WorksheetsRock the STAAR
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
It is ________________ responsibility to do your own work.
a)
you're
b)
your
2.
How long does it take them to tie _______ shoes???
a)
their
b)
there
c)
they're
3.
Take the dog for a walk when _________ done cleaning up.
a)
you're
b)
your
4.
They ate dinner and ______ walked home.
a)
then
b)
than
5.
My dog is smarter _____ all the other dogs.
a)
then
b)
than
6.
Wash the clothes, ______ put them in the dryer.
a)
then
b)
than
7.
An appositive provides more information about a noun.
a)
Yes
b)
No
8.
The Outsiders, a young adult novel, is one of the best books I have ever read. Is this a correctly written appositive?
a)
Yes
b)
No
9.
Fill in the blank with the best subordinating conjunction:
___________ to win money, you must write the best poem.
___________ to win money, you must write the best poem.
a)
In order to
b)
So that
c)
Since
d)
Although
10.
Too people went to the park and had fun.
a)
A.change too to two
b)
add a comma after park
c)
change too to to
d)
no change needs to be made
11.
Did you get the car key.
a)
Change the period to a question mark
b)
capitalize key
c)
capitalize car
d)
no change needed
12.
My dogs name is Brindle.
a)
Change Brindle to brindle
b)
capitalize name
c)
change dogs to dog's
d)
no change needed
13.
That chicken wanted your sandwitch for lunch!
a)
Capitalize chicken
b)
change your to you're
c)
change lunch to lunge
d)
change sandwitch to sandwich
14.
Sarah wanted to have a piece of her grandmother's pie but she was at a friend's house.
a)
Add comma after piece
b)
Add comma after pie
c)
Change a period to a question mark
d)
no change needed
15.
The dear was running through the forest; all of the squirrels were scampering.
a)
Change the semicolon to a colon
b)
get rid of the semicolon
c)
change dear to deer
d)
no change
16.
They found Emma and her cute dog at the schools park.
a)
Change Emma to emma
b)
change schools park to school's park
c)
change Dog to dog
d)
no change needed
17.
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.
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.
a)
Change didn't to did'nt
b)
Insert a comma after pancake
c)
Change spreads out to spread out
d)
No changes
18.
"What do I do first," I asked eagerly.
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?
a)
Change the comma to a question mark
b)
Delete the quotation marks after the comma
c)
Change eagerly to eager
d)
Make no changes
19.
It is time to give the dog ______ bath.
a)
It's
b)
Its
20.
I am going __________ the basketball game to watch the girls play.
a)
to
b)
two
c)
too
21.
Can I come to the game, _____.
a)
to
b)
two
c)
too
22.
My father was very clear about how long to wait. Before trying to flip the pancakes over.
What is the correct way to write these two sentences?
What is the correct way to write these two sentences?
a)
My father was very clear about this. How long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
b)
My father was very clear. About how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
c)
My father was very clear anout this he told me how long to wait beofre trying to flip the pancakes over.
d)
My father was very clear about how long to wait before trying to flip the pancakes over.
23.
Mom, Dad, and Lauren was upstairs.
a)
Delete the comma after Mom
b)
Change Dad to dad
c)
Change was to were
d)
No change should be made.
24.
I just think they get a little too much atention.
a)
Change get to got
b)
Change too much to to much
c)
Change atention to attention
d)
Sentence should not be changed.
25.
Its delicate stem became a woody trunk and its bare branches were soon filled with pointy pine needles.
a)
Insert a comma after trunk
b)
Change bare to bear
c)
Change filled to fill
d)
no change
26.
When it was time to add the sugar, I grabed a canister that was full of something white.
a)
Delete the comma
b)
Change grabed to grabbed
c)
Change that to it
d)
No change
27.
Grinning from ear to ear, we brought are gift to Mom.
a)
Change Grinning to Grining
b)
Change brought to brung
c)
Change are to our
d)
No change
28.
I was so bad that I figured the Coach wouldn’t care if I got bored at practice and lay down in the outfield.
a)
Change Coach to coach
b)
Change bored to borred
c)
Insert a comma after practice
d)
no change
29.
It was time for me to move from T-ball to baseball, and my dad desided that I needed a new glove. (
a)
Change It was to It is
b)
Delete and
c)
Change desided to decided
d)
Sentence 18 does not need to be changed.
30.
I kept the glove on my right hand, and picked up a ball with my left.
a)
Change kept to keeped
b)
Delete the comma after hand
c)
Change and to I
d)
Change picked to pick
31.
Jay Shafer lives in a house that is smaller then some people’s closets.
a)
Change lives to live
b)
Change then to than
c)
Change closets to closet’s
d)
No change should be made in sentence 1.
32.
It don’t seem like a house that small would have room for anything except a bed, but Shafer is very creative.
a)
Change don’t to doesn’t
b)
Change anything to nothing
c)
Delete the comma
d)
No change should be made.
33.
(9) It connects your brain to your spinal cord. (10) Which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
What is the correct way to write sentences 9 and 10?
What is the correct way to write sentences 9 and 10?
a)
It connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body.
b)
Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.
c)
Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.
d)
It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
34.
(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.
How does sentence 15 need to be changed?
How does sentence 15 need to be changed?
a)
Change Band Director to band director
b)
Delete the second comma
c)
Change insists to insisting
d)
Sentence 15 does not need to be changed.
35.
(9) “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?
What change needs to be made in sentence 9?
a)
Change ladies to lady’s
b)
Change announced to announsed
c)
Delete the comma after hat
d)
Change Contains to contains
36.
(10) Instead of telling my Mom, I asked the teacher to move me to the front of the room.
What change needs to be made in sentence 10?
What change needs to be made in sentence 10?
a)
Change Mom to mom
b)
Change the comma to a period
c)
Change asked to ask
d)
No change needs to be made.
37.
The snake is shedding ___________________ skin.
a)
it's
b)
its
38.
Scientists transformed the Challenger a British warship into a floating laboratory.
a)
Challenger,
b)
,a British warship,
c)
transformed,
d)
As it is
39.
"The dog" is a fragment because...
a)
it is a dependent clause
b)
it has no subject
c)
it has no verb
d)
it has neither a subject nor a verb
40.
Last summer, my family and I camped by the Mississippi river.
a)
change family to Family
b)
change I to me
c)
change river to River
d)
The sentence is correct.
41.
Mom surprised us all when she declared, "let's all go get pizza!"
a)
Delete the quotation marks
b)
Change let's to Let's
c)
Remove the comma after declared
d)
The sentence is correct.
42.
Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015.
a)
Delete the comma after March and insert it after 2
b)
Add quotatiion marks before our and after 2015.
c)
Delete the comma after March
d)
The sentence is correct.
43.
When my Dad handed me the bottle of ketchup, I shook it thoroughly to mix it.
a)
Change shook to shaked
b)
Change bottle to bottel
c)
Change Dad to dad
d)
The sentence is correct as written
44.
At Mariah's school, there are several book's written in Spanish.
a)
Change book's to books
b)
Change Mariah's to Mariahs'
c)
Change Spanish to spanish
d)
The sentence is correct
45.
Jacky her best friend plays soccer after school each day.
a)
Jacky her best friend. Plays soccer after school each day.
b)
Jacky, her best friend plays soccer after school each day.
c)
Jacky, her best friend, plays soccer after school each day.
d)
Make no change
46.
Michael does well in math but he excels in science.
a)
Michael does well in math, but he excels in science.
b)
Michael does well in Math but he excels in science.
c)
Michael does well in Math but he excels in Science.
d)
Make no change
47.
After a long day it feels great to take a nap!
a)
After a long day, it feels great to take a nap!
b)
After a long day; it feels great to take a nap!
c)
After a long day. It feels great to take a nap!
d)
Make no change
48.
Annabelle returned home after her weekend getaway.
a)
Annabelle returned home, after her weekend getaway.
b)
Annabelle returned home; after her weekend getaway.
c)
Annabelle returned home after their weekend getaway.
d)
Make no change
49.
As the door started to close Martha held her breath.
a)
As the door started to close Martha, held her breath.
b)
As the door started to close, Martha held her breath.
c)
As the door started to close; Martha held her breath.
d)
Make no change.
50.
The socks in the dresser drawer is organized by color.
a)
The socks in the dresser drawer is organised by color.
b)
The socks in the dresser drawer, is organized by color.
c)
The socks in the dresser drawer are organized by color.
d)
Make no change.
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