WorksheetsEditing Practice for STAAR Writing
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 29mins
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.
I learned that cooking takes more patience and attention to detail then I had ever dreamed!
The dog wags _____ tail.
It's
its
Can I come to the game, _____?
to
two
too
What change, if any, should be made in the sentence?
"Make sure you don't leave any lumps," Dad instructed while I stired the mixture.
What change should be made in the sentence above?
Change the comma after lumps to a period
Change instructed to instructing
Change stired to stirred
No change should be made
If they were in the same room, all of there things could be in one place.
What change should be made?
Change they to we
Delete the comma
Change there to their
No change needed
Clearly, the world you live in today wouldn't be the same without the contributions of many dedicated scientists and there work.
What change should be made?
Change "without the" to "without no"
Change contributions to contribution's
Insert a comma after scientists
Change there to their
The teams were most surprised to learn that hot liquids, such as tea and coffee, didn't score good in their tests.
What change needs to be made?
Insert a comma after surprised
Delete the comma after coffee
Change good to well
Make no change
Now that Jamal and I are both getting older, I fell that I'm ready for more privacy and space of my own.
What change should be made?
Change Jamal and I to Jamal and me
Delete the comma
Change fell to feel
Change privacy to privicy
By the end of the first day, the lighthouse was more than 10 feet away from it’s original location.
How should the sentence be changed?
Change was to is
Change it's to its
Change original to origanal
The sentence should not be changed.
The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.
What change, if any, should be made to the sentence?
Change arrangements to arangements
Change is causing to are causing
Change a lot to alot
Make no change
It connects your brain to your spinal cord. Which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
What is the correct way to combine the sentences above?
It connects your brain to your spinal cord, this connects to most of the nerves in your body.
Connecting your brain to your spinal cord and then to most of the nerves in your body.
Connecting your brain to your spinal cord. It connects to most of the nerves in your body.
It connects your brain to your spinal cord, which connects to most of the nerves in your body.
Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.
How does the sentence need to be changed?
Change Band Director to band director
Delete the second comma
Change insists to insisting
The sentence does not need to be changed.
I would also have a place to spread out materials and work on projects without getting in anyone elses way.
What change needs to be made?
Change I to And
Change spread to spred
Change anyone to no one
Change elses to else's
Sleepy but determinned, I crawled out of bed, got dressed, and headed to the store for the weekly shopping venture.
What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 18?
Change "Sleepy" to "i was sleepy"
Change "determinned" to "determined"
Insert a comma after store
No change needs to be made in this sentence.
COMBINING SENTENCES
What is the conjunction in the following sentence?
Sara loved the smell of her perfume, so she always spritzed herself with it every morning.
loved
spritzed
so
always
COMMAS
Where should a comma be added in the following sentence:
Having finished the test Richard breathed a sigh of relief.
after finished
after breathed
after sigh
after test
PUNCTUATION
What needs to be added to the following sentence?
“I call front seat!” said Horace to Beatrice. “Haha. You have to ride in the back. He closed the passenger car door.
add a comma after Horace
add a quotation mark after door
add a apostrophe after Beatrice
add a quotation mark after back
COMMAS
What is the correct way to write the sentence below:
Purring loudly Fluffy the cutest cat in the world snuggled against my hair while I slept.
No change - Purring loudly Fluffy the cutest cat in the world snuggled against my hair while I slept.
Purring loudly, Fluffy, the cutest cat in the world, snuggled against my hair while I slept.
Purring, loudly Fluffy the cutest cat in, the world snuggled against my hair while, I slept.
COMMAS
How should the following sentence be changed?
Working out every day will result in a healthier body and heart, an active lifestyle is all that is needed for longevity.
Working out every day will result in a healthier body and heart. An active lifestyle is all that is needed for longevity.
Working out every day resulting in a healthier body and heart, an active lifestyle all that is needed for longevity.
Working out every day resulted in a healthier body and heart, longevity needs an active lifestyle.
No change is needed.
PUNCTUATION
What are the two functions of an apostrophe (')?
to show pluralization and possession
to form contractions and to show possession
shows when to pause in a sentence and when to end a sentence
shows possession and figurative language
PUNCTUATION
What punctuation needs to be added to the sentence below?
Georges phone has a lot of apps on it. His parents phones, however, are old and cant even download Snapchat.
George's phone has a lot of apps on it. His parents' phones, however, are old and can't even download Snapchat.
Georges phone has a lot of app's on it. His parents phones', however, are old and cant even download Snapchat.
George's phone has a lot of app's on it. His parents phones, however, are old and can't even download Snapchat.
No change is needed.
FLOW
What are the words or phrases called that help make your writing flow by connecting thoughts/paragraphs?
commas
quotation marks
transition words
thesis
REVISION
What is the best way to combine the two sentences?
Tina eats cookies while in bed. She also does her homework and talks to her friends.
Tina eats cookies while in bed, she also does her homework and talks to her friends.
Tina eats cookies while in bed and also does her homework and talks to her friends.
Tina eats cookies in bed. Also she does her homework she talks to her friends.
Tina eats cookies, does her homework, and talks to her friends while in bed.
FLOW
Which transition word should you add in between the following two sentences:
Socks protect feet from dangerous objects, such as tiny rocks and thorns. They absorb feet odor to prevent smelly situations.
In fact
However
Additionally
For example
FLOW
What transition word should go in the follow sentence?
Some scientists believe that the dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid. ________________________, other scientists theorize they died of starvation.
However
In fact
In conclusion
Moreover
PUNCTUATION
What punctuation should be added to the following sentence?
If Melissa won the lottery she would buy her horses hay to eat and give the barn a new fresh coat of paint.
add a comma after lottery
add a comma after eat
change horses to horses'
no change is needed
