Editing STAAR Questions

1 What is the correct way to write sentence 4?

(4) But the new band director was determined to change things, his name was Mr. Parker.

• But the new band director who was determined to change things had a name of Mr. Parker.

• But the new band director, Mr. Parker, was determined to change things.

• But the new band director was determined to change things, named Mr. Parker.

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.5

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

(7) When he heard about the opening for a new band director at our school he couldn’t help investigating.

• Insert a comma after school

• Change couldn’t to couldn’t hardly

• Change investigating to investigatting

• The sentence is written correctly in the paper.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

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• B

• C

• D

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

4 What change should be made in sentence 12?

(12) He was there to turn us into a respectable band, and nothing—not even a bunch of lazy, flippant teenagers—was going to stop them.

• Change respectable to respectible

• Delete the comma after band

• Change was going to were going

• Change them to him

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

5 What change needs to be made in sentence 18?

(18) At first there was a lot of grumbling, and a few students were even tempted to quit, after a while, though, we found ourselves somehow rising to Mr. Parker’s expectations.

• Change were even tempted to was even tempted

• Change the comma after quit to a semicolon

• Change ourselves to ourselfs

• Change rising to risen

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

6 What change needs to be made in sentence 19?

(19) As we marched onto the field at the first football game, I could almost hear a collective breathe of amazement from the crowd.

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change almost to allmost

• Change breathe to breath

• No change is needed.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

7 What change, if any, should be made in sentence 23?

23) He combined his thirst for excellence with a compasionate, caring heart.

• Change He combined to Combining

• Change excellence to excellent

• Change compasionate to compassionate

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C

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

(5) I assumed that reading a work by Shakespeare would be a tedious task one that was unrelated to my own life and times.

• Change tedious to tedios

• Insert a comma after task

• Change unrelated to unrelatted

• No change should be made in this sentence.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.5

17 What change needs to be made in sentence 7?

(7) Now I want to convince others that the plays of Shakespeare is timeless, entertaining, and actually quite accessible.

• Change others to other’s

• Change is to are

• Change quite to quiet

• Change accessible to accessable

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

18 What change, if any, needs to be made in sentence 12?

(12) Its true that I live thousands of miles and hundreds of years from the setting of Romeo and Juliet.

• Change Its to It’s

• Change thousands to thousand’s

• Insert a comma after miles

• Sentence 12 does not need to be changed.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2C