STAAR Editing Practice

What change should be made to the following sentence:

(3) Mikayla placed the dough on her right fist and then spins it into the air, trying to mimic the chef.

• Change 'spins' to 'spun'

• Change 'right' to 'left'

• Change 'mimic' to 'mimicked'

• Change 'placed' to 'places'

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home, although they were surprised. They were not upset, about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home, although they were surprised, they were not upset about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home. Although they were surprised, they were not upset. About her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

• Mikayla’s parents surveyed the messy kitchen when they arrived home. Although they were surprised, they were not upset about her attempt to make pizza for dinner.

What change should be made in sentence 8?

(8) “Surely someone at the restauront can show you how to properly twirl pizza dough.”

• Change Surely to Similarly

• Change restauront to restaurant

• Change you to them

• Change properly to proper

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

(3) We could learn all about space travel and the Solar System.

• Change could learn to could have learned

• Insert a comma after travel

• Change Solar System to solar system

• No change is needed.

What is the correct way to write sentence 7?

(5) We have talked about spending our vacation at an amusement park. (6) But, Mom doesn’t ride roller coasters, and Dad prefers educational places. (7) Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family is enjoying.

• A. Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family enjoyed.

• B. Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family will enjoy.

• C. Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family have been enjoying.

• D. Space Center Houston has activities that our whole family had enjoyed.

What change should be made in sentence 9?

(9) If we go to Space Center Houston, each of us are sure to have a fun and fascinating experience.

• F. Change If to Unless

• G. Change us to them

• H. Change are to is

• J. Change fascinating to fasinating

What change should be made in sentence 2?

(2) How exactly did Chef Luciano toss the pizza dough; to flatten it and make a perfect circle?

• Change Chef Luciano to chef Luciano

• Change toss to tosses

• Delete the semicolon after dough

• Insert a comma after it

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 4?

(3) Mikayla placed the dough on her right fist and then spun it into the air, trying to mimic the chef. (4) Otherwise she didn’t realize how difficult it would be to control flying dough. (5) Moments later dough bits hung from the ceiling, clung to the counter, and fell to the floor.

• Change Otherwise to Unfortunately

• Change didn’t realize to doesn’t realize

• Change difficult to dificult

• No change is needed.

What change should be made in sentence 8?

(8) “How about going to Tony’s pizzeria tonight?” suggested Mikayla’s dad with a grin.

• Delete the quotation marks

• Change going to having gone

• Change Tony’s pizzeria to Tony’s Pizzeria

• Change with a grin to over a grin

What correction should be made to sentence 5?

(5) We have talked about spending their vacation at an amusement park.

• Change 'their' to 'our'

• Change 'have talked' to 'talked'

• Change 'at' to 'in'

• Change 'an' to 'a'