Major Grade: STAAR Countdown Editing Passage #8
Authored by MARTIN FELL
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The Italian National Protection agency has launched a program for a new breed of lifeguards – a canine rescue squad.
Change agency to Agency
Change has launched to have launched
Insert a comma after program
no change
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.4.2C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Several branches of the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards, including the one in Civitavecchia teach dogs to paddle to the aid of swimmers in trouble.
Change Several to Severel
Insert a comma after Civitavecchia
Change teach to teaches
No changes
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.4.2C
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
They are put to work guarding beaches or patrolling offshore aboard Italys coast-guard boats and helicopters.
Insert a comma after beaches
Change patrolling to patroling
Change Italys to Italy’s
no change
Tags
CCSS.L.2.2C
CCSS.L.1.1B
CCSS.L.3.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is correctly written?
And their innate heroism and love of challenged. These turn these well-trained dogs into first-class lifeguards.
And their innate heroism and love of challenges turn these well-trained dogs into first-class lifeguards.
And their innate heroism turn these well-trained dogs into first-class citizens, also it’s the love of challenges.
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CCSS.L.3.1A
CCSS.L.3.1H
CCSS.L.3.1I
CCSS.L.1.1C
CCSS.L.3.1F
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What change should be made to the following:
The head of one school explains that most dogs actually enjoy the expereince and “can’t wait to climb on the helicopter.”
Change explains to explaining
Change expereince to experience
Change can’t to Can’t
no change
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What change needs to be made in the following:
The “lifedog” usually wears a special red harness and towed a buoy that the swimmer can grab.
Change wears to wear’s
Change towed to tows
Change buoy to bouy
none
Tags
CCSS.L.3.1E
CCSS.L.4.1B
CCSS.L.5.1.B-D
CCSS.L.5.1C
CCSS.L.5.1D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What change, if any, needs to be made in the following sentence?
It was time for the weekly fifth-grade volleyball game, an inevitible scene of mental anguish for me.
Delete the comma
Change inevitible to inevitable
Change scene to seen
No changes
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.4.2C
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