22?

A Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams. Deer standing still and allowing the cameras to film them.

B Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams, deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.

C Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams. While deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.

D Curious monkeys reached out for the tusk-cams, while deer stood still and allowed the cameras to film them.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

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STAAR Revising/Editing

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

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

What change should be made in sentence 8?

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 15?

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?

What change needs to be made in sentence 19?

What is the correct way to write sentence 22?

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 25?

If the question starts with "what change", you will be...

On the Revising and Editing section of the STAAR, you should always read the whole passage.

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