STAAR Editing and Revising Practice

What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 10?

• Change have run to ran

• Delete the comma after year

• Change was forced to is forced

• Make no change

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

17 What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 25?

• A Insert a comma after performance

• B Change the comma after 1926 to a semicolon

• C Change mechanical to machanical

• D No change should be made.

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

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

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

• 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.

• 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.

Revise the following sentence to improve editing: The boy runned to the store to buy some candy.

• The boy run to the store to buy some candy.

• The boy running to the store to buy some candy.

• The boy ran to the store to buy some candy.

• The boy runs to the store to buy some candy.

Identify the correct punctuation for the following sentence: I cannot believe it she exclaimed

• I cannot believe it; she exclaimed

• I cannot believe it she exclaimed

• I cannot believe it, she exclaimed

• I cannot believe it. She exclaimed

Choose the sentence with the correct use of a semicolon: A) I love to read books, I also enjoy watching movies. B) I love to read books; I also enjoy watching movies.

• I love to read books; also, I enjoy watching movies.

• I love to read books, I also enjoy watching movies.

• I love to read books; I also enjoy watching movies.

• B) I love to read books; I also enjoy watching movies.

Revise the following sentence to improve sentence structure: She went to the store to buy milk, bread, and eggs.

• She went to the store to buy milk, bread, and eggs.

• To the store she went to buy milk, bread, and eggs.

• She went to buy milk, bread, and eggs at the store.

• She went to the store to buy milk, bread, and cheese.

Identify the error in the sentence: The cat's are sleeping on the couch.

• The cat's are sleeping on the couch.

• The cat's sleeping on the couch.

• The cats are sleeping on the couch.

• The cat's is sleeping on the couch.