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Revise and Edit STAAR

Total questions: 102

Worksheet time: 24hrs 34mins

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Class
Date
1.

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


Dad surprised us all when he announced, "let's all go on a camping trip this weekend."

a)

Delete the quotation marks

b)

Remove the comma after announced

c)

Change let's to Let's

d)

The sentence is correct.

2.

What edit, if any, should be made to the sentence?


Last summer, my family and I vacationed in the rocky mountains.

a)

change rocky to Rocky

b)

change rocky mountains to Rocky Mountains

c)

change family to Family

d)

The sentence is correct.

3.

What does FANBOYS stand for?

a)

For, And, Not, But, Otherwise, Yet, So

b)

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

c)

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yes, So

d)

For, And, Nor, Before, Or, Yet, So

4.

What is the best way to rewrite the sentence?


The quarterback passed the ball 35 yards for a touchdown, the crowd jumping up and cheering.

a)

The quarterback passed the ball 35 yards for a touchdown. The crowd jumping up and cheering wildly.

b)

The quarterback passed the ball 35 yards for a touchdown the crowd jumping up. And cheering wildly.

c)

The quarterback passed the ball 35 yards for a touchdown and the crows jumped up, it was cheering wildly.

d)

The quarterback passed the ball 35 yards for a touchdown. The crowd jumped up and cheered wildly.

5.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?


While Shelby played outside. Her cousins played inside with their dolls.

a)

Shelby played outside, her cousins played inside with their dolls.

b)

Shelby played outside and her cousins. Played inside with their dolls.

c)

While Shelby played outside, her cousins played inside with their dolls.

d)

The sentences are written correctly.

6.

Where should the word cold be inserted in the sentence?


My brother ate a bowl of cereal for breakfast this morning.

a)

before bowl

b)

before cereal

c)

before breakfast

d)

before brother

7.

Where should a comma be inserted in the sentence?


My long-legged shaggy-haired dog bounded down the twisting trail after me.

a)

after dog

b)

after twisting

c)

after long-legged

d)

after shaggy-haired

8.

What change should be made to the sentence?


My dad and me repaired the engine in our car last Saturday.

a)

change dad to Dad

b)

change repaired to repairs

c)

change me to I

d)

change repaired to repair

9.

Jacob wrote the following sentence. Which sentence should he write next to add detail?


The Spalding Company made one of the first baseball mitts.

a)

It was 1877 when this happened.

b)

It was worn by the catcher and had no fingers.

c)

The first baseball mitts were made by saddler makers.

d)

Outfielders soon began to wear baseball mitts, too.

10.

What is the best way to revise the sentence?


The book Sara is reading is very interesting, and it is interesting because it is a graphic.

a)

The book Sara is reading is very interesting because it is a graphic novel.

b)

The book Sara is reading is very interesting it is also a graphic novel.

c)

Very interesting because it is a graphic novel, Sara is reading the book.

11.

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


They finally painted the hallway a brighter color.

a)

change They to The workers

b)

change painted to paints

c)

change They to Someone

d)

No change needed.

12.

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


I was hungry as a bear, and ready to eat Grandma's apple pie.

a)

Delete the comma

b)

change and to I was

c)

change hungry to hungrey

d)

The sentence is correct.

13.

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


The headlights on the truck showing that we were on a long, winding road.

a)

change showing to showed

b)

change that to something

c)

change were to was

d)

Make no change

14.

What is the correct way to write the sentence?


I took some yummy soup to my Grandmother, who was not feeling well.

a)

change took to tooken

b)

change soup to soop

c)

change Grandmother to grandmother

d)

The sentence is correct as written.

15.

Which change, if any, should made to the sentence?


To help my sister pick up her toys, I dropped down on my hands and knees.

a)

change help to helping

b)

change hands and knees to hand's and knee's

c)

change dropped to droped

d)

No change is needed.

16.

What is the correct way to write the two sentences?


Quickly, I jumped up. I tried to grab my books, but they fell out of my hands.

a)

Quickly I jumped up, I tried to grab my books, but they fell out of my hands.

b)

Quickly I jumped up, and tried to grab my books, but they fell out of my hands.

c)

Quickly I jumped up, and tried to grab my books. But falling out of my hands.

d)

The sentences are correct.

17.

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


"Snake! yelled Samantha," pointing at the long, slippery snake coming towards her.

a)

delete the comma after long

b)

delete the quotation marks after Samantha and add quotation marks after the exclamation point

c)

change the period to an exclamation point

d)

Make no change

18.

Which change, if any, should be made to the sentence?


"I'm going to read my book" said Josie, as she lay down on her bed.

a)

Add a period after book

b)

Change said to Said

c)

Add a comma after book

d)

No change is needed

19.

What is a correct way to write the two sentences?


Ella suggested we go to the library. And stop at the store along the way.

a)

Ella suggested we go to the library, we stopped at the store along the way.

b)

Ella suggested we go to the library and stop at the store along the way.

c)

Ella suggesting we go to the library and stop at the store along the way.

d)

Correct as written.

20.

How should the sentence be edited?


When I looked ahead I could sea one trail, but beyond that were several more trails to follow.

a)

Change to to two

b)

Change one to won

c)

Change sea to see

d)

Change trail to trale

21.

What change should be made to the sentence?


Mrs. Carney always has several Beanie Babies hiding in the closet for her children to play with

a)

change Babies to Babbies

b)

change closet to closset

c)

add a period at the end of the sentence

d)

delete the period after Mrs

22.

Which change, if any, should be made to the sentence?


When my cousins visited, they left there game at our house.

a)

Change cousins to cousin's

b)

Change there to their

c)

Change our to hour

d)

Change they to thay

23.

What is the correct way to rewrite the sentence?


If people would pick up trash after they use the park, it would always be clean.

a)

Picking up trash by many people using the park would always be clean.

b)

The park would always be clean by people picked up trash after they use the park.

c)

The park would always be clean, if less trash was picked up by people.

d)

The sentence is written correctly.

24.

What change, if any, should be many to the sentence?


Dad said that we would leave on our vacation on April, 24 2012.

a)

Delete the comma after April and insert it after 24

b)

Add quotation marks before and after we would leave on our vacation on April, 24 2012.

c)

Delete the comma after April

d)

The sentence is correct.

25.

What does the transition word therefore mean?

a)

for that reason OR for this reason

b)

there for

c)

for there

d)

It is not a word.

26.

Which revision, if any, should be made to the sentence?


Anthony could see for hisself that the water was overflowing the sink.

a)

Change see to sea

b)

Add a comma after that

c)

change hisself to himself

d)

change hisself to his self

27.

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


Elizabeth saw an article in the Colorado gazette about the election of the president.

a)

Add a comma after article

b)

Change president to President

c)

Change an to a

d)

Change gazette to Gazette

28.

Which change, if any, should be made to the sentence?


A blue ribbon is a proud symbol of sweetest success.

a)

Change proud to proudest

b)

Change sweetest to sweet

c)

Add a comma after symbol

d)

No change needed.

29.

What is the best transition word to add to the beginning of the sentence?


We all jumped into my aunt's big red truck.

a)

After

b)

When

c)

Because

d)

Immediately

30.

Read the dictionary entry for the blue.


blue \bloo\ noun


  1. a primary color
  2. depressed or melancholy
  3. a member of the Union army


Which meaning best matches the way the word blue is used in the following sentence?


The beautiful, young girl was blue when her grandmother left.

a)

Meaning 1

b)

Meaning 2

c)

Meaning 3

d)

None of these.

31.

What does the word reorganizing mean in the underlined sentence?


During the summer, my mother likes to clean everything around the house. "Ugh! It's that time again," I always think to myself. I always hate it when she is reorganizing my stuff.

a)

giving things away

b)

rearranging something in advance

c)

planning something that should be organized

d)

changing the organization of something

32.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


The old brick wall was built in the 1800's.

a)

wall / was

b)

old brick / wall

c)

wall / in

d)

None of these.

33.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


The secret party guests came in the back door.

a)

The secret party / came

b)

party guests / in the back door

c)

guests / came

d)

party / came

34.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


After breakfast, we drove to the mountains.

a)

After / we

b)

we / to

c)

After breakfast / we

d)

We / drove

35.

What is the prepositional phrase?


I see dolphins jumping over each other.

a)

dolphins jumping over each other

b)

I see dolphins jumping

c)

over each other

d)

jumping over

36.

What is the BEST way to write the two sentences?


It became too wet to play football. It was raining outside.

a)

It became wet outside because it was too rainy and playing football.

b)

It became too wet to play football, because it was raining outside.

c)

It became too wet to play football because it was raining outside.

d)

The two sentences are correct.

37.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


Dad's surgery was a huge success!

a)

Dad's / surgery

b)

surgery / was

c)

was / a

d)

surgery / huge

38.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


The thoughtful poem spoke to me.

a)

The / thoughtful

b)

thoughtful / poem

c)

poem / spoke

d)

spoke / to

39.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


The dancing princess wore a pink dress.

a)

princess / wore

b)

The / dancing

c)

dancing / princess

d)

pink / dress

40.

What is the purpose of an adjective?

a)

pretty

b)

describes a noun or pronoun

c)

describes a verb

d)

an action/doing word

41.

What is a fragment?

a)

None of these.

b)

A improper verb.

c)

A sentence with a question mark.

d)

An incomplete sentence.

42.

What is wrong with the following sentence?


On Sunday we went to the mall park and grilled after church.

a)

Fragment

b)

Sunday is spelled incorrectly

c)

Run-on

d)

Nothing is wrong with the sentence.

43.

Find the subject and predicate in the sentence.


The boy's jacket was too big for him.

a)

jacket / was

b)

too / big

c)

The / boy's

d)

boy's / jacket

44.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


I can't whistle, _________ can I sing.

a)

and

b)

nor

c)

for

d)

None of these are correct.

45.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


The little boy was hungry, ________ he went to the refrigerator.

a)

but

b)

and

c)

so

d)

None of these are correct.

46.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


We are studying Native Americans, ______ I find them interesting.

a)

and

b)

for

c)

nor

d)

None of these are correct.

47.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


Do you want to go to the park ______ do you want to see a movie?

a)

nor

b)

or

c)

for

d)

None of these are correct?

48.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


It was really hot outside, _______ we jumped in the lake.

a)

yet

b)

so

c)

or

d)

None of these are correct.

49.

Choose a better word for the underlined word.


The snack lacks Vitamin B.

a)

is loaded in

b)

is saturated in

c)

is deficient in

d)

has a whole lot

50.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


I couldn't find my cleats, ________ I was late for soccer practice.

a)

nor

b)

for

c)

so

d)

None of these are correct.

51.

Which of the following is a predicate?

a)

loves to rollerskate

b)

Henry

c)

The beach

d)

The Declaration of Independence

52.

Which of the following is a subject?

a)

going camping

b)

loves to play baseball

c)

can't sing

d)

Mrs. Jones

53.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


Shopping for a hat.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

54.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


I went to the mall.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

55.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


The bouncing baby boy was giggling.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

56.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


My mom's new cell phone.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

57.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


Swayed in the wind.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

58.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


My computer shut off.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

59.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


A lawn service planted our garden.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

60.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


Was lurking around the corner.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

61.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


On the street the man's car.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

62.

Is this a sentence or a fragment?


Our vacation was so much fun.

a)

Sentence

b)

Fragment

63.

Select the correctly spelled word.


We played basketball in the _____________.

a)

gim

b)

gyme

c)

gym

64.

Select the correctly spelled word.



The baby __________.

a)

cryed

b)

cried

c)

crid

65.

Select the correctly spelled word.



A synonym for robber:

a)

thief

b)

theif

c)

thefe

66.

Select the correctly spelled word.



The bunny _________.

a)

hoped

b)

hopped

c)

hoppd

67.

Select the correctly spelled word.



Dad was ___________ his beard.

a)

shaveing

b)

shaaving

c)

shaving

68.

Select the correctly spelled word.



A ducks ___________.

a)

qwacks

b)

quacks

c)

quaks

69.

Select the correctly spelled word.



a)

churches

b)

churchs

c)

churchees

d)

churchis

70.

Select the correctly spelled word.



You do this with skates.

a)

skateing

b)

skatting

c)

skating

71.

Select the correctly spelled word.



He is my best _____________.

a)

freind

b)

friend

c)

frend

72.

Select the correctly spelled word.



The students were __________ at their desks.

a)

sitenig

b)

siting

c)

sitting

73.

Select the correctly spelled word.

a)

boxes

b)

boxs

c)

boxees

74.

Select the correctly spelled word.



An author does this:

a)

writeing

b)

writing

c)

writting

75.

Select the correctly spelled word.



Opposite of country:

a)

sity

b)

citty

c)

city

76.

Select the correctly spelled word.



At practice, he _____________.

a)

tryed

b)

triied

c)

tried

77.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


We took a walk down the beach, ________ we didn't find seashells.

a)

but

b)

so

c)

for

78.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


I love that dress, _______ the color looks great on you.

a)

but

b)

yet

c)

and

79.

Fix the run-on sentence.


We can vacation at the beach we can stay home and go to the park.

a)

We can vacation at the beach and we can stay home and go to the park.

b)

We can vacation at the beach, or we can stay home and go to the park.

c)

We can vacation at the beach. We can stay home, and go to the park.

d)

We will play at the park when we vacation at home beach.

80.

Is this sentence a fragment?


They cheered for the winning team.

a)

Yes

b)

No

81.

Is this sentence a fragment?


My cereal bowl.

a)

Yes

b)

No

82.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


I ate all of my dinner, _________ I was still hungry.

a)

yet

b)

so

c)

therefore

d)

for

83.

How should this sentence be fixed?


What's so funny?" Mia asked.

a)

Add a question mark after asked.

b)

Add quotation marks before What's.

c)

Add a comma after funny instead of a question mark

d)

Funny should be capitalized.

84.

Choose the correct word for the sentence.


The little girl scraped her knee, _______ she was crying.

a)

nor

b)

so

c)

yet

85.

Choose a better word for the underlined word.


The good group of people volunteered to help build the house.

a)

confident

b)

incredible

c)

fun

86.

We __________ are going camping.

a)

is

b)

are

87.

Make this sentence future tense.


Dayne is swimming in the pool.

a)

swam

b)

swims

c)

will swam

d)

will swim

88.

Subject - Verb Agreement


Penelope __________ with her Lego's.

a)

play

b)

plays

89.

Subject - Verb Agreement


The men ___________ very hard to get the house built.

a)

work

b)

works

90.

Cotton candy can _______ pink or blue.

a)

be

b)

bee

c)

Be

91.

A can of beans ________ on the shelf.

a)

sit

b)

sits

92.

The kids __________ bored.

a)

was

b)

were

c)

where

d)

wer'e

93.

Is this sentence written correctly?


My mom respect me.

a)

Yes

b)

No

94.

Is the sentence written correctly?


My mom and dad loves me.

a)

Yes

b)

No

95.

Is this sentence written correctly?


My dog always growls at the mail man.

a)

Yes

b)

No

96.

Choose a better word for the underlined word.


The cactus was able to grow in the dry land.

a)

desert

b)

forest

c)

prairie

97.

Choose a better word for the underlined word.


There were big dinosaurs million years ago.

a)

puny

b)

colossal

c)

mean

98.

Choose a better word for the underlined word.


The scientist went towards the exploding experiment.

a)

wandered

b)

skipped

c)

bolted

99.

Select a better word for big.

a)

enormous

b)

puny

c)

bigger

d)

miniture

100.

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 written correctly.

101.

Mom surprised me 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.

102.

Joseph said he knew his uncles had thrown a party for theirselves.

a)

Change knew to new

b)

Change thrown to threw

c)

Change theirselves to themselves

d)

No change is needed

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