Revising Practice STAAR

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

• F Sentence 24

• G Sentence 25

• H Sentence 26

• J No sentence should be deleted.

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

• G Change continually to always

• H Change telling us to instructing us

• J Change community to surrounding neighborhood

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, if any, needs to be made in sentence 4?

• Change benefitial to beneficial

• Insert a comma after people

• Change healthier to healthiest

• No change is needed in sentence 4.

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 26?

• F Change minimal to minamal

• G Change are to were

• H Delete the comma after appropriate

• J No change is necessary.

How does sentence 28 need to be changed?

• F Change Similar to Similarly

• G Change female to females

• H Change started to would start

• J Insert a comma after Club

What change should Gena make in sentence 17?

• Insert a comma after September

• Change whom to who

• Change proficient to proficiant

• Change came to comes

Julian stood over his aunt’s stove, staring at the side of a box and had a struggle to decipher the precise order of operations required to make macaroni and cheese. What revision, if any, is needed in sentence 16?

• 1. Julian stood over his aunt’s stove, staring at the side of a box and struggling to decipher the precise order of operations required to make macaroni and cheese.

• Julian stood over his aunt’s stove, staring at the side of a box that struggled to decipher the precise order of operations to make macaroni and cheese and the requirements.

• 1. Julian stood over his aunt’s stove, staring and struggling to decipher the precise order of operations that were required to make macaroni and cheese on the side of a box.

• No change is needed.

Sentence 2 contains a spelling error.  Select the response that will correct the error in this sentence. About 6,500 subway cars combine to make up one of the nation’s most ​ (a)  

• efficent

• effishent

• efficient

• eficient

Revision questions are likely to include questions about:

• clearly and effectively communication ideas

• specific grammar and mechanics rules

• punctuation, spelling, and correct parts of speech

• your Bitmoji's outfit changes