STAAR-Style Revise & Edit Practice

Read the sentence below: When people goes to the park, they usually brings a picnic. What change, if any, is needed to correct the sentence?

• Change goes to go

• Change brings to bring

• Change goes to go and brings to bring

• No change is needed

Read the sentence: If you study hard you will probably pass the test. What revision adds proper punctuation?

• If you study hard you will, probably pass the test.

• If you study hard; you will probably pass the test.

• If you study hard, you will probably pass the test.

• If you study hard you, will probably pass the test.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a semicolon.

• I like chocolate, I don’t like caramel.

• I like chocolate; but I don’t like caramel.

• I like chocolate; I don’t like caramel.

• I like chocolate: I don’t like caramel.

Which revision combines these sentences using a subordinating conjunction? The sun set. The sky turned orange.

• While the sun set, the sky turned orange.

• The sun set; the sky turned orange.

What change should be made to correct the sentence below? i forgot my homework at home.

• Change i to I

• Add a comma after homework

• Change forgot to forget

• No change needed

Which sentence uses commas correctly in a compound sentence?

• I made dinner and I set the table.

• I made dinner, and I set the table.

• I made dinner and, I set the table.

• I made dinner, and set the table.

What change corrects the commonly confused word in this sentence? Their going to the movies later.

• Change Their to There

• Change Their to They’re

• Change going to go

• No change needed

Which sentence contains a pronoun-antecedent agreement error?

• Every student must bring theys pencil to the test.

• All the students brought their homework.

• Some of the children lost their shoes.

• Each of the girls brought her own snack.

What revision improves sentence clarity? The meeting was long and boring and had too many things going on.

• The meeting had stuff and it was boring.

• The meeting was long and full of too many topics.

• The meeting was going on.

• The meeting was good.

She will (a)   the gift from her friend tomorrow.

• except

• accept
• access

• excepts