STAAR Review Editing

(It's, Its) not beyond repair; all (it's, its) pieces are right here. 

• It's, its

• Its, it's

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.2D

Choose the sentence that has proper parallel structure.

• Puppies love to eat, to play, and sleep all day.

• Puppies love to eat, to play, and sleeping all day.

• Puppies love eating, playing, and sleeping all day. 

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CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Choose the sentence with correct grammar structure.

• A director made the stuntman think twice about their jump.

• We were overcome with what our team had accomplished. 

• His concience wouldn't allow him to abandon his friends.

• Even with all the victories, she couldn't guarrantee another win.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1D

Choose the sentence with the correct grammar structure.

• The boys began to cheer wildly for the runner the fastest and bravest of them all.

• At any moment he could have another flashback to his days in the marine corps.

• Although hunger was driving me mad, I was to tired to drag myself to the kitchen.

• While racing through the maze was thrilling, he started to realize the danger they were in.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

By the end of the first day, the lighthouse was more than 10 feet away from it’s original location.
How should sentence 20 be changed? 

• Change was to is

• Change it’s to its

• Change original to origanal

• Sentence 20 should not be changed.

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 30? 

• Change arrangements to arangements

• Change is causing to are causing

• Change a lot to alot

• Make no change

I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin along with a couple of example sentences, the rest of the report would be a breeze.

What is the correct way to write sentence 20? 

• I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin along with a couple of example sentences. Sure that the rest of the report would be a breeze.

• I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin. Which along with a couple of example sentences meant that the rest of the report would be a breeze.

• I jotted down some notes about the word’s origin along with a couple of example sentences. The rest of the report would be a breeze.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

What is the correct way to write sentences 9 and 10?

• It connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body. 

• Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.

• Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.

• It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body. 

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.

How does sentence 15 need to be changed? 

• Change Band Director to band director

• Delete the second comma

• Change insists to insisting 

• Sentence 15 does not need to be changed.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

“This, ladies and gentlemen,” Mr. Potter announced as he held up a hat, “Contains all the words on your vocabulary list.”

What change needs to be made in sentence 9? 

• Change ladies to lady’s

• Change announced to announsed

• Delete the comma after hat 

• Change Contains to contains 

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A