STAAR Editing and Revising Practice

Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.

• change family to Family

• change I to me

• change river to River

• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"

• Delete the quotation marks

• Change let's to Let's

• Remove the comma after declared

• The sentence is correct.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

• Change knew to new

• Change thrown to threw

• Change theirselves to themselves

• No change is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Natalies' flower was the most beautiful I had ever seen.

• Change most beautiful to more beautiful

• ^{Change Natalies' to Natalies's}

• Change flower to flour

• No change is needed

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What change should be made in the sentence?
It didn't seem like such a small amount would be enough to make a pancake but I soon realized just how much the batter spreads out.

• Change didn't to did'nt

• Insert a comma after pancake

• Change spreads out to spread out

• No changes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What change needs to be made in the sentence?
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!

• Change that to this

• Change takes to take

• Insert a comma after patience

• Change then to than

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

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

• Change the comma to a question mark

• Delete the quotation marks after the comma

• Change eagerly to eager

• Make no changes

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and bananas. 

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas. 

• I went to the store, and bought apples oranges and bananas. 

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas. 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Choose the sentence that is written correctly.

• We went to their house because there hosting a party.

• They're having a party at there house this weekend.

• We went to their house because they're hosting a party.

• There having a party at their house this weekend.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

After reading a question, my next step is to...

• Highlight what the question wants me to do AND what sentences I am looking for.

• Highlight the entire question.

• Circle the answer immediately. 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10