WorksheetsSTAAR EDITING QUESTION
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?
(17) “Believe me” says Bryan’s brother.
Change believe to beleive
Change Bryan's to Bryans'
Add a comma after me . .
No change needed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 3?
(3) My mothers’ hair has grown more than my brother’s over the last few days.
Change mothers' to mother's
Change grown to groan
Change than to then
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
(5) As my teacher began passing out the article, one of my friends asked, “didn’t we read this article last week?”
Change began to beginned
Change friends to freinds
Change read to red
Change didn't to Didn't
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 5?
(5) Martin moved his chess piece and starred directly into my eyes.
Change chess to chest
Change piece to peace
Add a comma after piece
Change starred to stared
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
(7) “I’ll help you buy the uniform for work and drive you there after school, but your paying me back for gas.”
Change buy to bye
Change there to their
Change your to you're
Add a comma after work
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?
(9) Tired but motivatted, the soldier carried his friend from the trenches of the battlefield back to their fort.
Change motivatted to motivated
Change battlefield to Battlefield
Change their to there
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
(10) By the end of the first day of school, my backpack looked much worse than it’s original condition.
Change it's to its
Change worse to more worse
Delete the comma after school
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
(10) If the items are left outside for to long, the weather begins to deteriorate them.
Change them to it
Change to long to too long
Change begins to began
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 21?
(22) The teachers were most surprised to learn that older students, such as juniors and seniors, did not score good on the exams.
Change good to well
Change surprised to suprised
Change were to we're
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 1?
(1) My brother talked often about wanting to one day work for home depot so that he could get a discount on tools.
Change home depot to Home Depot
Change could to should
Change get to got
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 11?
(11) Actually, my cousin and I were so excited about our business idea that we decide to save extra money to help buy our initial materials.
Change I to me
Change decide to decided
Change our to hour
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 9?
(9) The officer stared directly into my eyes and grumbled, “The reality is you won’t know where to go next without a map.
Change directly to direct
Change The to the
Change stared to starred
Add a quotation mark after map
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
(13) “Excuse me,” Mrs. Martin was saying, “Please do not interupt two adults while they’re talking unless it is an emergency. Otherwise, you can wait until we’re finished.”
Change it is to its
Change interupt to interrupt
Change they're to their
Add a quotation mark after emergency
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 21?
(9) “Are you saying” Mr. Miller paused, “that you didn’t come to school prepared?”
Change that to That
Change Are to are
Change paused to pauced
Add a comma after saying
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 13?
(13) Sadly dragging her feet across the floor, the young girl could not handle the unbareable pain of her mother’s death.
Change handle to handel
Change unbareable to unbearable
Change mother's to mothers
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 18?
(18) Ashley quickly put her back pack around her shoulders and sprinted out into the snow, pressing her arms around her body for warmth.
Change back pack to backpack
Change quickly to quick
Delete the comma after snow
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 14?
(14) The professor sleeped for several hours after traveling to the convention.
Changed hours to ours
Change professor to profesor
Change sleeped to slept
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 17?
(26) This is where injured veterans go to heal and where college students got an opportunity to learn from professionals.
Change an to a
Change got to get
Add the comma after apportunity
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 10?
(10) I looked around the room and didn’t notice anyone who looked familur.
Change didn't to did'nt
Change familur to familiar
Add a comma after room
This sentence does not need to be changed
What change, if any, should be made in sentence 7?
(7) Training dogs and horses are one of the most challenging things our business does.
Change business to bussiness
Change are to is
Delete the most
This sentence does not need to be changed
