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7th Grade STAAR Editing and Revising

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 3hrs 57mins

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Date
1.
Which of the following is a correctly punctuated complex sentence?
a)
After, I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
b)
After I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
c)
After I got home from school I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
2.
What is the best way to combine these sentences?
The girl was little.
She pressed her nose against the window.
The window was icy.
She giggled with delight.
She had never seen snow before.
a)
The girl was little as she pressed her nose against the icy window, and giggled with delight because she had never seen snow before.
b)
The little girl pressed her nose against the icy window and giggled with delight because she had never seen snow before.
c)
Because the little girl pressed her nose against the icy window, she giggled with delight at the never-before seen snow.
d)
Because, the little girl pressed her nose against the icy window, she giggled with delight at the never-before seen snow.
3.
What is the best way to combine the following sentences: 
Carla, and Bob weren't paying attention to the teacher.
They couldn't do their homework.
a)
Carla and Bob weren't paying attention to the teacher, so they couldn't do their homework.
b)
Carla and Bob weren't paying attention to the teacher.
c)
They couldn't do their homework. They weren't paying attention to the teacher.
d)
When Carla and Bob couldn't do their homework, they gave their attention to the teacher. 
4.
What is the best way to combine the following sentences: 
Mike has a new job, and he starts next week.
Sue has a new job, and she starts next week.
a)
Mike has a new job, and he starts next week.
b)
Mike and Sue have new jobs.
c)
Mike and Sue have new jobs, and they start next week.
d)
Mike and Sue must start their new jobs soon. 
5.
What is the best way to combine the following sentences:
Willie liked the puppy he saw at the pet store.
He plans on buying it tomorrow.
a)
Willie liked the puppy he saw at the pet store and plans on buying it tomorrow.
b)
Willie liked the puppy he saw at the pet store and plans on buying the puppy. 
c)
Willie liked the puppy he saw at the pet store, plans on buying it tomorrow.
d)
The pet store let Willie buy the puppy. 
6.
Choose the option that best combines all of the information contained in the sentences below:
Our car broke down.
We called a tow truck.
We had it towed to Toronto.
a)
When our car broke down we had to call a tow truck to have it towed to Toronto.
b)
We had to call a tow truck when our car broke down.
c)
A tow truck from Toronto had to be called when our car broke down.
d)
We had to tow the car to Toronto.
7.
How would you combine the following sentences without changing the meaning? 
My cat escaped out the door.
I had to rescue it from a tree.
I was late for school.
a)
I rescued my cat from a tree because it was escaped out the door.
b)
I was late for school after my cat escaped out of the door.
c)
After my cat escaped out the door, I had to rescue it from a tree and was then late for school.
d)
My cat escaped out the door and I had to rescue it from a tree and I was late for school.
8.
Where should the commas go?
The deer head up ears alert listened for danger.
a)
The deer, head up, ears alert, listened for danger.
b)
The deer, head up ears alert, listened for danger.
c)
The deer head up ears alert, listened for danger.
d)
The deer head, up ears alert, listened for danger.
9.
Find the VERB.
Melted snow is such a mess.
a)
melted
b)
snow
c)
is
d)
mess
10.
Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
a)
In the middle of night. The van pulled up.
b)
Chuck would not, give Jane the seat.
c)
Over coffee and toast, Kelly told me about her new job.
d)
Lemonade. My favorite drink.
11.
Choose the best conjunction to join the sentence pair.
We can ask directions. We can use a map. 
a)
and
b)
but
c)
or
d)
because
12.
The following sentence pair should be combined to make a better sentence. Which is the best revision? 
The bicycle tire is flat. The bicycle tire is on the bike. 
a)
The bicycle tire is on the bike and the bicycle tire is flat.
b)
The flat bicycle tire is on the bike.
c)
On the bike, the bicycle tire there is flat.
d)
The tire on the bicycle is flat.
13.

Which of the following sentences below is correct?

a)

New York City is known for its delicious cuisine, and its famous, world-renowned shows.

b)

We explored the dark, gloomy house on Halloween, but my brother and his friends were too frightened to come with us.

c)

When Mrs. Fogle shut the door, all the noise from the hallway stopped, the students were then able to focus.

d)

Since Adam practiced all summer; he knew he would make the team in the Fall.

14.

Which of the following sentences below is correct?

a)

Kyle was nervous for his presentation, however, he delivered a wonderful engaging speech.

b)

I ate so much Thanksgiving food, but somehow wanted more!

c)

Do you mind, Nick, if I project your response on the board?

d)

On the the wall of his tomb there is a painting of King Tut.

15.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
b)
Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
c)
Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
d)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do. 
16.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Amanda can you please bring me the pencil sharpener, and a piece of paper?
b)
Amanda, can you please bring me the pencil sharpener and a piece of paper?
c)
Amanda, can you please bring me the pencil sharpener, and a piece of paper?
d)
Amanda can you please bring me the, pencil, sharpener and a piece of paper?
17.
Where does the comma go?
Tayanna is a smart studious student.
a)
Tayanna is a smart, studious student.
b)
Tayanna is a smart, studious, student.
c)
Tayanna is a smart studious, student.
18.
Which sentence is written correctly?
a)
May 5 2016
b)
May, 5 2016
c)
May 5, 2016
19.
Which has the correct comma placement?
a)
Today's date is Wednesday February 22, 2017.
b)
Today's date is Wednesday, February 22, 2017.
c)
Today's date is Wednesday, February, 22, 2017.
d)
Today's date is, Wednesday, February 22, 2017. 
20.
Which has the correct comma placement?
a)
My favorite teams are the Cowboys Razorbacks and Cardinals.
b)
My favorite teams are the Cowboys, Razorbacks and Cardinals.
c)
My favorite teams are the Cowboys, Razorbacks, and, Cardinals.
d)
My favorite teams are the Cowboys, Razorbacks, and Cardinals.
21.

(1) Tara had too much cake last night. (2) She is sick to her stomach this morning.


How could you combine sentences 1 and 2?

a)

Tara had too much cake. Last night she is sick to her stomach this morning.

b)

Sick to her stomach this morning, Tara had too much cake.

c)

Tara had too much cake last night, she is sick this morning.

d)

Tara had too much cake last night, so she is sick to her stomach this morning.

22.

(5) Jenny and Haley walked there dogs together for two hours. (6) The dogs slept very well that night.


What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?

a)

Change Jenny and Haley to Them

b)

Change there to their

c)

Change dogs to dog’s

d)

Make no change

23.

(9) I don’t agree with all these sentaments.


What change should be made in sentence 9?

a)

Change I to And

b)

Insert a comma after agree

c)

Change sentaments to sentiments

d)

Make no change

24.

(5) Jenny and Haley walked there dogs together for two hours. (6) The dogs slept very well that night.


What transition could be added to the beginning of sentence 6 to make it clearer?

a)

However,

b)

Therefore,

c)

In order to,

d)

Finally,

25.

(9) Annie sang a beautiful high note. (10) The crowd cheered wildly.


What is the best transition to add in front of sentence 10?

a)

As a result,

b)

However,

c)

For example,

d)

In addition,

26.

(9) Annie sang a beautiful high note. (10) The crowd cheering wildly.


What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?

a)

Add a comma after cheering

b)

Change cheering to cheered

c)

Change the period to a question mark

d)

Make no change

27.
What is the best way to join these two sentences?
Because of the rain today. Soccer practice is cancelled.
a)
Because of the rain today soccer practice is cancelled. 
b)
Because of the rain today, soccer practice is cancelled. 
c)
Because of the rain today and soccer practice is cancelled.
d)
Because of the rain today, therefore soccer practice is cancelled today. 
28.

What change, if any, should be made?

Grandma and I are bakeing cookies for the carnival.

a)

Change bakeing to baking

b)

Change I to me

c)

Change cookies to cookie's

29.

3.) However some decisions require careful thought because they could have lasting consequences.


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

a)

Change decisions to desisions

b)

Insert a comma after However

c)

Change they to we

d)

No change needs to be made in sentence 3.

30.

5.) It all began when my best friend's family invited me to go with them on a short vacation to galveston.


What change, if any, should be made to sentence 5?

a)

Change galveston to Galveston

b)

Change them to us

c)

Insert a comma after began

d)

No change needs to be made in sentence 5.

31.

(2) During our stay she spends her evenings knitting and told us stories.

1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

a)

A. Insert them after spends

b)

B. Change her to their

c)

C. Change told to telling

d)

D. Make no change

32.

(2) During our stay she spends her evenings knitting and told us stories.

1. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 2?

a)

A. Insert a comma after stay

b)

B. Insert a comma after evenings

c)

C. Insert a comma after during

d)

D. Make no change

33.

What change needs to be made to sentence 4?

(4) She hopes we appreciate how lucky we are to have food, shelter, and work because she recalls a time when those things were not so easy to come by.

a)

Change appreciate to appreshiate

b)

Delete the comma after shelter

c)

Change easy to easily

d)

No change needed

34.

3. What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?

(7) The Great Depression, a tragic time in American history had begun.

a)

Change Great Depression to great depression

b)

Delete the comma after Depression

c)

Insert a comma after history

d)

Make no change

35.

What is the best way to rewrite sentences 12 and 13?


(12) Even though life was hard and many people felt desperate. (13) Grandma’s family discovered a secret.

a)

Even though life was hard and many people felt desperate, Grandma’s family discovered a secret.

b)

Even though life was hard, many people felt desperate, Grandma’s family discovered a secret.

c)

Even though life was hard, and many people felt desperate, and Grandma’s family discovered a secret.

d)

Correct as is

36.

What change needs be made in sentence 15?

(15) Grandma’s dad loved to think of ways for the family to have fun without spending no money.

a)

Change dad to Dad

b)

Insert a comma after ways

c)

Delete no

d)

No change needed

37.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?

(17) Instead of buying Christmas gifts, family members exchanged handmade presents with each other.

a)

Delete the comma after gifts

b)

Change exchanged to exchanging

c)

Change each other to one another

d)

Make no change

38.

What change, if any, should be made in sentence 19?

(19) Her favorite memorys are of the times when the family would go on secret missions.

a)

Change favorite to favoritest

b)

Change memorys to memories

c)

Change when to which

d)

Make no change

39.

What is the best change to make in sentence 22?

(22) Although the neighbors never knew who was behind these little acts of kindness, grandma says that they brought great joy to her and her family.

a)

Change knew to new

b)

Change grandma to Grandma

c)

Change they to it

d)

Insert a comma and quotation marks before that

40.

What change needs to be made in sentence 23?

(23) She believes that this joy is what sustained them through some of the hardest times in our nations’ history.

a)

Change She to And

b)

Change sustained to sustaned

c)

Change through to threw

d)

Change nations’ to nation’s

41.
What is another word for controlling idea?
a)
a feeling or atmosphere
b)
thesis
c)
combining parts
d)
a word or phrase that links one sentence to another
42.
What does expository mean?
a)
fluff
b)
explain/inform
c)
a feeling or atmosphere
d)
exact
43.
What does it mean to revise?
a)
feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates
b)
conclusion
c)
getting to the point
d)
fix/change sentences/words to create a well written text
44.
What does it mean to edit
a)
inserting verbs
b)
fix/change punctuation, spelling, capitalization, etc...
c)
deleting words
d)
combining sentences
45.
In writing, what are transitions?
a)
to put in order
b)
delete word
c)
words or phrases that link sentences/paragraphs
d)
combine sentences
46.
How should this sentence be changed:
By the end of the first day, the lighthouse was more than 10 feet away from it’s original location.
a)
Change was to is
b)
Change it’s to its
c)
Change original to origanal
d)
Sentence 20 should not be changed.
47.
What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?
The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress.

a)
Change arrangements to arangements
b)
Change is causing to are causing
c)
Change a lot to alot
d)
Make no change
48.
What is the correct way to combine sentences 9 and 10?
(9) It connects your brain to your spinal cord. (10) Which connects to most of the nerves in your body.

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. 
49.
How does sentence 15 need to be changed? 
(15) Mr. Owens, my Band Director, insists that I practice every night.

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.
50.
What change needs to be made in sentence 9? 
(9) “This, ladies and gentlemen,” Mr. Potter announced as he held up a hat, “Contains all the words on your vocabulary list.”
a)
Change ladies to lady’s
b)
Change announced to announsed
c)
Delete the comma after hat 
d)
Change Contains to contains 
51.
What change needs to be made in sentence 10? 
(10) Instead of telling my Mom, I asked the teacher to move me to the front of the room.

a)
Change Mom to mom 
b)
Change the comma to a period 
c)
Change asked to ask
d)
No change needs to be made. 
52.
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
a)
We went to their house because there hosting a party.
b)
They're having a party at there house this weekend.
c)
We went to their house because they're hosting a party.
d)
There having a party at their house this weekend.
53.
Which sentence is written correctly?
a)
We stopped at the grocery store but we forgot to buy milk.
b)
we stopped at the grocery store, but we forgot to buy milk.
c)
We stopped at the grocery store, but we forgot to buy milk.
d)
We stopped at the grocery store but, we forgot to buy milk.
54.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
b)
Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
c)
Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
d)
Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do. 
55.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
a)
Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
b)
Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
c)
Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
d)
Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
56.
Carol let's go to the mall after dinner.
a)
Carol, 
b)
go,
c)
mall,
d)
As it is
57.
I want Harold to show me how to dance but I’m afraid to ask him.
a)
Insert comma before the conjunction
b)
Insert comma after the conjunction
c)
No comma needed
58.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
I'm going to be too late to see the concert.
b)
I'm going to be to late too see the concert. 
c)
I'm going to be to late two see the concert. 
d)
I'm going to be too late two see the concert.
59.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
Their chasing their dog into their house.
b)
They're chasing their dog into their house.
c)
They're chasing their dog into they're house.
d)
Their chasing their dog into they're house.
60.
Choose the word that best completes this sentence:
The color of your hair ____________ your new dress.
a)
completes
b)
compliments
c)
complaints
d)
complements
61.
Which sentence is correct?
a)
The dogs, and cats ate bowls of pet food at the shelter.
b)
The dogs and, cats, ate bowls of pet, food at the shelter.
c)
The dogs and cats ate bowls of pet food at the shelter.
d)
The, dogs, and, cats, ate, bowls of, pet food at, the shelter.

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